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The Netherlands designed climate change profiles to help integrate climate actions into development cooperation policies and activities. The profiles aim to give insight in climate change effects and impacts; the policies, priorities and commitments of the countries concerned; and key climate-relevant activities that are financed with international assistance.

This profile indicates that the expected impact of climate change in Benin, especially the projected rise in temperature and rainfall is likely to compound the challenges already faced by the agriculture and forestry sectors, while the coastal areas will experience a sharp rise in sea level. The latter will threaten the people living along the coast where both income and population density is higher than in other parts of Benin. Since agriculture is of the greatest importance for the Beninese economy, the agricultural sector will need to adopt adaptive measures to respond to the consequences of climate change that threaten food security.