{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"geography":["Togo"]},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":371,"relation":"eq"},"page":5,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?geography=Togo&page=5","next":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?geography=Togo&page=6","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"napglob-000392","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/napglob-000392","title":"Aborder les pertes et préjudices : que peuvent nous enseigner les plans nationaux d’adaptation des pays ?","publisher":{"name":"NAP Global Network","organization":"nap-global-network"},"document_type":"report","language":"fr","date_published":"2023-05","source_url":"https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/napgn-fr-2023-loss-and-damage-in-naps.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report analyzes 41 multisectoral National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) to assess their integration of loss and damage (L&D) strategies. It finds that while nearly half of NAPs explicitly mention L&D and almost all include disaster risk management (DRM) components, there is a significant gap in addressing non-economic losses and irreversible impacts. The document proposes a 'spectrum' approach to L&D, ranging from avoidance (mitigation) and minimization (adaptation/DRR) to remediation (humanitarian response and reparations). It recommends that governments and international funders leverage existing NAP risk analyses as a starting point for L&D assessments and ensure that new L&D financing targets impacts that exceed adaptation limits to avoid duplicating existing adaptation efforts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000392#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Approximately 49% of the analyzed National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) explicitly mention the concept of loss and damage, with a high concentration of these documents submitted in 2021 and 2022, and 37% originating from small island developing states.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000392#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Disaster Risk Management (DRM) is nearly universal in NAPs, with 95% mentioning DRM or Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), covering all components from risk understanding and reduction to emergency response and recovery.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000392#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"DRM measures within NAPs are primarily focused on risk understanding and reduction; there are far fewer specific measures for emergency response and recovery, though early warning systems and insurance are common.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000392#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"While only 17% of NAPs use the specific term 'slow onset events,' every single analyzed NAP refers to at least one such event, such as sea-level rise, temperature increase, or biodiversity loss.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000392#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Human mobility is mentioned in most NAPs, but only about 40% address it in a permanent sense, such as relocation or resettlement, rather than just seasonal or economic migration.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000392#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Non-economic losses are rarely addressed, appearing in only 29% of NAPs, with the loss of cultural heritage being the most frequently cited issue (15%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000392#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"NAPs generally contain limited information on scenarios that exceed adaptation limits, suggesting that countries need more support to assess existential threats as a basis for L&D responses.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000392#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["loss and damage","national adaptation plan","disaster risk reduction","climate finance","climate justice","ecosystem-based adaptation","early warning system"],"geography_discussed":["Saint Lucia","Suriname","Tonga","Timor-Leste","Kiribati","Kenya","Madagascar","Sierra Leone","Albania","Sri Lanka","Peru","Bosnia and Herzegovina","Liberia","Central African Republic","Togo","Brazil","Cameroon","Benin","Saint Vincent and the Grenadines","Palestine","Nepal"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","systematic review"]},{"id":"afripo-000188","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/afripo-000188","title":"Assessing Turkey-Africa Engagements","publisher":{"name":"Africa Policy Research Institute","organization":"africa-policy-research-institute"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2023-04-27","source_url":"https://afripoli.org/assessing-turkey-africa-engagements","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document analyzes Turkey's 'niche diplomacy' in Africa, focusing on its 'Ankara consensus' for development aid, its growing role as an arms exporter (particularly drones), and its trade relations. It highlights a distinction between North African and Sub-Saharan African perceptions of Turkey, noting that while Turkey is seen as a non-colonial partner, its overall trade and aid volumes remain modest compared to major global powers. The brief suggests that Turkey's influence is currently driven more by its status as a rising donor than as a primary trading partner.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000188#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Turkey employs a specific development cooperation model termed the 'Ankara consensus', which it positions as an alternative to the Washington and Beijing consensuses. 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In 2020, of the total USD 25 billion trade volume with the continent, USD 15 billion was with North Africa.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000188#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Turkey has rapidly expanded its security footprint in Africa, specifically through 'drone diplomacy' and the sale of Bayraktar TB-2 UCAVs. While Turkey's total share of Africa's arms imports from outside the continent is only 0.5%, it has increased its partners to 12 countries between 2017 and 2021.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000188#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Turkish construction companies have significantly increased their activity in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2021, projects undertaken by Turkish builders in the region were valued at USD 5 billion, representing 17% of all Turkish building projects abroad.