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Almost two in five (39%) Ethiopians believe climate change poses them no threat at all, despite evidence suggesting the country is currently at risk from its impacts.
Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll
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This paper explores the use of machine learning (ML) techniques to map flood hazards based on readily available geo-environmental variables.
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This paper discusses how social protection can become more ‘anticipatory’ and make food security more resilient to climate risks.
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This report highlights that floods have led to more than 185 million internal displacements, or forced movements within one’s country, globally since 2008.
A health worker checks the blood pressure of a patient at the mobile clinic in Ankatafana, Madagascar
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Traditional approaches to health programming are no longer sufficient in this rapidly changing climate. This means integrating climate considerations into every aspect of our health programs.
Climatelinks
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This report examines the application of a human rights-based approach (HRBA) to climate change programming (CCP) in Africa, paying attention to the criteria of adaptation, resilience, loss and damage, and human mobility as a facilitator of climate action.
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Sunayana Sen, Daraja program manager at Resurgence, speaks to Meteorological Technology International about Africa’s most inclusive – and award-winning – urban weather forecasting and early warning system.
Resurgence
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This study investigates the adaptation strategies employed by smallholder farmers in Konso, Ethiopia, to cope with climate change and variability.

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