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Slow-onset disasters, a neglected climatic event, affect the agricultural sector in Southeast Asia and threaten regional food security. Improving food security in slow-onset disasters requires...

This document provides an on overview of the activities implemented to respond climate change in Egypt. Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and we are at a defining moment. From shifting...

Highlights: Chapter 3.7 focuses on making agriculture more productive and resilient. The modelling shows that climate change impacts on crop yield will vary by crop and region...

Agriculture and food security are most vulnerable to climate variability and extremes. Climate variability and extremes increased the risks of food security in Gambella region. The study examines...

Highlights: According to the report, Climate change impacts could drive up to 1.6 million additional people into poverty by 2050, further compounding drivers of fragility across most...

Highlights: The World Bank’s Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs) aim to identify opportunities and priorities for investment and reform, to improve people’s lives, health, and safety while...

Climate change poses unprecedented challenges to the world’s food systems. Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, and more frequent extreme weather events threaten agricultural...

Highlights: Focus on agriculture Four areas are highlighted to ensure productive and resilient ecosystems for subsistence farmers through the economically important cash crop ‑ cocoa...

The latest forecasts point to a greater than 80 percent chance of El Niño continuing through March–May 2024, following declaration of the onset of El Niño conditions in early...

Highlights: Part 3.3.2 of the report focuses on the challenges of climate change to the agricultural sector. Climate change and related weather shocks are causing substantial losses to...