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UNDRR has partnered with the European Union, African Union and African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States to deliver a programme to build African countries’ capacity in risk-sensitive investment planning and DRR mainstreaming under the programme

Namibian meat firm talks with Botswana to import cattle, as severe drought decimates local herds and threatens beef export deals with China and European countries.

The tool called 'Vulnerability Risk Assessment' was used in Namibia to help decision makers better understand how climate change and social vulnerabilities intersect.

Drought has caused a third of Namibia's 2.5 million people to go hungry, and hundreds of wild animals in conservation parks as well cattle on farms are dying.

This study considers the role played by devotion (religious faith and belief) and respect for tradition (preservation of time-honoured customs) climate smart agriculture (CSA) adoption in Namibia. 

CSA has the potential to increase the resilience of

Stakeholders, including the Government of the Republic of Namibia, gained knowledge and understanding of DRR and resilience-building through Namibia’s DDR Country Level Workshop. The workshop is part of a programme that involved the development of Namibia's Multi-Hazard Probabilistic Risk Profile, which comprised a key aspect of participant training.

According to the IPCC's new report, climate change hotspots, such as those in southern Africa, will experience greater local warming and drying than the global average. Countries like Botswana and Namibia urgently need to prepare and adapt if they want to stop the worst climate effects from impacting a variety of sectors.

This paper, from the UMFULA programme, reviews the current availability of climate information in Southern Africa and assesses the requirements of a variety of end users in the region, using empirical findings from an innovative regional survey. The paper