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Scaling climate investments in fragile regions

Despite the interest in climate-resilient investments, fragile countries and arid lands encounter distinctive challenges that impede progress. [iStockphoto]

Africa, in general, and the dryland systems are considered the most vulnerable to climate variability and change compared to the rest of the world, due in part to the lack of financial, institutional and technological capacity to respond to climate change.

Fragile contexts have an additional layer of exposure attributed to poor governance, conflict, poverty and inequality.

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