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Africa
Expert warns of food crisis in West and Central Africa
3 Feb 2012, IOL
'The [drought] season will come earlier and last longer than usual. This will leave the Sahel hugely reliant on food imports, which will have to be acquired at sky-high prices. This could spell disaster for millions of people whose food needs will rise as their purchasing power plummets'...
- Atelier Plate-forme nationale Maroc07-09 Feb 2012, Morocco (Rabat)
- Georisque 2012: Risques naturels sur les littoraux14-15 Feb 2012, Morocco (El Jadida)
- Community action planning in disaster prone communities11-17 Mar 2012, Uganda (Mbarara)
- Regional Policy & Plans
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Roadmap to disaster reduction and response2012, Global Relief
Stories of the impact of the International Disaster Response Training in Jos, Nigeria2011, Global Relief
General Facts
- Population: 922 million (2005)
- Density: 30 per sq km
- Total Area: 30,250 sq km (X 1,000)
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
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Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2011Jan 2012, Munich Re
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2010Feb 2011, Munich Re
- Poverty over: climate change2011, Christian Aid
- 100 photos for climate change adaptation2011, IOC; IOM
- Mozambique: Changing weather patterns and livelihoods2010, DFID; Guardian, the
- Disaster reduction and recovery specialist, P3Niger (Niamey), BCPR-UNDP
- Natural resources management and climate change advisorEthiopia (Addis Ababa), Save the Children U.S.
- Technical specialists - Resilience in the Limpopo river basinMozambique , ARD
External Online Resources
- Action pour la protection des personnes et des biens en Afrique
- Adaptation Partnership: Review of existing and planned adaptation actions (by region and country)
- DIPECHO DRR Partner Platform in SE Africa and the SW Indian Ocean
- Eclipse Africa
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- IAVS: plate-forme de ressources sur les changements climatiques en Afrique (in French)
- IRI: climate and desert locust monitoring
- Knowledge network on vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
- Les criquets ravageurs (in French)
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- UNFCCC: local coping strategies database
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- WMO: severe weather information centre: thunderstorms
See also
- African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD)
- African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)
- African Union (AU)
- AGRHYMET Regional Center (AGHRYMET)
- Arab Water Council (AWC)
- Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)
- Commission de lutte contre le criquet pélerin dans la région occidentale (CLCPRO)
- Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC-EMPRES)
- Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA)
- East African Community Secretariat (EAC)
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC)
- Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- League of Arab States (LAS)
- New Partnership for Africa's Development Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD)
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- Working on fire (WoF)