Carbon pricing (CP) is an economic and environmental policy strategy that places a monetary cost on the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. It is designed to internalize the external...
South Africa is highly vulnerable to natural disasters. Between 1952 and 2019, South Africa experienced USD 9 billion in economic losses due to disasters, including droughts, floods, wildfires, and social...
Presentation discussing economic, environmental and social sustainability triad We need progress in economic, environmental and social sustainability; Foundations of the sustainability literature since...
In 2012, Somalia was considered a failed state characterized by multiple, protracted, and deeply rooted fragility and development challenges. Today, Somalia remains one of the poorest and most fragile...
Managing the impacts of disasters in emerging markets is an urgent necessity as climate related shocks grow in frequency and intensity. Governments face fiscal constraints, and insurance penetration remains...
Le Togo a accompli des progrès considérables sur le plan du développement au cours de la dernière décennie, mais il est toujours freiné par la lenteur de la transformation structurelle et un grand fossé...
Togo has achieved significant development gains over the last decade, but progress is still held back by slow structural transformation and a large urban-rural divide. Togo was able to achieve relatively...
The development objective of Strengthening Disaster Risk Management and Climate Resilience Project for Haiti is to improve: (i) early warning and emergency evacuation capacity in selected municipalities...
En dépit de la sécheresse qui a légèrement freiné la croissance globale du PIB à 3.2 %, l’économie marocaine a montré des signes prometteurs en 2024. La croissance du secteur non agricole s’est accélérée...
Climate change will have implications for the sustainability of Africa’s fisheries sector, with knock-on consequences for local livelihoods, income, nutrition security, and economic development. The effects...
Governments face the complicated challenge of making policy decisions relating to coastal and marine ecosystems without a well-established body of knowledge about such systems. To complicate matters, the...
The Blue Economy in Africa, with its extensive aquatic and marine resources, is expected to play a major role in the continent’s climate adaptation. It presents distinct opportunities to generate jobs...
Africa’s coastal and marine areas face growing challenges. Protecting the continent’s natural assets and the services they provide is not just a moral imperative; it is also a chance to obtain higher economic...
Climate change impacts the planet overall, and the Blue Economy is not exempt from these effects. On the contrary, the ocean is a major regulator of global and regional weather, and ocean acidification...
Africa has significant potential to improve its climate-smart sustainable development by focusing on the Blue Economy. However, efforts to reach this potential are stymied by poor access to relevant data...
This report aims to identify strategic actions to increase investment in NBS for climate resilience in SSA by evaluating over a decade of NBS project investment and assessing a range of policy, financial...
This report is a review of GRADEs conducted since 2015, and GRADE’s efficiency, comparative advantage through detailed analysis, and future. First, the GRADE approach and how it has been used and evolved...
The 2022 Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) highlights Pakistan’s severe climate vulnerability, ranking it among the top 10 most affected countries. Frequent droughts, floods, heat waves, and...
The objective of the Geothermal Energy for Sustainable and Inclusive Development Project is to increase renewable electricity generation and direct geothermal use for productive use applications. The project...