Addressing climate change in Comoros and Sao Tome and Principe
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This press release delivered at UN Conference on Small Island Developing States and highlighted on some points that, Apia — Comoros and Sao Tome and Principe are two of the three least developed countries amongst the six African SIDS. Though Comoros is situated in the Indian Ocean and Sao Tome in the Atlantic, the two countries have a lot in common. One hundred percent of the population of Comoros and 96 percent of that of Sao Tome and Principe live within 10 kilometers of the coastline. Rising sea levels and storm surges are exacerbating coastal erosion, which is threatening infrastructure and coastal villages. In Sao Tome and Principe some coastal villages have already had to temporarily relocate. Comoros and Sao Tome and Principe are in the midst of implementing some of the priority projects identified in their National Adaptation Programmes of Action. There are still a lot of challenges that need to be addressed to address climate change in Comoros and Sao Tome and Principe, both countries are implementing policies and plans to address climate change in their own national contexts and in their own way.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2014-09). Addressing climate change in Comoros and Sao Tome and Principe. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/32313”Collections
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