Development of climate/biodiversity/desertification sheets for CILSS Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone
AGRICULTURE 
ENVIRONMENT 
FORESTRY 
TRANSVERSAL
Services: Training and capacity building
Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone
Dates of intervention: 2014/01 - 2014/08
Amount executed: 12 775 €
Total amount of the service: 12 775 €
Main backer: French Facility for Global Environment
Main beneficiary: Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel - Client
Co-contractors:
Support provider: SalvaTerra
Experts: Olivier BOUYER, Jérôme MAURICE, Maden LE CROM
Certificate of satisfactory execution#1 Climate changes: Causes, Manifestations and effects in Sahel #2 Climate changes: Impacts on Water and Agriculture in West Africa#3 Climate changes and Food security: Impacts and vulnerability of rural and urban Populations#4 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): State of play and perspectives for West Africa #5 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification: State of play and perspectives for West Africa#6 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD): State of Play and Perspectives for West Africa#7 Climate Change: Responses from West African States#8 Desertification and Climate Change: Institutional Responses and Regional Actions#9 Successful Adaptation Strategies and Measures in West Africa#10 Mitigation of Climate Change#1 Changements climatiques : Causes, manifestations et effets au Sahel#2 Changements climatiques : Impacts sur l'eau et l'agriculture en Afrique de l'Ouest#3 Changement climatique et sécurité alimentaire : Impacts et vulnérabilité des populations rurales et urbaines#4 Convention cadre des Nations-Unies sur le changement climatique (CCNUCC) : Etats des lieux et perspectives pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest#5 Convention des Nations-Unies sur la Lutte Contre la Désertification (CNULCD): Etats des lieux et perspectives pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest#6 Convention des Nations-Unies sur la diversité biologique (CNUDB) : Etats des lieux et perspectives pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest#7 Changement climatique : Réponses des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest#8 Désertification et changements climatiques : Réponses institutionnelles et actions régionales#9 Stratégies et mesures d'adoption réussies en Afrique de l'Ouest : Traditions et innovations pour la gestion durable des terres#10 Atténuations des changements climatiques : Financements en Afrique de l'Ouest
Context of the service
The project "Integration of climate change adaptation in the agriculture and water sectors in West Africa" funded by FFEM and implemented by CILSS, aims to reduce the vulnerability of West African countries and populations and increase their capacity to adapt to climate change. The project includes the following components:
1. Creation of an internet portal for the exchange of information on the adaptation of agriculture to climate change;
2. Evaluation and revision of agriculture and water policies in the CILLS/ECOWAS region;
3. Dissemination of innovative agricultural adaptation initiatives in pilot countries;
4. Sensitization of decision-makers on the challenges of agricultural adaptation.
This service is included in this last component.
Services provided
10 sheets of 4 pages in English and French easy were produced on the intersecting issues relating to climate change (impats, adaptation, mitigation), desertification, food insecurity, erosion of biodiversity.
The fact sheets have been produced with particular attention to:
- Simplicity: the cards present the information in an immediately identifiable and understandable way, without non-essential information;
- Accessibility: the cards are "all-public" with several levels of reading (very accessible summary and assimilable details without prior knowledge);
- Completeness: the cards allow readers to learn beyond their content thanks to a recommended bibliography.
- Attractiveness: the cards have been designed, in substance and form, to arouse interest, in particular by integrating examples and illustrations;
Summary of the service
Development of 10 environmental sheets of 4 pages each (FR and EN) for CILSS: Presentation of intersecting issues relating to climate change (impacts, adaptation, mitigation), desertification, food insecurity, biodiversity erosion, etc. for a wide range of stakeholders (decision-makers, takeover bids, students, negotiators, journalists, etc.).