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As Lake Chad communities face urgent development challenges that are exacerbated by the future impact of climate change on the lake, the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) developed a new Action Plan that will assist people living around the Lake in Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria. The Plan outlines engagements that will empower local communities to build resilience to climate change...

Still tagged as 'extremely' vulnerable to climate change, the Philippines has moved down the latest Climate Change Vulnerability Index, reports Rappler. This is partly due to improved disaster risk management, better access to clean water, and reduced dependence on the agriculture sector. In this latest index, Chad in Central Africa was deemed the country most vulnerable to impacts of global warming...

The four countries fighting Boko Haram in W. Africa's Lake Chad region should unite to ease the poverty and climate change spurring millions to migrate, reports Reuters. 'The Sahel’s population will increase by 150 million in the next 30 years. That's a good reason not to allow this region to become any more affected by climate change’ said said Toby Lanzer, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for the region...

Humanitarian groups in West Africa must focus more on helping vulnerable communities boost their resilience to cope with disasters and crises, the head of the Red Cross, amid rising food insecurity in the Sahel and relentless Boko Haram violence. Building resilience would save lives and reduce the cost of disaster recovery...

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Le plan ORSEC est un plan cadre gouvernemental, permettant d’organiser la réponse en cas de catastrophe de grande ampleur qui dépasse les moyens habituellement misent en place pour y répondre. Il permet d’appuyer le leadership du gouvernement

This study provides an overview on disasters and conflicts in 57 Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries during the last four decades, including a review of disaster risk reduction strategies from The Yokohama Strategy to the Hyogo

The aim of Chad's Emergency Organization Plan is to facilitate the mobilisation and early engagement of extra resources when ordinary means of emergency response are exceeded by the scale of a disaster or by the number of victims.

'Integrating future climate change adaptation and mitigation into our development action plan will enable sustainable management of our water resources, to better the livelihood of the over 106 million population in the area,' said Emmanuel Nganou Djoumesi, Cameroon’s minister of the economy, planning and regional development, at the closing of the Yaounde meeting...