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AFD and the Government of Senegal (GoS) develop cutting-edge tools for smarter flood investment and improved urban planning

Confronted with increasingly frequent urban flooding due to a changing climate, the Government of Senegal (GoS) has put the reduction of flood disaster risk high on its development agenda. A top priority of its NDC, with an estimated investment budget around US$ 2 billion, flood management is leading to a major shift in policy-making in…
Key points
  • Climate change increases the cost of upfront development investments but creates also opportunities for more sustainable approaches
  • Climate resilience requires a mix of soft and hard investments to ensure an impact, including sustainable risk mitigation once the initial investment is completed
  • Grant support from the GCF was essential as the service provided has mainly a public good dimension for vulnerable people: market instruments would have been too limited to allow for such investment.