Chad is a landlocked country in Central Africa, located in the Sahel region, a semi-arid zone highly vulnerable to climate change. It is a low-income country, with about 40 percent of its population living below the poverty line. Environmental degradation, including the drying of Lake Chad, and soil degradation, is among the most severe climate-related impacts experienced by the country (World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal). About three-quarters of Chad’s territory is desert, and persistent drought has accelerated desertification in the northern part of the country, leading to a decline in agro-pastoral areas (UNEP GRID-Geneva). 

As part of the Sahel, Chad is expected to experience temperature increases projected to rise 1.5 times faster than the global average. The region is also particularly susceptible to extreme weather events such as prolonged droughts, floods, and intense heatwaves (World Bank Group).