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This report highlights that Togo has achieved significant development gains over the last decade, but progress is still held back by slow structural transformation and a large urban-rural divide. Climate impacts are projected to intensify, reaching an estimated loss in income per capita levels of up to 12 percent by 2050, with most severe welfare effects borne by poor populations in rural areas and along the coastline. Rising temperatures are expected to be a dominant driver of expected losses in welfare, followed by reduced yields for rainfed crops, slower human capital accumulation, and damages from more intense urban, coastal and inland flooding.

The CCDR recommends a multi-pronged approach aimed at scaling up climate-smart agriculture solutions, accelerating access to clean and affordable energy, investing in in climate-resilient infrastructure and urban development could turn threats from climate change into new avenues for development. It also recommends Togo develop an ambitious and well-coordinated national strategy to address climate change and better integrate climate objectives and risks across public policies, including in public investment and debt management, as well as revenue mobilization strategies.