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Sentinels from above: how drones are helping The Gambia cope with a rising flood risk

To protect the lives and livelihoods of thousands, The Gambia has partnered with UNESCO to establish a state-of-the-art, end-to-end early warning system for floods that relies heavily on drones.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
Drought in Somalia
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WFP helps half a million people recover from loss and damage with climate insurance in West Africa

WFP has received US$15.4 million worth of insurance payouts from African Risk Capacity (ARC) Limited that will provide a cash transfer to affected people from March to May 2023, enabling them to recover from the impacts of drought.
World Food Programme
Forest restoration project, The Gambia
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Fatoumatta L Sisay

Communities, contingency plans, and nature-based approaches: The Gambia’s path to resilience

The Gambia is building resilience, to reduce the impacts of hazards, so that they needn’t result in disaster. The country's National Disaster Management Agency recently joined MCR2030 as a way to make The Gambia more resilient to hazards.
Gambia VNR MTR
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Gambia: Voluntary National Report of the MTR SF

Gambia's Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).
Look over Banjul in The Gambia.
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Results in resilience: Charting a path to coastal resilience in The Gambia

In The Gambia, the smallest country on mainland Africa, the unique geography of the Greater Banjul Area, which is mostly surrounded by bodies of water, represents an economic lifeline.
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
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Towards a low-carbon climate-resilient future: developing The Gambia’s 2050 climate vision

In this case study, the authors explore lessons from the process undertaken by The Gambia to develop its 2050 Climate Vision, which may aid other countries on their journey.  The authors look at how the country is preparing to elaborate a 'long-term low

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Developing GIS capacity in the Gambia for disaster risk reduction and climate resilience

UNOSAT delivered a week-long training in Serrekunda, The Gambia, on the use of Earth Observation (EO) and Geospatial Information Technologies (GIT) applications.
United Nations Satellite Centre
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
Documents and publications

Planning a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery in The Gambia

The authors explore the considerations and requirements that must underpin effective COVID-19 recovery planning in the Gambia, and propose strategic interventions, much of which will be applicable to the recovery of other Least Developed Countries.

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