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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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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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Knowledge Sheets
Improving Data and Information for Decision Making
Auteur: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
Making evidence-based decisions regarding coastal environments, infrastructure, and natural resources and their interaction with people requires accurate data. Because of the nature of coastal phenomena and their impacts on livelihoods and the environment, integrated systems that collect and share data regionally and focus on coastal areas and marine conditions, land use, climate patterns, and natural hazards are needed.
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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.
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Saving West Africa’s Coastal Assets
Auteur: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
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Erosion, floods and pollution are costly to West Africa
Auteur: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
Madji (left) spent her childhood on the beaches of Bargny Guedj, Senegal, but her grandfather's house where she stayed as a child no longer exists today, carried away by the waves.Thousands of people living along the coasts of West Africa share the same story as Madji. Beyond the shattered lives, this harsh consequence of erosion, pollution and floods is very expensive in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Togo.
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Private Sector Commits to Coastal Resilience
Auteur: WACA Program
I am pleased to announce that our ministers launched two new programs to preserve our coasts.
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Publication
Erosion côtière : L’hydre qui ne cesse d’engloutir les côtes sénégalaises
Auteur: Quoi de vert magazine
Quoi de Vert is a magazine specialized in Senegal on sustainable development. This edition focuses on coastal resilience with a series of stories and WACA featured as a key program in building coastal resilience.
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The Economics of the Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management
Auteur: Based on information from: Scheinberg, A., M. Simpson, Y. Gupt et al. (2010): Economic Aspects of the Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management. GTZ and CWG, Eschborn, Germany
A brief review of an investigation into waste picking and commercial activities in solid waste management that are carried out in parallel with the official waste management system.
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Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Erosion and Flooding May 2020 Technical Report in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Senegal, and Togo
Auteur: Angel Luis de Luque Söllheim, Remote Sensing/Climate Change Specialist and Jacopo Scafura, Climate Change Specialist of Acciona Ingenieria
The World Bank would like to thank the Nordic Development Fund and the Korea-World Bank Partnership Facility for sponsoring the analyses in this report and the related feasibility studies leading to actionable investments.
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WACA News/ January 2020
Auteur: WACA Program
A summary of different activities and initiatives from WACA and partners.
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WACA News/ March 2020
A summary of different activities and initiatives from WACA and partners.
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WACA News/ Call For Innovation
A summary of different activities and initiatives from WACA and partners.
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Communiqué de presse WACA en Côte d’Ivoire : Cinq comités de gestion des plaintes installés et opérationnels dans la zone de Grand Lahou
Auteur: WACA Cote d'Ivoire
Une étape importante dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre du Projet d’Investissement pour la Résilience des Zones côtières en Afrique en Côte d’Ivoire (WACA ResiP) vient d’être franchie avec l’installation du 22 au 28 mars 2020, de 5 Comités Locaux du Mécanisme de Gestion des Plaintes (MGP) dans le département de Grand-Lahou, zone pilote du projet WACA. Il s’agit des Comités Locaux de gestion des plaintes des villages de Lahou-Kpanda, de Groguida, de Likpiliassié, de Braffedon et du Comité Communal de gestion des plaintes de Grand- Lahou.