Climate Change in West Africa
Professor Callahan, the former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator of Region 2, advised the workshop team covering the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Climate Change in West Africa. The WFP is the world's largest food aid organization, serving 88 million people in 78 countries each year. However, climate change has exacerbated the problems of rain-dependent agriculture through flooding, drought, pests, disease, and environmental degradation. The Columbia team created strategies for incorporating climate change adaptation into WFP projects. They created a framework for climate change assessment, which looks at the impact sof drought and desertification, flooding, and deforestation.