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000188#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"African perceptions of Turkey vary by region: North African countries may view Turkey's presence through the lens of 'neo-Ottoman ideology', whereas Sub-Saharan African countries generally view Turkey as a partner without colonial baggage and appreciate its criticism of the UN Security Council's decision-making mechanisms.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000188#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Turkey's diplomatic approach in Africa is characterized by non-interventionism and a preference for collaborating with existing governments over opposition groups, as demonstrated by its neutral stance during the conflict between the Ethiopian Government and Tigray Rebels.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000188#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document identifies several barriers to deeper economic integration, including a low number of Free Trade Agreements (only four concluded with Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, and Mauritius) and the burden of double taxation on business people.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000188#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["trade policy"],"geography_discussed":["Somalia","Ethiopia","Sudan","South Africa","Nigeria","Algeria","Tunisia","Libya","Egypt","Morocco","Niger","Togo","Senegal","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Burkina Faso"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","economic analysis","geopolitical analysis"]},{"id":"gclifun-005228","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gclifun-005228","title":"MAKING AFRICAN INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE","publisher":{"name":"Green Climate Fund","organization":"green-climate-fund"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2023-03-16","source_url":"https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp205-gender-accessment.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report analyzes the intersection of climate-resilient infrastructure and gender disparities in 19 African countries. 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To mitigate these risks, the ICRF proposes a three-component strategy involving blended finance, capacity building, and policy interventions, with specific entry points for gender mainstreaming such as prioritizing women-led companies in procurement and collecting sex-disaggregated data.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005228#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Climate change disproportionately increases the labor burden on women in Africa, specifically regarding the provision of food, water, and energy at the household level, which limits their time for economic and social activities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005228#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Women and girls are significantly more vulnerable to fatal impacts during natural disasters than men, with some data suggesting they are 14 times more likely to die.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005228#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF) is designed to provide concessional equity and parametric insurance to finance climate-resilient infrastructure in 19 African countries, focusing on transport, energy, economic zones, and telecommunications.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005228#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Benin, there is a significant gender gap in education and employment; 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It focuses on operationalizing a climate unit within the ECOWAS Commission, developing a pool of regional climate finance experts, and creating a digital library of climate-smart agricultural practices. The program aims to bridge the gap between the colossal financial needs for climate adaptation in West African agriculture—estimated at $162 billion—and the actual funding received, while ensuring gender-responsive risk assessments and the alignment of regional policies like ECOWAP with the Paris Agreement.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005940#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The agricultural sector is a critical but highly vulnerable pillar of the West African economy, contributing 30% to 50% of the GDP of Member States in 2020 and providing income for 70-80% of the population.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005940#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a massive disparity between climate finance needs and actual flows; adaptation financing needs for agriculture are estimated at $162 billion, yet ECOWAS countries received an average of only $2.6 billion per year in total public climate finance between 2013 and 2018.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005940#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate change has significantly hindered agricultural productivity in Africa, with a 34% slowdown in growth since the 1960s, the highest impact of any region.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005940#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The program will establish a 'facility for the preparation of projects and access to climate finance' by creating a pool of regional climate finance experts to support Member States in formulating bankable projects.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005940#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A central objective is the operationalization of a climate unit within the ECOWAS department in charge of agriculture to improve climate governance and coordination between the Commission and Member States.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005940#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The program intends to develop a regional digital library of good adaptation and mitigation practices in the agricultural sector, hosted at the AGRHYMET regional center in Niamey, Niger, to facilitate knowledge sharing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005940#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The proposal emphasizes the need for gender-sensitive climate risk assessments, noting that agriculture is the main source of income for women in West Africa and that they face differentiated vulnerabilities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005940#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The total requested amount for the 20-month implementation period is USD 1,451,030.