Ethiopia

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Drought in the Horn of Africa - Rapid response and mitigation plan to avert a humanitarian catastrophe
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.
Assessing vulnerabilities to disaster displacement A good practice review
This paper reviews current practice for analysing and assessing disaster displacement risks and presents recommendations on how to effectively integrate a detailed vulnerability analysis to improve operational decision making.
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The Addis Ababa Water Resilience Profile represents an opportunity to continue regional efforts to build resilience capacity and explore strategies, through multiple lenses, to improve the water security of the region.
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This report presents an executive summary of the different stages of the process of implementation of a study conducted by the ECA and the final recommendations for adaptation measures to drought events in the Somali and Afar regions in Ethiopia.
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This paper analyses the impacts of displacement by assessing the case of drought displacement in Gode Woreda in Ethiopia. Internal displacement linked with drought is one of the main challenges for the Somali region of Ethiopia.
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The purpose of this study was to review selected National Adaptation Plans to better understand how disaster risk management is approached in climate change documents, and if systemic risk issues where impacts cascade across sectors are considered.
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This report is intended to present real-life evidence of how high quality NbS can deliver positive outcomes for climate, nature and people.
This contribution to the GAR Special Report on Drought 2021 focusses on climate conditions between upstream and downstream of river basins, hydrological conditions of transboundary river basins and dams in mitigating drought risks.

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