Latest additions to the knowledge base

The Greater Horn of Africa is finally emerging from three years of devastating drought, with above average rainfall predicted for the forthcoming season. But it is accompanied by the risk that flooding will impact local communities and livelihoods.

Restoring the productivity of rangelands is critical if pastoral and agro-pastoral communities are to continue their natural resources-based livelihoods in ecologically fragile parts of Puntland.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the British Embassy Mogadishu (BEM) have launched an Anticipatory Action and Preparedness programme in Somalia ahead of an expected El Niño event.

Forward-looking thinking is hugely important, including in the humanitarian sector. Recurrent poor seasonal forecasts should trigger ‘preparedness on steroids’, as one observer called it.

This Climate Risk Review aims to systematically summarize existing knowledge on Somalia’s climate risks in an accessible and standardized form.

The sixth edition of the Economic Update on Mauritania published by the World Bank analyzes recent economic developments and examines the new challenges posed by climate change, marked by a recurrent cycle of droughts and floods.

This study set out to identify how best to support pastoralists and farmers before a food security crisis became fully developed in three different parts of Somalia

Somalia has achieved an important milestone in its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process by validating a national-level vulnerability assessment and a monitoring, evaluation and learning framework for both fisheries and livestock sectors.