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The project addresses severe vulnerabilities including rising temperatures, rainfall variability, and high poverty rates in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. Key interventions include the construction of solar-powered water harvesting structures, the promotion of agroforestry to sequester an estimated 1,139,225 tCO2eq, and the implementation of the Participatory Seasonal Planning (PSP) methodology for climate information. 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