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How do African cities
adapt and build resilience?

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There are so many things we must do,

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but the core is that we must identify
a tailored set of projects to help

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the specific country or city
adapt appropriately. And really,

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these projects often
fall into three buckets.

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One is we must build
resilient infrastructure,

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so ensuring that our power lines,
our telecom mass, our roads,

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are appropriately weatherized and
protected against climate impact.

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The second is we must build
resilient communities.

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There are a lot of coastal cities and
coastal neighborhoods that could be

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affected by things like
flooding and sea level rise.

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We need to understand whether we
need to relocate these people,

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give them the option to relocate and
ensure that their livelihoods are

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maintained.

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The third is we must build our ability
to understand and anticipate these risks,

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as well as respond appropriately
when the impacts occur.

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And so that means having appropriate
early warning systems and also having the

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right emergency management
systems to respond when crisis

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arrives.