Conakry Resilience System Project

Abstract

The earth temperature has increased by 1°F since 1950s, causing climate change, therefore, the proliferation of climate change-related disasters (CCRDs). Scientists believe that humans caused about half of the increase. CCRDs can result in serious disruptions of the functioning of society and cause widespread human, material, or environmental losses that exceed the local capacity to respond, resulting in the need for external assistance. Poor countries are the most vulnerable to CCRDs as they are lacking adequate resources to cope with these crises.

Conakry vulnerability to CCRD was assessed by answering to a series of questions designed for that purpose. The questions were answered, based on available literature on GOOGLE online search engine and documents received from government employees in Conakry.

The following themes were inferred from the obtained responses: 'lack of adequate sanitation system', 'poor health and public health system', 'increased deforestation', 'food insecurity', 'destruction of the littorals', 'heavy reliance on biomass for cooking', 'poor sewage system', 'expected increase in temperature and yield reduction' and 'high health illiteracy'.

Based on the results I concluded that Conakry is very vulnerable to CCRD. Therefore, the resulting themes are used to build a Resilience System (RS) in Conakry called 'Conakry Resilience System' (CRS), designed to minimize those vulnerabilities.