Embedding climate resilience into urban and transport projects
This note summarizes lessons and practices deployed in embedding climate resilience into the design of projects that received catalytic funds from The Africa Climate Resilience Investment Facility (AFRI-RES).
Africa is the fastest urbanizing continent with more than 40 percent of the population living in urban areas, an amount that is expected to increase to 60 percent by 2050. Rapid, unplanned urbanization is a major risk factor, leading to an increased concentration of people, inadequate provision of basic services, and infrastructure in exposed areas.
The note draws from application of the Resilience Booster Tool to specific projects, as relevant, Compendium Volume on Climate Resilient Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa (World Bank (2023a) and Guidance, Standards, and Good Practice Notes developed under the program.
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