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A disaster and climate strategy for sub-Saharan Africa

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Strategy to address extreme weather and disasters and to make sub-Saharan Africa more resilient to climate change. Image source: Shutterstock (#399461038)

Extreme weather is occuring more frequent around the world due to climate change. As a response to that, the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) established the Africa Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Strategic Framework 2016-2020. Organized in three pillars, knowledge, investment and partnerships, the document outlines strategies to improve disaster and climate resilience in sub-Saharan countries.

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