Publication: Embedding Climate Resilience into
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2023-09-05
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The Africa Climate Resilience Investment Facility (AFRI-RES) is a partnership between the Africa Union, African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the World Bank Group, established with support from the Nordic Development Fund (NDF). The partnership seeks to assist governments, planners, and private developers in integrating climate resilience in project planning and design, thereby attracting funding from both development and climate finance sources. This note summarizes lessons and practices deployed in embedding climate resilience into the design of projects that received catalytic funds from AFRI-RES. It 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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“World Bank. 2023. Embedding Climate Resilience into
Energy Projects. Africa Climate Resilience Investment Facility (AFRI-RES) Learning Note; Note 4; Africa Climate Resilience Investment Facility (AFRI-RES) Learning Note; Note 4. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/40325 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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