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Washington, DC: World Bank
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This study’s aim was to assess the
growing flood risk Sao Tome and Principe (STP) faces due to
climate change. It achieved this by carrying out a
nationwide risk assessment for riverine and coastal
flooding. The study used recently completed high-resolution
national flood hazard data for the present climate (2020)
and two projected climates (in 2050 and 2080), based on the
climate scenario Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP)3-7.0, a
medium to high reference scenario resulting from no
additional climate policy under the SSP3 socioeconomic
development narrative.This flood risk assessment examines
the potential impacts and risks to people, buildings,
healthcare facilities, the education sector, and tourism
under both present and future climate conditions. It shows
that flood risk is driven frequent flood events. There is a
significant increase of flood risk under future climate conditions.
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ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE