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Recommendations of actions for resilience and sustainability: Dakar

The Recommendations for Actions for Resilience and Sustainability (RAR-S) proposed in this report are outputs of the “Making Cities Sustainable and Resilient Action: Implementing the Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030” (MCSR) at the local level.
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Podcast: four countries working together to get climate finance to the local level

Institutions in Senegal, Mali, Tanzania and Kenya share their experience on the most inclusive way to get funding for sustainable climate investment to the local level
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
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Senegal: Providing early assistance for drought victims

Farmers in Senegal are receiving support to help them and their livestock survive the coming drought.
KfW Bankengruppe
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Charities distribute aid as part of early response to food insecurity in Senegal

Humanitarian agencies in Senegal are distributing aid as part of an early response to food shortage, caused by the late onset of rainfall last year.
African Risk Capacity
Start Network
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How the 'Venice of Africa' is losing its battle against the rising ocean

Saint-Louis, the old colonial capital of Senegal, faces a flooding threat that has already seen entire villages lost to the Atlantic.
Guardian, the (UK)
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$10M insurance payout announced for charities to act early to mitigate drought in Senegal

The African Risk Capacity is providing the biggest ever funding allocation to civil society, which will enable aid agencies to support people before a drought in Senegal.
Start Network
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Innovative insurance cover to help drought-hit communities in Africa

A new effort, 'ARC Replica,' will help governments and humanitarian agencies access and channel financing to 1.3 million people in drought-hit West African communities.
World Food Programme
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Assessment of the use of Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) approach by farmers to manage climate risk in Mali and Senegal

Recently, a new approach to extension and climate information services, namely Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA), has been developed. PICSA makes use of historical climate records, participatory decision-making tools and

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