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Assessment 2016 West Africa Coastal Areas Togo
Auteur: The West African Monetary and Economic Union (UEMOA)
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Évaluation Zones côtières d'Afrique de l'Ouest Togo 2016
Auteur: The West African Monetary and Economic Union (UEMOA)
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Video of the Additional Protocol to the Abidjan Convention
Auteur: The Regional Partnership for the Conservation of the Coastal and Marine Zone in West Africa
Video of the additional protocol to the Abidjan Convention
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Video of Private Sector Commiting to Coastal Resilience
Auteur: World Bank
The celebration of Earth Day should cause us to pause and consider the state of our planet.
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West Africa Coastal Areas Executive Summary
Auteur: The West African Monetary and Economic Union (UEMOA)
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St Louis, Senegal: Coastal Communities Facing Waves of Change
Auteur: World Bank
Saint Louis’s coastal community is losing ground to the ocean each year, and families are losing their possessions, food and homes to coastal erosion, flooding, even breaking waves. But West Africa’s countries are working together, with the support of WACA, to create new solutions to protect the most vulnerable.
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World Bank Econothon: WACA and Blue Economy with Karin Kemper, Director
Auteur: World Bank
WACA was presented as bringing key solutions to coastal resilience by World Bank Director, Karin Kemper (watch starting at 40:00) at a 24 hour Econothon.
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West Africa: Rising Tides Threaten Livelihoods along the Coastline
Auteur: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
Preserving and protecting the coastline along West Africa is critical. A large proportion of West Africa's population lives in areas that are most at risk of coastal erosion, where rising tides threaten their livelihoods and the communities they have built and lived in for generations.
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Tenir l’océan à distance en Afrique de l’Ouest
Auteur: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
En cette semaine de la Journée mondiale de l’océan, rappelons-nous qu’un tiers de la population d’Afrique de l’Ouest vit sur le littoral. Elle est confrontée à la montée des eaux et à l’érosion côtière qui détruit chaque année entre 23 et 30 mètres de terre. Le Programme de gestion du littoral ouest-africain (WACA) aide les pays africains à y faire face en leur fournissant des ressources techniques et financières adaptées.
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Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg: The Dire Threat of Climate Change
Auteur: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
Climate Change and Ocean Systems specialist, Professor Ove Hoegh-Gulderg, conveys his regret for being unable to attend the Blue Economy Conference in Mauritius. He emphasizes the important of urgent global action on climate change and ocean conservation to prevent a disastrous loss of ocean habit that will have very damaging consequences to people and the environment. The ocean is essential for life on earth, and supports millions of species and billions of people.
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Living on the Edge: Saving West Africa Coastal Assets
Auteur: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
The communities who have lived on West Africa’s coastal areas for centuries are at the greatest risk of climate change. As sea levels rise, and severe weather events increase in frequency due to climate change, the safety and wellbeing of coastal communities is at peril, with poor and marginalized populations proving most vulnerable. Without concrete measures to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change, West Africa’s development achievements, as well as hopes for continued growth and poverty reduction, will be severely compromised.
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Littoral fragile : Relevons les défis de la côte ouest-africaine
Auteur: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
Les villages côtiers d’Afrique de l’Ouest font face au risque d’une catastrophe écologique. L’érosion et les inondations menacent les moyens de subsistance des communautés du littoral. Ce sont les conséquences les plus visibles du changement climatique le long des côtes d’Afrique de l’Ouest. Sans mesures adéquates d’atténuation et d’adaptation, le changement et la variabilité climatique mettront en péril les progrès durement acquis du développement en Afrique et contrecarreront les ambitions africaines de croissance et de réduction de la pauvreté.
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From Shared Coastal Vision to Sustainable Reality
Auteur: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
West Africa’s coastal areas host an abundance of natural resources, on land and at sea, that provides vital ecosystem services and help buffer against severe weather events.
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D’une vision partagée du littoral à une réalité durable
Auteur: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
Le littoral de l’Afrique de l’Ouest abrite une abondance de ressources naturelles terrestres et marines, qui fournissent des services écosystémiques vitaux et contribuent à atténuer les épisodes météorologiques extrêmes. Elles jouent un rôle central dans la résilience économique et physique des régions côtières face aux défis actuels et futurs.
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From A Shared Vision of the Coast Toward A Sustainable Reality
Auteur: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
All along the West African coast, communities are starting to preserve and protect their shared coastal resources and work towards enhancing resilience. The WACA Program fosters scaled up investments to solve coastal problems while encouraging regional cooperation and planning.
