This case study outlines a public–private partnership approach to managing floods in the Lower Incomati Basin that has delivered economic benefits and reduced the vulnerability of poor communities in Mozambique. It describes the challenges facing sugar companies, contract farmers and rural communities and explains how a collaborative approach is providing…
Year: 2018
File size: 634 KB
This case study outlines how Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe – all riparian states of the Limpopo River Basin – are sharing water data in order to predict flood flows and issue early warnings to more than 1.5 million people. The report describes the challenges facing low-income communities and the economic activities of agriculture, forestry,…
Year: 2018
File size: 617 KB
This executive summary outlines the key messages from the publication ‘Climate risk and vulnerability: A handbook for Southern Africa’. As well as information on the evidence for climate change, the document summarises projected climate change scenarios and the impacts of extreme weather events. The summary finishes with a discussion of climate adaptation…
Year: 2017
File size: 1.5 MB
This handbook presents a series of definitions, concepts and programmes for addressing climate change in Southern Africa following the inception of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015. The document provides the reader with a simplified understanding of climate risks, as well as actions that can be implemented to address the impacts of climate change. This…
Year: 2017
File size: 11 MB
This two-sided leaflet containing information on the work to improve climate resilience within the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA). The leaflet contains background to issues in the area, a list of agricultural value-chain products with potential for pilot enterprise-development projects and steps needed to move the project…
Year: 2017
File size: 449 KB
This two-sided flyer gives an overview of work in the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) that aims to improve climate resilience in the region. Background information on key issues in the area and next steps are provided.…
Year: 2017
File size: 527 KB
This is a two-page overview of the services CRIDF offers, including: CRIDF’s project cycle; project preparation services; funding capture/matching services; implementation and project assistance; and ‘on demand’ technical assistance.…
Year: 2017
File size: 772 KB
This two-page overview of CRIDF describes the Facility’s aims, approaches and services offered.…
Year: 2017
File size: 742 KB
This policy brief presents an economic and environmental argument for incorporating the population within the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) region into the tourism value chain. It gives an overview of this project that aims to help KAZA communities develop agricultural products that can be sold into the tourism industry.…
Year: 2017
File size: 384 KB
This two-page brief, produced by CRIDF and prepared for World Water Week 2017, gives an overview of the Songwe River Basin Development Programme. The brief describes the programme’s objectives and expected benefits; the work it has delivered to date; its financial viability; and the sound investment opportunity the programme offers.…
Year: 2017
File size: 103 KB