Study and mapping of the vulnerability to climate change in the Nakanbé basin validated

A national workshop organized by the Permanent Secretariat of the National Council on Environment and Sustainable Development (SP/CONEDD) was held on 27 March 2014 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to validate “the study and mapping of the vulnerability to climate change of water resources in the Nakanbé basin”.

The Nakanbé is the name for the Volta basin in Burkina Faso and it is the most important catchment basin in the country.

This study is financially supported by the Water Climate and Development Program (WACDEP) being implemented by the Burkina Country Water Partnership. The study is carried out by a consultant recruited.

The participants recommended that the study refers further to all national policy documents at the level of ministries of water, environment, farming, economics, etc., and at the international level including ECOWAS and VBA documents.

The next steps are basically to develop a project document on the basis of the results of this study and start the implementation of the project in 2015. There are opportunities for funding this project with some seed funds already provided by a project being run by the SP-CONEDD.  The results and methodology of this study should be documented in order to replicate on a larger scale or even over the entire country.