In the heart of Kenya’s drylands, a new approach to building climate resilience began to take shape in 2011. That year, Isiolo County launched the County Climate Change Fund (CCCF)—a pilot initiative designed to get adaptation finance directly into the hands of the people who need it most: local communities on the frontlines of climate change.

This case study was drafted as part of the Subnational Supplement of the Climate Investment Planning and Mobilization Famework.