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005940#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The program targets 11 ECOWAS Member States: Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005940#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate finance","agriculture","Climate-smart agriculture","agroecology","climate change adaptation","climate change mitigation","greenhouse gas emissions","food security","aquaculture","capacity building","national adaptation plan"],"geography_discussed":["Niger","Dakar","Abuja"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy proposal","capacity assessment","financial gap analysis"]},{"id":"gclifun-003653","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gclifun-003653","title":"Strengthen WAEMU sub-national governments’ capacities to access climate finance and develop a pipeline of projects to support their countries’ climate goals","publisher":{"name":"Green Climate Fund","organization":"green-climate-fund"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2023-03-10","source_url":"https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-readiness-proposal-togo-uclg-africa.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The proposal identifies significant governance, technical, and financial gaps that prevent sub-national governments in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) from contributing to their countries' Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). 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This shift is part of a broader quest for 'strategic autonomy'—the ability to make defense decisions independently—driven by past arms sanctions from the US and technical failures with Israeli technology. While the drone sector has provided a significant economic boost, with defense and aerospace exports exceeding $4 billion in 2022, the brief highlights critical concerns regarding the lack of parliamentary oversight, centralized decision-making in the President's office, and alleged human rights violations by end-users in conflict zones like Ethiopia and Libya.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001548#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Turkey has established itself as a major international exporter of military drone technology, which the government uses to gain soft power, form new partnerships, and enter new geopolitical arenas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001548#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The drive toward indigenous drone production is rooted in a quest for 'strategic autonomy,' motivated by 1974 US arms sanctions, operational failures with Israeli Heron-1 drones between 2004 and 2010, and the US's refusal to provide armed Predator drones in the mid-2010s.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001548#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Turkish drones are highly competitive globally because they are significantly cheaper than US and Israeli alternatives and are subject to less stringent export controls.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001548#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The drone industry provides a substantial economic stimulus; total business for Turkey's defense and aerospace manufacturers reached $10.1 billion in 2021, and annual exports in this sector exceeded $4 billion for the first time in 2022.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001548#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Turkey's export control process lacks transparency and democratic oversight, as critical decisions are made by the President's office without parliamentary approval, and many clients remain undisclosed.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001548#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There are serious allegations of human rights violations linked to Turkish drone exports, including civilian casualties in Ethiopia and the use of fully autonomous STM Kargu-2 drones in Libya in breach of a UN arms embargo.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001548#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Ukraine","Azerbaijan","Ethiopia","Libya","Kyrgyzstan","Tajikistan","Iraq","Syria","United States","Israel","Poland","Togo","Niger","Qatar","United Arab Emirates","Pakistan","Cyprus"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","geopolitical analysis"]},{"id":"issafri-002661","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-002661","title":"Managing exits from violent extremist groups: lessons from the Lake Chad Basin","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2023","source_url":"https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/policy-brief-173.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document examines the 'third generation' DDRRR processes used in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria to manage exits from Boko Haram. 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In the Lake Chad Basin, recruitment drivers included protection, economic promises, and ideological conviction, while reasons for leaving included disillusionment, military pressure, and a reluctance to kill civilians.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002661#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Lake Chad Basin states were unprepared for massive waves of defection from Boko Haram, leading to DDRRR processes being implemented under pressure and lacking early regional coordination.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002661#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current DDRRR programming in the Lake Chad Basin often incorrectly treats all women as victims, ignoring those who voluntarily joined Boko Haram as recruiters, combatants, or spies. 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While conflict sensitivity focuses on 'working in' conflict to minimize harm and avoid exacerbating tensions, peacebuilding focuses on 'working on' conflict by specifically addressing root causes to generate peace-related outcomes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000275#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Aligning NAPs with peacebuilding agendas is beneficial because both processes share drivers of vulnerability (such as poverty and inequality), operate on similar medium- to long-term timelines, and rely on strengthened governance and participatory, country-owned processes for success.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000275#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Conflict-affected states face severe climate data deficits due to the destruction of infrastructure, such as weather stations, and the loss of technical personnel during violence. 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