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The ICRC has explored how climate change can be relevant for combatants through its updated Guidelines on the Protection of the Natural Environment in Armed Conflict.

This guidance notes aims to inform protection actors in Yemen about the flood risks presented to vulnerable affected groups in the country and adequate measures that must be taken in preparation.

To avert agricultural losses due to the voracious desert locust, FAO recently delivered various equipment and machinery to Yemen's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Fisheries (MAIF) in Aden.

Discussing climate action in Yemen may seem untimely given the conflict, but the country is highly vulnerable to extreme weather and climate events. Water scarcity, flash floods, and sea-level rise are expected to increase as climate change accelerates.

As global warming fuels extreme weather in climate-vulnerable Yemen, restoring the Tawila Cisterns could help avert future disasters, officials say.

Many of the conditions that shape vulnerability to climate change also increase the likelihood of climate–conflict interactions. The impacts of armed conflict aggravate these conditions further.

Yemen is a key desert locust breeding ground, where swarms develop in several locations throughout the year and then disperse across the country and region, affecting the food security and livelihoods of tens of millions of people.

War-torn Yemen has had its troubles compounded by climate change - and that is hurting one of the country's most precious commodities: Sidr honey.