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This is a contribution to the GAR Special Report on Drought 2021. The study focusses on drought-affected population in Angola, drought-induced crop yield losses in UR Tanzania and drought-related hydropower losses in Zambia.
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The aim of this needs assessment was to determine the main challenges transport planners and decisionmakers encounter in meeting the mobility needs of disadvantaged groups in the four project countries of Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia.
Flooded road in Manyara, Tanzania (2011). Vadim Petrakov/Shutterstock
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The author explains the concept of the triple dividend of disaster risk reduction investments based on the application of a novel economic model applied to a case study.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
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The purpose of this paper is to complement the overwhelming focus on external partners in existing studies of capacity development for disaster risk reduction (DRR) or climate change adaptation (CCA), by exploring the perspectives of internal partners on

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This paper examines the diversified climate-resilient business model of the Tubeleke Club. Tubeleke Women Club is a producer organization made up 26 members located in the south of Choma District in South West of Southern Province of Zambia. In recent

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Conservation Agriculture is helping small-scale farmers in Zambia build resilience to climate shocks and engage in agribusiness for income generation.
United Nations Development Programme - Zambia
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This BAMS special report presents assessments of how human-caused climate change may have affected the strength and likelihood of individual extreme events in 2018.

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With the FAO-UNDP joint programme on the NAP-Ag project phasing out in 2020, the momentum and work achieved under the 5-year programme have not.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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