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This study unveils diverse disaster risk trends and patterns, revealing variations in hazards, vulnerability, and coping capacity across African countries by utilizing the INFORM risk model data spanning from 2012 to 2022
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This seismic risk profile of the Central African Republic, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.
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Le plan national initial d'adaptation donne une synthèse des études existants en matière d’adaptation au changement climatique en République centrafricaine. Il présente des priorités, à savoir des activités habilitantes et des priorités sectorielles.
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Cette analyse servira à démystifier les liens entre les problématiques liées au genre et l’adaptation aux changements climatiques ainsi que les enjeux relatifs au processus PNA en RCA.
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Ce profil donne un aperçu des problèmes liés aux risques climatiques dans trois pays du Programme régional d'Afrique centrale pour l'environnement (CARPE).
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This climate risk profile is intended to serve as a public good to facilitate upstream country diagnostics, policy dialogue, and strategic planning by providing comprehensive overviews of trends and projected changes in key climate parameters, sector

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Pairing satellite data with household surveys to locate high flood risk areas in the Central African Republic

In late 2019, a destructive flood event that occurred in the months of October and November in the Central African Republic (CAR) occasioned the

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CAR sees surge in gender-based violence since COVID-19 and measures to control it began, with reported injuries to women and children spiking by 69 per cent.
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