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In this study, the authors explore the potentials and shortcomings of national laws in managing flood risk and increasing flood resilience in the context of climate change. They analyze 139 laws from 33 countries collected from the Climate Change Laws of

This report looks out to 2050 and presents alternative scenarios, or plausible portrays, of the future of the cattle and poultry sectors in Nigeria. It provides invaluable insights to decision-makers on actions to take today to make the Nigerian cattle

Using the widely-acknowledged four key roles that Local Governments (LGs) are expected to play as a reference and the Pressure and Release Model (PAR) as an exploratory framework; the paper examines the role of LGs in reducing disaster losses and

Over the past decade, flooding in Lagos has increased significantly, drawing increasing attention to the need for flood risk management. The paper examines the current approach to flood risk management by public and private agents in the city in the

This report aims to support the United Nations (UN) and its partners in developing climate-sensitive conflict prevention approaches. It offers: (1) a literature review covering the major scholarship on the links between climate change and violent conflict

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This document sets out the preparedness and response plan of the Nigerian Primary Health Care System for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Nigeria’s climate has been changing, evident in: increases in temperature; variable rainfall; rise in sea level and flooding; drought and desertification; land degradation; more frequent extreme weather events; affected fresh water resources and loss of

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This climate change profile provides a brief analysis of climate change vulnerability and adaptive capacity in the countries in the West African Sahel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Nigeria.

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