Technical Papers
The Gambia: National Climate Hazard Assessment
The Climate Hazard Assessment for The Gambia Technical Report provides an evidence-based overview of current and future climate hazards affecting critical infrastructure, with a focus on the transport sector. The analysis highlights that flooding, rising extreme temperatures, and increasing drought risk are the most significant threats to mobility, connectivity, and water availability.
13 March 2026
The Gambia: Water Resources Climate Risk Assessment
The Water Resources Climate Risk Assessment for The Gambia Technical Report analyses current and future pressures on freshwater availability and quality, identifying priority climate risks and adaptation options for the sector. The assessment shows that saltwater intrusion, groundwater depletion, and rising demand driven by population and industrial growth are key challenges, particularly in the Greater Banjul Area and along the Gambia River.
13 March 2026
The Gambia: Climate Risk Assessment National Transport System
The Climate Risk Assessment for the Transport Sector in The Gambia Technical Report evaluates how current and future climate hazards affect the national transport network and identifies priority adaptation responses. The assessment shows that flooding and rising extreme temperatures pose the most significant risks, with a large share of road infrastructure already exposed to shallow flood events that can disrupt access to markets, schools, and health services.
13 March 2026
Unlocking Adaptation Finance from African Banks: Early Insights
Under the adaptation finance pillar of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) — a joint initiative between the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) — GCA began engaging private sector financial institutions to de-risk lending portfolios, build institutional capacity, and identify market-ready adaptation investment opportunities aligned with national and sectoral resilience priorities.
13 March 2026
Bangladesh Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Stress-test
Led by Bangladesh’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC), this assessment brings together expertise via the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), with technical analyses undertaken by the University of Oxford and the Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS), and support from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands. The aim of this assessment is to quantify the impact of climate hazards on the provision of infrastructure services and the achievement of the country’s development objectives under current and projected climate scenarios.
4 March 2026
Urban Climate Risk Profile Preparation Guidelines
This guideline is prepared by the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), in collaboration with the World Bank and the Kenya State Department of Housing and Urban Development to support the implementation of the Second Kenya Urban Support Program (KUSP-II).
9 December 2025
Technical Brief on Resilient Solar Panels in Africa
This technical brief examines the critical intersection of Africa's growing solar PV investments and climate resilience. With nearly 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lacking electricity access and solar PV investments reaching $36.6 billion in 2023, the continent faces both enormous opportunity and significant climate-related risks to energy infrastructure.
13 November 2025
Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officer Handbook
The Handbook for Climate Resilient Infrastructure Officer (CRIO) is a component of the Knowledge Module on PPPs for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure and aims to provide tools and knowledge on how to integrate climate resilience throughout the PPP project cycle. The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Handbook has been revised in 2025 to provide infrastructure and PPP practitioners with the most up-to-date guidance, tools, and best practices for integrating climate resilience into all stages of the infrastructure lifecycle, from planning and design to financing, construction, and operation.
Nature-based Solutions Compendium for Urban Resilience in Kenya
The NbS Compendium provides actionable guidance to local stakeholders for identifying the replicability potential of existing NbS initiatives, assessing their scalability,and maximizing their benefits in the Kenyan urban context.
26 May 2025