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This study estimates in monetary terms the Cost of Environmental Degradation (COED) in the coastal areas of Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and Togo. Specifically, it values the impacts of degradation that occur during one year, as a result of three major

Beyond building capacity and strengthening stakeholder relationships, FAO and partners have helped the cassava and potato value chains in Africa by unlocking access to credit, savings, insurance and tailored climate risk management tools. Farmers have also received financial literacy and business management sessions.

Japan hosted the 2nd World Tsunami Museum Conference which attracted 156 participants from 17 countries to help raise awareness of tsunami risk.

A new project in the Volta Basin strives to provide the first large scale and transboundary implementation of Integrated Flood and Drought Management tactics through the full chain of the End-to-End Early Warning System for Flood and Drought Forecasting. The project will empower authorities of the six participating countries with solutions for DRR and adaptation.

This Benin country climate smart agriculture (CSA) profile provides a snapshot of a developing baseline created to initiate discussion, both within countries and globally, about entry points for investing in CSA at scale.

Over 100 entries from 16 countries were received for the first African Media Awards which were announced in Tunis on Saturday on the closing day of the Africa-Arab Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction.

Le programme d’investissement pour la Résilience des côtes de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (WACA ResIP) est lancé pour promouvoire la création d'un espace dynamique permettant aux pays côtiers en Afrique et à leurs partenaires de partager des connaissances et d’obtenir des financements. Elle permettra également d’améliorer la gestion des risques.

Le Programme d’Action National de Lutte contre la Désertification (PAN) a pour but d’identifier les facteurs qui contribuent à la désertification et les mesures concrètes à prendre pour lutter contre la désertification et atténuer les effets de la