World Bank Group2025-07-212025-07-212025-07-21https://hdl.handle.net/10986/43466The World Bank Group’s Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs) are a core diagnostic that integrates climate change and development. They help countries prioritize the most impactful actions that can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and boost adaptation and resilience, while delivering on broader development goals. CCDRs build on data and rigorous research and identify main pathways to reduce GHG emissions and climate vulnerabilities, including the costs and challenges as well as benefits and opportunities from doing so. The reports suggest concrete, priority actions to support the low-carbon, resilient transition. As public documents, CCDRs aim to inform governments, citizens, the private sector and development partners and enable engagements with the development and climate agenda. CCDRs feed into other core Bank Group diagnostics, country engagements and operations, and help attract funding and direct financing for high-impact climate action.The Union of the Comoros (“The Comoros”) has significant vulnerability to climate change related risks but has considerable opportunities to strengthen preparedness and resilience against these challenges. According to the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index, the Comoros is the 29th-most vulnerable country to climate change and the 163rd most ready to adapt (out of 191). The Comoros archipelago is exposed to many natural hazards that adversely affect the country’s natural capital, people, and physical infrastructure. In 2014, the economic cost of climate-related disasters was estimated at $5.7 million annually, equivalent to 9.2 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Between 2018 and 2023, as many as 11 tropical depressions or cyclones impacted the country, with Cyclone Kenneth causing the greatest damage, equivalent to 14 percent of GDP, resulting in total economic growth falling from 3.6 percent in 2018 to 1.9 percent in 2019. More than 345,000 people (40 percent of the population) were affected by the cyclone, with 185,000 people experiencing severe impacts and 12,000 displaced. However, there is an opportunity for the country to grow more robust and shock-responsive, and to establish prepositioned funding mechanisms to enhance future crisis response efforts.L’Union des Comores (« les Comores ») est particulièrement vulnérable aux risques climatiques, mais peut saisir d’importantes opportunités pour renforcer sa préparation et sa résilience face à ces défis. Selon l’indice mondial d’adaptation de Notre Dame, les Comores sont le 29e pays le plus vulnérable au changement climatique et se situent au 163e rang en ce qui concerne la préparation à l’adaptation, sur 191 pays évalués. L’archipel est exposé à de nombreuses catastrophes naturelles qui affectent gravement le capital naturel, la population et les infrastructures physiques. En 2014, le coût économique des catastrophes climatiques a été évalué à 5,7 millions USD par an, soit 9,2 pour cent du produit intérieur brut (PIB). Entre 2018 et 2023, le pays a subi 11 dépressions tropicales ou cyclones, le cyclone Kenneth ayant provoqué les plus lourds dégâts. Ces dommages ont représenté 14 pour cent du PIB, entraînant une baisse de la croissance économique de 3,6 pour cent en 2018 à 1,9 pour cent en 2019. Plus de 345 000 personnes, soit 40 pour cent de la population, ont été affectées par le cyclone, dont 185 000 gravement affectées et 12 000 déplacées. Malgré ces défis, les Comores disposent d’importantes opportunités pour renforcer leur résilience face aux crises climatiques. Le pays peut devenir plus robuste et réactif aux chocs, notamment en mettant en place des mécanismes de financement prépositionnés afin d’améliorer les efforts de réponse aux crises à venir.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE-RESILIENTGREEN DEVELOPMENTWATER SUPPLYCLIMATE TRANSITIONReportWorld Bank10.1596/43466