Diagnostic note “Sustainable habitat and climate change in Africa”

Read the new Diagnostic note « Sustainable habitat and climate change in Africa » by Mélaine Assè-Wassa Sama, Project Officer for Climate Action in Africa

Date : October 2023

Summary

- Urban planning: a challenge for African cities exposed to climate change
- African cities struggle to mobilize financing
- Under-exploited traditional building materials and processes
- African cities face a major energy deficit
- Land governance at the heart of many shortcomings in African cities