HRW on Monday called for the government of Senegal to provide adequate housing to a community displaced by rising sea levels, where 1,000 residents have lived in temporary housing without economic access since 2016.

The group called on the World Bank to improve how it consults with communities that are impacted by climate change, so that the projects that are funded properly meet the needs of affected communities in the future.

The residents of Khar Yalla were relocated inland after floods destroyed their coastal community in 2016. Flooding was in large part due to global warming and sea level rise. Since most residents were fishers or in livelihoods reliant on fishing, the relocation of the community five kilometers inland has prevented many from making a living, resulting in a spik

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