The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) supported the World Bank in the preparation and implementation of the N’Djamena Urban Resilience Project, with the goal of reducing flood risk and strengthening climate resilient urban planning and selected flood-related services in N’Djamena.  

Our technical assistance helped shape the World Bank’s early planning stages for investments related to flood protection and drainage infrastructure. In 2024, major flooding throughout the country affected 1.94M people and damaged or destroyed key infrastructure. Climate change will increase the likelihood and magnitude of rainfall and riverine flooding. High rates of poverty — in 2022, the poverty rate in Chad was 44.8% — and a lack of basic services, including deficient sanitation and solid waste management, contributes to the vulnerability of households. A rapidly growing urban population, combined with limited awareness and education around climate impacts, compound social insecurity and increase risk from flooding. Gender-based vulnerability is particularly acute: Chad ranks 150th out of 162 countries in UNDP’s Gender Inequality Index. Consequently, a gender-based focus is especially important in informing future investments, and was a key part of GCA’s support, which spanned over four years, beginning in 2022.