Media Mentions: July 2023
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Policy paper UK–Sahel region development partnership summary, July 2023
July 17, 2023
Three out of the 5 Sahel countries are among the most vulnerable countries to climate change, and least prepared to cope or adapt (Chad is last on the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative’s country index). Temperatures in the Sahel are rising at 1.5 times the global average, and, by 2080, due to increase by 2.0 to 4.3°C. The region also suffers increasingly pronounced wet and dry seasons, and extreme rainfall. By 2080, projected annual precipitation is expected to increase by up to 16mm.
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Policy paper UK–Uganda development partnership summary, July 2023
July 17, 2023
“Uganda is the 13th most vulnerable country to the negative impacts of climate change [footnote 10], and deforestation and land degradation are increasing these risks and damaging biodiversity.” - ND-GAIN citation
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Supporting Women's Reproductive Health Is Key to Climate Goals | Opinion
July 11, 2023
Growing vulnerability from climate change adds even greater urgency to the challenges posed by these looming population issues. In a new report, Population Growth and Climate Change Vulnerability: Understanding Current Trends to Enhance Rights and Resilience, the Population Institute asked researchers to analyze population and other indicators in the 80 most climate-vulnerable nations, as rated by the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN). They found that the average population growth rate in the most vulnerable countries is double the global rate, and concluded that such growth also has important—yet often overlooked—implications for climate change adaptation and resilience.