Topics

Cross-cutting and other themes
- Climate Change (Adaptation and Mitigation)
- Resilience

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

Client

Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

Service

Advisory

Year

2017

October 22, 2017
in category Climate Change (Adaptation and Mitigation), Resilience
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Analysis of the Climate Policy Environment for the Africa Resilience Initiative

IRMA undertook an in-depth examination of all pertinent policies across the West Africa region as a critical foundation for the Africa Resilience Initiative (ARI) that the Dutch Red Cross will implement with funding from the European Union. The results were presented in both a traditional report format and with audiovisuals to enable broad sharing and discussion with the initiatives many stakeholders.

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