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This paper explains how best to equip social protection programmes to help communities better absorb the effects of climate risks, adapt to climate impacts and transform their capacities to address growing climate stresses.

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

This report is an assessment of progress at the regional level and in West Africa against the ‘African Union Programme of Action for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in Africa’.

Chad launched its NAP process at the same time as the revision of its nationally determined contribution (NDC) in 2021. Both climate plans play an integral part in the country’s overall development.

The National Adaptation Plan process provides an opportunity to undertake adaptation planning in Chad in a dynamic way, coherent to the country’s medium- and long-term needs, including identifying and addressing key challenges to effective adaptation.

In 2021, Chad experienced its worst lean season in nine years, which has negatively affected agricultural and pasture production.

By the end of this century, typical daily temperatures in West Africa set to be even higher than those registered on the hottest days at present, study indicates.

This paper argues that there is a need for a new policy framing that Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) investment is imperative that will generate dividends for governments and society at large. Under the auspice of the Sendai Framework for disaster risk