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The Republic of Benin's National Assembly adopted a law regulating climate change across the country. The adoption of this law places Benin among the first countries to adopt national legislation on climate change. With this legislation, Benin can prevent, protect and manage the short, medium, and long-term consequences of climate change.

This brief describes work by a CCAFS team to lead a participatory capacity building initiative comprising farmers and local leaders from Tori-Bossito, scientists from Benin’s national agricultural research organizations, including the national genebank

The development of this strategy is based on the assessment of both vulnerability and the greenhouse gas mitigation potential of the six main sectors of development in Benin. The overall objective of this strategy is broken down into three specific

This Communication and Awareness Action Plan (CAAP) intends to be a communicational guidance document for key stakeholders in four specific coastal countries (Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo) who will use it as an aid to communicate the effects of

The West African coastal region is rich in natural land resources. However, increased pressure on these resources from the rapidly growing coastal population has degraded these reserves. The effects are compounded by the region’s vulnerability to climate

This profile aims to give insight in the climate change effects and impacts in Benin; its policies, priorities and commitments; and key climate-relevant activities that are financed with international assistance.

As climate change brings with it increased extreme weather events, one of the pressing issues for Africa’s farmers will be how to address these challenges. One dimension to be factored in is that men and women farmers are responding to the pressures differently.

In Benin, areas previously not considered vulnerable to flooding were inundated, affecting more than two-thirds of the country - over 680,000 people in 51 out of 77 communes were impacted. One of the weak points identified in the overwhelmed institutional disaster management framework was that of very poor communication between agencies - now all under one umbrella.