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Climate change in the Gambia

OverviewImpacts on the natural environmentImpacts on peopleMitigation and adaptation

Climate change in the Gambia is having impacts on the natural environment and people of The Gambia. Like other countries in West Africa, the impacts of climate change are expected to be varied and complex. Climate change adaptation is going to be important to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the country.

Migration, Environment and Climate Change

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), as the leading intergovernmental migration agency, has been at the forefront of operational, research, policy and advocacy efforts, seeking to bring environmental migration to the heart of international, regional and national concerns in collaboration with its Member States, observers and ...

CLIMATE RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEMS

The Gambia 2050 Climate Vision (2021) By 2050, The Gambia aspires to be a climate-resilient, middle-income country through green economic growth supporting sustainable, low emissions development, contributing its fair share to global efforts to address climate change. Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Policy (2017 –2026)

From the Streets of Banjul to The Frontlines of COP26

Outside of The Gambia, she is the policy operations lead for the Women and Gender United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Youth Constituency YOUNGO, where she has been a driving force for policy submissions on gender and climate change. In The Gambia, she has trained more than 500 school children about climate …

THE GAMBIA''S LONG-TERM CLIMATE-NEUTRAL …

Long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS) Author. Gambia. Country. Gambia. Topic. Ambition and collective progress, Mitigation, Adaptation.

Prioritization of climate change adaptation approaches in the Gambia ...

The numerical results obtained were used to detect high-priority intervention for adaptation to climate change in the Gambia. The results are shown in Table 2, highlighting scores of the five categories and 25 approaches of climate change adaptation in the Gambia. Among the five categories, health (0.224) is the highest priority …

THE GAMBIA: Voluntary National Review Report on the …

establishment of The Gambia Strategy Review Board (GSRB), The Gambia Climate Change Fund, and the process of developing an Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) and a climate change budget code. COVID–19 impacted the implementation of National Development Plan and the SDGs with the restrictions including travel restrictions ...

Agriculture in the Gambia

Climate change effects. The agriculture sector in The Gambia is impacted by rising temperatures, increasing sea levels, and droughts. There was a long and significant drought in the Sahel in 2012, and droughts have become increasingly common since.

Early Warning-Strengthening Climate Services In Gambia

2016 $578,145. 2017 $1,067,826. 2018 $340,922. 2019 $276,672. 2020 $6,411. 2023 $0. Full Project information. Strengthening climate services and early warning systems in the Gambia for climate resilient development and adaptation to climate change – 2nd Phase of the GOTG/GEF/UNEP LDCF NAPA Early Warning Project.

Second Nationally Determined Contribution of The Gambia

Climate Change Secretariat Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, and Natural Resources 7, Marina Parade Banjul, The Gambia ... Fourth, the adaptation section was strengthened, providing more details on The Gambia''s climate vulnerability, envisaged adaptation action and finance needs. Nevertheless, developing the NDC2 was also a …

Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Strategies: The Gambia

This paper analyzes The Gambia''s vulnerability to climate change, highlighting risks like flooding, droughts, and coastal erosion, which threaten food security and key industries. It details The Gambia''s climate strategies, including the National Climate Change Policy, 2050 Climate Vision, and Long-Term Climate-Neutral …

THE GAMBIA

The Gambia''s poverty rate remains at 48 %, while food insecurity has risen from 5 to 8 % over ... climate change and climate variability impacts, along with poor infrastructure, soil fertility depletion, declining agriculture commodity prices, soaring prices of production inputs and low private investment (FAO, 2022). 6

Grassroots and Youth-Led Climate Solutions From The Gambia

Objectives. 1. To enrich the debate around local climate change adaptation and mitigation by giving youth a voice/platform and encourage the dialogue between youth and decision-makers, NGOs and other stakeholders. 2. To stimulate peer-to-peer teaching and learning among school-aged children. 3.

Climate Change National Policy

The National Climate Change Policy of the Gambia sets the country''s institutional arrangements for coordination and mainstreaming, outlines a new integrated approach to resource mobilisation, and develops a clear policy direction for human resource development. It emphasises the links between climate change adaptation and disaster …

Gambia, The

This page presents Gambia, The''s projected climate. The Mean Projections page offers CCKP''s complete suite of indicators for in-depth analysis into future climate scenarios and potential risks due to changing climates. Data can be investigated as either the projected mean or anomaly (change) and is presented spatially, as a seasonal cycle, time series, …

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONS AND INTERVENTIONS

Climate change. In 2021, The Gambia was recognized by the Climate Action Tracker as the country most compatible with the Paris Agreement. To support the …

Ecosystem-based adaptation in the Gambia

In 2017, UN Environment and partners launched The Gambia''s largest natural-resource development project to help the country adapt to climate change. The overarching objective is to build climate resilience by restoring and rehabilitating at least 10,000 hectares of forests, protected areas, wildlife areas and farmland, all of which are ...

Long Term Climate Change Strategy of The Gambia

The Gambia has demonstrated strong ambition and led the way in combatting climate change, by submitting a Second Nationally Determined (NDC2) in 2021 whose …

Enhancing Resilience of Vulnerable Coastal Areas and Communities …

Enhancing Resilience of Vulnerable Coastal Areas and Communities to Climate Change in the Republic of Gambia. To reduce Gambia''s vulnerability to sea-level rise and associated impacts of climate change by improving coastal defences and enhancing adaptive capacities of coastal communities. Project Details. GEF Project ID.

Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Strategies: The Gambia

This paper analyzes The Gambia''s vulnerability to climate change, highlighting risks like flooding, droughts, and coastal erosion, which threaten food security …

FP188: Climate Resilient Fishery Initiative for Livelihood …

The fishery sector in Gambia is facing numerous challenges from climate change impacts. Communities across the country rely heavily on the Gambia river for their source of income, including artisanal fisheries which is the backbone of the livelihoods for vulnerable and rural poor communities. The artisanal fishery sector provides jobs and …

Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Strategies; The Gambia; …

This paper analyzes The Gambia''s vulnerability to climate change, highlighting risks like flooding, droughts, and coastal erosion, which threaten food security and key industries. It details The Gambia''s climate strategies, including the National Climate Change Policy, 2050 Climate Vision, and Long-Term Climate-Neutral

Effective climate action will help the Gambia''s peace …

The UN Resident Coordinator in the Gambia, Seraphine Wakana, says the country is doing its best on climate change mitigation and adaptation, but it needs all the help it can get.

Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Strategies: The Gambia; …

The Gambia has put climate change at the center of its sustainable development strategy, more purposefully than most other small countries. The Gambia''s second National Determined Contribution (NDC2) 8 submitted in 2021 is assessed by the Climate Action Tracker as an overall almost sufficient,

Zambia

Climate Change Knowledge Portal. This page presents high-level information for Zambia''s climate zones and its seasonal cycle for mean temperature and precipitation for the latest climatology, 1991-2020. Climate zone classifications are derived from the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system, which divides climates into five main climate ...

The Gambia | United Nations Development Programme

Under the current Country Programme Document, UNDP The Gambia focuses on capacity development for inclusive growth, accountability and resilience and partners with Government in Governance and Human Rights, Inclusive Growth, and Sustainable Energy and the Environment. About The Gambia. 2.1 . million . population. 48.6 . percent .

Gambia, The

Explore historical and projected climate data, climate data by sector, impacts, key vulnerabilities and what adaptation measures are being taken. Explore the overview for a …

Gambia, The

Climate Change Knowledge Portal. Trends in climate — past, present and future — always need to be understood in the context of the naturally occurring variability. Climate variability here, refers to the ways how climate conditions (e.g., temperature and precipitation) "flicker" from year to year within their respective typical "range ...

Weathering the uncertainties of climate change in The …

George Gaye, Superintendent at Basse Meteorological station in The Gambia''s Upper River Region, has watched climate change increasingly kill cattle and ruin harvests over the years, but since ...

Third National Communication of the Gambia under the UNFCCC

climate change. The Gambia''s SPCR spearheaded by MECCNAR is a comprehensive transformational adaptation and mitigation investment plan, designed to reduce and manage the country''s high vulnerability to climate variability and change, and in so doing, to secure catalytic financing from

Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change in the Gambia | GEF

Timeline. Received by GEF. 19 Mar 2014. Concept Approved. 30 Jul 2014. Project Approved for Implementation. 26 May 2016. To promote sustainable and diversified livelihood strategies for reducing the impacts of climate variability and change in agriculture and livestock sector.

THE GAMBIA

The Gambia is geographically located between the arid Sahara Desert and humid rainforests in the south. This, combined with the extensive wetland systems along the …

Gambia | Green Climate Fund

GCF partners with FAO on two major climate-resilience projects in Benin and the Gambia. 21 Jul 2022 / GCF and FAO have signed an agreement for $60 million in funding for two new major projects that will improve climate-resilience in Benin and the Gambia. These cross-cutting mitigation and adaptation projects were approved at the most recent GCF Board …

Climate change, food security and economic growth nexus in the Gambia ...

Remittance is the major contribution to GDP 72 percent of the rural households depend on agriculture for survival. In their study, Loum and Fogarassy (2015) revealed that climate change in The Gambia contains the following elements such as the incidence of drought, changes in rainfall, windstorms, and cold spells.

National Adaptation Plans: Submission by Gambia on behalf of

1. 1. INTRODUCTION. a. Background. Climate change will severely affect the economic and development prospects of the LDCs. Adapting to climate change entails making the appropriate adjustments and changes to reduce the negative effects of climate change. This demands good understanding of changes and planning, not only in the immediate …

Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Strategies: The Gambia; …

This paper analyzes The Gambia''s vulnerability to climate change, highlighting risks like flooding, droughts, and coastal erosion, which threaten food security and key industries. It …

Gambia, The

Climate Change Knowledge Portal. The systematic warming of the planet is directly causing global mean sea level to rise in two primary ways: (1) mountain glaciers and polar ice sheets are increasingly melting and adding water to the ocean, and (2) the warming of the water in the oceans leads to an expansion and thus increased volume.

Geo-spatial analysis of drought in The Gambia using multiple

Climate change has made The Gambia vulnerable to drought hazard. Variability and negative trends in rainfall quantity and mid-season dry spells mainly attributed to the impacts of climate change. The inadequacy in hydrometeorological information puts the agricultural sector at a high risk which employs over 70% of the population. The aim …