This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) examines Liberia’s development trajectory through the lens of the country’s vulnerability to climate change. It identifies Liberia’s development risks and opportunities, models various scenarios of climate impact and intervention, and proposes ways to strengthen resilience and finance climate actions that support Liberia’s development …
This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) examines Liberia’s development trajectory through the lens of the country’s vulnerability to climate change. It identifies Liberia’s development risks and opportunities, models various scenarios of climate impact and intervention, and proposes ways to strengthen resilience and finance climate actions that support Liberia’s development …
In the last two years, Liberia’s economic performance has improved. Inflation remained in single digits despite high global food and fuel prices and a relaxation in monetary and fiscal policies. Liberia’s poverty rate is projected to have declined slightly in the last two years as GDP growth rebounds and inflation …
Liberia, due to its location on the west coast of Africa, within the tropical rain forest climate belt with heavy rain, is faced with high climate change risks, including cyclones, floods and rising sea levels. Its vulnerability to climate variability and climate change is affecting millions of people thus making …
The Government of Liberia recognizes the threats posed by climate change and has taken action to address them. In this regard, the EPA coordinated the development of the National Climate Change Response Strategy in 2018. This National Adaptation Plan (NAP) marks a fundamental landmark in addressing its susceptibility and resilience …
This climate risk profile is intended to serve a as public good to facilitate upstream country diagnostics, policy dialogue, and strategic planning by providing comprehensive overviews of trends and projected changes in key climate parameters, sector-specific implications, relevant policies and programs, adaptation priorities and opportunities for further actions. Liberia is …
The UN’s Humanitarian Chief, Mark Lowcock, has called for swift and determined action to avoid the most destabilizing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as he releases a $6.7 billion appeal and an updated global plan to fight coronavirus in fragile countries. COVID-19 has now reached every country, with nearly 3,596,000 …
Monrovia — The Monrovia City Cooperation (MCC) over the weekend lunched a new waste management system called the house to house garbage collection pilot project in four districts in Monrovia. According to the MCC, the pilot Project will take effects by Monday, April 8, 2019. Residents from District #7, District …
Ministers from more than 30 developing countries on Monday urged wealthy nations to top up a set of climate funds that channel money to international development banks, in a year when competition for limited donor dollars is set to heat up. The $8.3-billion Climate Investment Funds (CIF), currently the world's …
The HIV epidemic continues to have a profound humanitarian and public health impact in western an The HIV epidemic continues to have a profound humanitarian and public health impact in western and central Africa, a region that risks being left behind in the global response to ending the AIDS epidemic. …
WASHINGTON - Nearly one in three people living in West and Central Africa fear losing their homes and land in the next five years, according to a survey of 33 countries, making it the region where people feel most insecure about their property. More than two in five respondents from …
Close up of the the first discovered specimen of the newly described species (Atractaspis branchi or Branch's Stiletto Snake) in its natural habitat. Credit: Mark-Oliver Roedel Following a series of recent surveys in north-western Liberia and south-eastern Guinea, an international team of researchers found three stiletto snakes which were later …
The Liberian government in partnership with the Embassy of Sweden in Monrovia and Conservation International (CI) have scheduled a 'Blue Ocean Conference' in Monrovia from March 18 - 21, 2019. According to the organizers, this is the first environmental and marine conference scheduled in West Africa, representing a historic moment …
Contact tracing is one of the key response actions necessary for controlling spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Contact tracing is comprised of several different activities: identification of persons who have been in contact with confirmed EVD cases, close monitoring contacts for EVD symptoms, and management of symptomatic persons. Closely …
Public Works Minister Signs MoU with The Last Well; 30,000 water purification bucket system arrives for distribution to 5 counties The provision of safe drinking water to the Liberian people is a priority of President George Weah’s government, and therefore the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) will partner with The …
The leadership of the Union of Liberia Community Forests (ULCF) has called on heads of logging companies in the country to desist from using names of politicians and government officials to take over community forests. This, according to ULCF, is undermining the development of rural communities and its people. "The …
Blindness in Liberia is increasing by the thousands ever year, according to Dr. Edward B. Gizzie, head of the Liberia Eye Center at the John F. Kennedy (JFK) Medical Center, adding to more than 30,000 people who have already gone blind. The major factor leading to an increase in blindness, …
The morbidity and socioeconomic effects of onchocerciasis, a parasitic disease that is primarily endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, have motivated large morbidity and transmission control programmes. Annual communitydirected ivermectin treatment has substantially reduced prevalence. Elimination requires intensified efforts, including more efficacious treatments. We compared parasitological efficacy and safety of moxidectin and …
The UK has experienced the driest start to a summer since records began in 1961, but safe drinking water remains in plentiful supply. Others around the world are not so fortunate. According to the charity WaterAid, millions of people are going thirsty this year despite high levels of local rainfall. …
Finance and Development Planning Minister, Samuel D. Tweah speaking at th NPRS launch -Finance Minister declares at launch of National Policy and Response Strategy on Climate Change The Minister of Finance and Development Planning has said that the threats posed by the impact of climate change are overwhelming and as …
Mercy Corps-Liberia Country Director, Kwesi Gyeabour said statistics have shown that only two percent of the country’s entire population have access to renewable energy, which they use separately to illuminate the home and also cook their food. Based on that, Mercy Corps has focused its key and strategic plans on …
