Somalia

The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MOEWR) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is carrying out the project “Sustainable Flood Management and Risk Reduction Action”, ongoing from August 2021 to March 2022.

The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources in collaboration with UNEP is carrying out the project “Sustainable Flood Management and Risk Reduction Action”. This report documents the work on the second objective, with emphasis on flood mitigation.

The main objective of this assignment is to undertake a comprehensive assessment of existing centralized and decentralized early warning systems as part of transfer of technologies for enhanced climate risk monitoring and reporting in Somalia.

In 2008, Somalia introduced an electronic based Early Warning Alert and Response Network (EWARN) for real time detection and response to alerts of epidemic prone diseases in a country experiencing a complex humanitarian situation.

WFP and partners have undertaken an analysis of climate risks in Somalia and recommended programmes to address identified risks.

This report describes the activities that should be prioritized from recent Humanitarian Response Plans in order to save the livelihoods and lives of 1.5 million rural people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia who are facing another La Niña‑induced drought.

This report looks at key lessons from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) first anticipatory action (AA) pilot for drought in Somalia, designed and endorsed in 2019.

The publication highlights key lessons from the implementation of community-based climate adaptation initiatives in urban slums.