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Cette étude analyse les lacunes du financement climatique dans l'Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine, région très exposée aux impacts climatiques, et présente les implications politiques.

Following an open call for locally-led adaptation initiatives last year, CDKN selected five K2A projects from an extremely competitive pool of over 1000 applicants. The selected K2A projects are in Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, Mozambique and South Sudan.

This seismic risk profile of Benin, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

The World Bank today approved $230 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA)* to help the government of Benin strengthen private sector-led growth, boost domestic revenue collection, and build social and climate resilience.

This study analyses the gaps in climate finance in the West African Economic and Monetary Union, a region among the most exposed to climate impacts, and sets out the policy implications of action.

A regional project to strengthen flood and drought management and early warnings in the Volta Basin has been selected by the Adaptation Fund portfolio monitoring mission in order to highlight implementation experience that will benefit future projects.

From May until October 2022, large parts of West Africa experienced large-scale flooding caused by above average seasonal rainfall and water management.

Over 16 million people living in at-risk communities in northern Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo will benefit from a new regional project to proactively prevent the spread of conflict from the Sahel, reduce vulnerability to climate change.