The WACA Initiative, led by the World Bank Group, WAEMU/IUCN, Nordic Development Fund, and the Governments of Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mauritania, and Togo, was launched in 2015 to support to the littoral management and growing problems of erosion and flooding in coastal areas of West Africa.
To date, the initiative has held workshops and conferences as well as a learning event called Vulnerability and Resilience in the Coastal Zone of West Africa: Tools for Assessing Impacts and Adapting to Risks, and released a call to action at COP 21.