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Namibia: Feature: Understanding how climate change impacts different social groups

The tool called 'Vulnerability Risk Assessment' was used in Namibia to help decision makers better understand how climate change and social vulnerabilities intersect.
Climate and Development Knowledge Network
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Namibia rushes to drill boreholes as worst drought in a century bites

Drought has caused a third of Namibia's 2.5 million people to go hungry, and hundreds of wild animals in conservation parks as well cattle on farms are dying.
Thomson Reuters
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Considering religion and tradition in climate smart agriculture: insights from Namibia

This study considers the role played by devotion (religious faith and belief) and respect for tradition (preservation of time-honoured customs) climate smart agriculture (CSA) adoption in Namibia. 

CSA has the potential to increase the resilience of

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Stakeholders capacitated to build Namibia's disaster resilience

Stakeholders, including the Government of the Republic of Namibia, gained knowledge and understanding of DRR and resilience-building through Namibia’s DDR Country Level Workshop. The workshop is part of a programme that involved the development of Namibia's Multi-Hazard Probabilistic Risk Profile, which comprised a key aspect of participant training.
United Nations - Headquarters
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What latest assessment on global warming means for southern Africa

According to the IPCC's new report, climate change hotspots, such as those in southern Africa, will experience greater local warming and drying than the global average. Countries like Botswana and Namibia urgently need to prepare and adapt if they want to stop the worst climate effects from impacting a variety of sectors.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Climate information needs in Southern Africa: a review

This paper, from the UMFULA programme, reviews the current availability of climate information in Southern Africa and assesses the requirements of a variety of end users in the region, using empirical findings from an innovative regional survey. The paper

Documents and publications

SADC regional vulnerability assessment & analysis (RVAA): synthesis report on the state of food and nutrition security and vulnerability in Southern Africa 2018

This document provides a regional assessment of food security and vulnerability for SADC member countries, and aims to synthesise national level vulnerability assessments, facilitate discussions and a shared vision for reducing vulnerability, and discuss

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Assessing the evidence: migration, environment and climate change in Namibia

This report contextualizes the migration-environment nexus in Namibia, mapping an overview of the country's current situation and analyzing existing policy frameworks in order to provide reccomendations for adaptation strategies in the face of climate

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