Communities in the Republic of Congo and Burundi are facing recurring flood risks, land degradation, and erosion due to poor infrastructure and limited financial support. The Global Center on Adaptation and the World Bank partnered to develop Community Resilience Spatial Frameworks (CRSFs) for vulnerable neighborhoods in each country, focusing on community engagement and integrating locally developed resilience measures. These frameworks outline short-term and medium-term interventions, prioritized with community input and multi-criteria analysis, emphasizing a portfolio approach to resilience. The CRSFs developed in various neighborhoods serve as replicable models for other cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the importance of bottom-up planning and community-driven climate resilience to make adaptation more just, inclusive, and effective.
https://gca.org/building-resilience-from-the-ground-up-risk-informed-planning-in-congo-and-burundi/