American Journal of Climate Change, 2023, 12, 405-417 https://www.scirp.org/journal/ajcc ISSN Online: 2167-9509 ISSN Print: 2167-9495 DOI: 10.4236/ajcc.2023.123019 Sep. 12, 2023 405 American Journal of Climate Change Knowledge Gaps in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Impacts on Biodiversity Conservation in Nairobi, Kenya Bessy Kathambi Department of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Abstract Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to ensure environmental sustai- nability is enhanced focusing on the future generation. Knowledge of the SDGs becomes pivotal in biodiversity conservation thus, a gap impacts such efforts on protecting and preserving biodiversity habits difficult. Nairobi City was chosen because of her unique ecosystem that habits wildlife and urban life with great prospects of being East Africa’s business hub. With an esti- mated double city population by 2030, knowledge of SDGs would be useful in enhancing biodiversity conservation in unique cities like Nairobi. Thus, a gap in the knowledge of SDGs threatens the future of biodiversity unless it is mi- tigated. The study employed a cross-sectional design that caters to qualitative and quantitative data. Data was collected using semi-structured question- naires and key informant interviews. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model was adopted to evaluate how determinants of human perceptions, de- cisions, and activities related to implementing sustainable development goals impact biodiversity conservation. Results indicate that respondents’ know- ledge (30.5% ± 2.01%), attitudes (30.4% ± 1.56%), and practice (26.3% ± 0.08%) on implementation of SDGs was significantly low. Further, a majority believed that lack of awareness of SDGs 87% impacts biodiversity conserva- tion, coupled with 12% and 1%, respectively, who opined that limited SDGs knowledge sharing and corruption were barriers to biodiversity conservation. The majority of respondents believed that increased awareness of SDGs (78.2% ± 2.61%), and strengthened institutional capacity (58.7% ± 3.01%) underscores SDGs’ importance in biodiversity conservation. Knowledge of SDGs is pivotal in the enhancement of biodiversity conservation. Keywords Biodiversity conservation, Knowledge, Nairobi, Sustainable Development Goals How to cite this paper: Kathambi, B. (2023). Knowledge Gaps in Sustainable Develop- ment Goals (SDGs) Impacts on Biodiversi- ty Conservation in Nairobi, Kenya. Ameri- can Journal of Climate Change, 12, 405-417. https://doi.org/10.4236/ajcc.2023.123019 Received: June 4, 2023 Accepted: September 9, 2023 Published: September 12, 2023 Copyright © 2023 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access