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This report provides an overview of the state of ASP across six Sahelian countries as well as a set of recommendations for actions to strengthen the adaptiveness and responsiveness of existing systems to shocks.

This seismic risk profile of Mauritania, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

This paper incorporates microeconomic estimates of the effect of the rainy season quality on food consumption into a catastrophe risk modeling approach to develop a novel framework for early forecasting of food insecurity at sub-national levels.

Improving access to healthcare and electricity can go a long way toward reducing the costs to growth from climate disasters.

This report is an assessment of progress at the regional level and in West Africa against the ‘African Union Programme of Action for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in Africa’.

Climate change is driving millions of people into hunger. On World Food Day, we’re highlighting simple solutions that give communities sustainable access to food – and hope.

Early warning systems, contingency planning and local action can strengthen West Africa’s responses to increasingly frequent severe flooding.

By the end of this century, typical daily temperatures in West Africa set to be even higher than those registered on the hottest days at present, study indicates.