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Kenya acknowledges the significant risks these challenges pose to its Vision 2030 strategy and emphasises the need to integrate climate action and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into its development agenda. To this end, the country is implementing key interventions, including the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP), and the National Adaptation Plan (NAP), among others, to enhance climate change resilience and sustainability. These strategic and policy interventions are anchored within a legal framework – the Climate Change Act, 2016. Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), a key approach to strengthening climate resilience and promoting sustainable development, is central to the objectives of the present project and plays a crucial role in Kenya’s broader climate change adaptation strategy. By incorporating EbA with nexus approaches, this project aims to holistically address climate-related and environmental pressures within the energy-water-food nexus. This integrated strategy fosters adaptability, enhances ecological resilience and sustainability, and supports long-term socio-economic development, and is therefore aligned with the broad objective of the Vision 2030. This report presents the findings of a specific sub-objective within the project, focusing on the integration of climate finance and ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) into county-level climate change planning and implementation. The analysis largely draws from review of key environmental and climate change policy and regulatory frameworks and is supplemented by inputs from teams overseeing other components of the project. Specifically, the report assesses the climate finance landscape across the five target counties of Laikipia, Isiolo, Samburu, Meru, and Nyeri – and identifies opportunities for leveraging non-traditional sources of adaptation finance to support EbA initiatives.