The Government of Zambia has launched its National Adaptation Plan (NAP), a long-term Strategic Plan formulated to address identified risks and vulnerabilities in various sectors to enhance Zambia's resilience to the impacts of climate change. The NAP was developed in partnership with GWP which provided technical and project management support and the Green Climate Fund funded the development process. The NAP, launched on Tuesday, 14 November in Lusaka.
The first platform with harmonized data for the Drin River’s environment, societies and economies has just been launched. The Integrated Management System is a free online tool available to all that allows regular information exchange among competent institutions in the Drin basin, facilitating effective transboundary cooperation.
Niger is a Sahelian country, which faces several major challenges. These mutually reinforce each other to aggravate the already precarious socio-economic situation of the country. Thus, we note the persistence of the effects of climate change, the challenges related to the problems of regional insecurity in the Sahel, leading in particular to massive displacements of populations and disturbances in the implementation of sectoral policies.
The Water Museum of Burkina Faso in Moutili near the capital city Ouagadougou marked the event with a mobilisation of local communities through various recreational and awareness-raising activities. Several schools of Loumbila and Saaba, the women's group of Moutili mobilized to offer a pleasant and inspired show, rich in sequences.
After the meetings of the stakeholders of Côte d'Ivoire, Benin and Ghana, those of Burkina Faso met from 14 to 16 December 2022 in Ouagadougou and those of Mali from 21 to 23 December 2022 in Bamako for the national workshop of the stakeholders for the planning of the flood and drought risk management strategy in the Volta basin.
The Global Water Partnership in West Africa (GWP-WA) has supported the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) and the Secretariat of the Convention for the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, provided by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), in promoting the process of accession, ratification and implementation of the Conventions on shared surface and groundwater in the UEMOA region.
Supply and installation of Smart Irrigation System for the ACCISI-GEM Project in Ghar El Melh - “Adapting to Climate Change Impacts through Smart Irrigation in Ghar El Melh wetland area, Tunisia”
Supply and installation of Solar Photovoltaics water pumping for irrigation for the ACCISI-GEM Project in Ghar El Melh - “Adapting to Climate Change Impacts through Smart Irrigation in Ghar El Melh wetland area, Tunisia”
