Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action in Namibia

The report assesses Namibia's vulnerability to climate change, identifying six key sectors at risk and noting that while the government has established a national climate change policy, adaptation efforts remain limited and heavily dependent on donor funding.

• Namibia's vulnerability to climate change is exacerbated by the interaction of population growth, severe inequality, and development trends with environmental factors such as rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and increased evapotranspiration, which intensify water scarcity.
• The Namibian government has identified six specific sectors as being particularly vulnerable to climate change: health, tourism, disaster risk management, agriculture, water and wetlands, and fisheries, the coastal zone, and sea level rise.
• Although the government has prioritized climate action by passing a national climate change policy, actual adaptation programs, projects, and networks are limited, and progress is strongly dependent on donor funding and interest.
• Namibia is viewed as less vulnerable to climate change impacts than most other sub-Saharan African countries, primarily due to its sparse population and development status rather than its policy environment or level of exposure.

APA

Terton,, A. C. (2016). Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action in Namibia. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/review-current-and-planned-adaptation-action-namibia

Chicago

Terton,, Alec Crawford,Anika. Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action in Namibia. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2016. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/review-current-and-planned-adaptation-action-namibia.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{terton2016review, author = {Terton,, Alec Crawford,Anika}, title = {{Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action in Namibia}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2016}, month = aug, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/review-current-and-planned-adaptation-action-namibia}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }