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Dar es Salaam in Tanzania is expected to double in population by 2050. This rapid growth poses significant challenges for the city, particularly relating to flood risk, urban heat, land degradation and soil erosion.
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Resurgence today announced the launch of the DARAJA East Africa Scale Up Programme, spanning cities in the East and Greater Horn of Africa, creating at a stroke Africa’s most ambitious and inclusive urban early warning initiative.
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The report summarizes the key findings of an inclusive insurance and risk finance country diagnostic carried out by the IRFF and UNDP Tanzania.
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The aim of this study was to assess the current use of smartphones by the masons of the informal settlements of Iringa, Tanzania, and to identify pathways for improving their construction practices.
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This paper explores how climate change-induced migration is creating physical health, mental health and wellbeing issues — both for migrants and the families they leave behind, through case study analysis from 12 regions in Asia, Africa and the Pacific.
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This report is geared toward helping project managers develop appropriate gender-related targets for climate projects and a suitable Monitoring, Evaluating and Learning (MEL) system to track achievement over time.
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New research led by Penn State found that a lack of rainfall was associated with the highest risk of food insecurity in Tanzania.
Pennsylvania State University
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The Voluntary National Report of the United Republic of Tanzania for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).

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