Urban-Rural Interdependence and the Impact of Climate Change in Malawi and Tanzania
Today, 39% of the African population lives in urban areas.
Today, 39% of the African population lives in urban areas.
The countries of the Greater Horn of Africa are particularly vulnerable to drought, exacerbated by widespread poverty and dependence on rainfed agriculture. Even with normal rainfall, the region does not produce enough food to meet its needs.
Local governments and coastal cities in Southern Africa face a serious threat associated with climate change.
Climate change extremes such as flooding and seasonal drought are already undermining the economies of countries in the Horn of Africa, with agriculture and water resources being the most affected sectors.
The Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey (ERF) is the only regional network for economic research covering the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
The Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG), University of Beirut (AUB), is a multidisciplinary team of professionals from the health sciences, medicine, chemistry and engineering departments.
This project proposes to carry out climate change adaptation pilot projects in communities in eight African countries, six of which are least developed countries.
The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) is a consortium of 15 members comprising Arab research and policy institutes, and partners from the United States and Europe.
In many sub-Saharan African countries, poverty is linked to low agricultural productivity, which climate change threatens to aggravate.
Because of the prevalence and intensity of poverty, populations in sub-Saharan Africa are highly vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change, particularly those who depend on an environment that is already degraded.