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According to this paper, climate finance is a key resource to help society’s poorest, most marginalised and excluded people deal with the impacts of the triple crisis of climate change, nature’s degradation and poverty.

This paper uses six criteria for

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In 2018, as part of the “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities” programme, UNDRR, with the help of CIMA Research Foundation, VU Amsterdam, and Wageningen University and Research developed

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The IFRC in southern Africa has introduced an innovative way of anticipating humanitarian crises to enable early action and reduce their impact on communities.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
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Supporting countries to be better financially prepared to respond to shocks like COVID-19 is a new expanding area of work for the WB in the Southern Africa region.
World Bank, the
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Rural Namibians move to cities to escape drought. Many must navigate between over-saturated slums and the parched farmland they hope one day to return to.
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
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This report synthesises trends in DRR investments across the 16 countries and identifies general policy recommendations. Its aim is to improve understanding of public budgeting for DRR .
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UNDRR has partnered with the European Union, African Union and African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States to deliver a programme to build African countries’ capacity in risk-sensitive investment planning and DRR mainstreaming under the programme

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Namibian meat firm talks with Botswana to import cattle, as severe drought decimates local herds and threatens beef export deals with China and European countries.
Thomson Reuters

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