Keeling Curve

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Project Summary / Description:

Today, the majority of the Sahelian population is living in precarious unhealthy tin-roof shacks while being at the forefront of climate change. ¬† Our mission is a decent housing for the many, as soon as possible,adapted to climate change and socio-economic realities in the Sahel.

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How Project Affects Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions:

Replaces/avoids GHGs (e.g., projects that replace sources of GHGs, such as the burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heat, transport, or other energy uses), Reduces GHGs (e.g., projects that reduce sources of GHGs, such as through efficiency or other changes in consumption)

Best Estimate of GHG Avoidance/Reduction of This Project (Tonnes CO2 Equivalent/Year):

Impact on Underrepresented Groups:

-Beneficiaries using private Nubian vaults (especially women), coming from rural areas, having access to a housing solution adapted and resilient to climate change, meeting the needs of quality, solidity, comfort and being part of local economies 
- Local youth, having access to green jobs in the off-season, allowing their social and professional integration and strengthening their entrepreneurial capacity > 100 craftsmen and masons active in the construction market 
- The indirect beneficiaries of the project are : 
All the inhabitants of the communes of intervention, benefiting from positive economic spin-offs with an increased rate of employability in the off-season, and the emergence of a buoyant construction market favouring local jobs to the detriment of the import of unsuitable and expensive materials

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