Latest additions to the knowledge base

This report offers valuable insights to support evidence-based actions for integrating culture and heritage into disaster risk management and climate action mechanisms in Southern Africa.

Researchers use behavioral science to study how gender impacts climate adaptation and water security in Sub-Saharan Africa: women are more vulnerable due to societal roles and limited resources, and knowing such differences is key to effective adaptation.

Children in sub-Saharan Africa are at heightened risk in a rapidly changing world affected by extreme climate crises, shifting population dynamics, and widening technological gaps and urgent action is needed, warns UNICEF report.

Presently water security is a critical concern across all islands and the outlook is worsening with climate change. Projections point to greater rainfall variability, prolonged droughts, and increase in both the frequency and intensity of storm flooding

The Regional Emergency Preparedness and Access to Inclusive Recovery Program (REPAIR) is the culmination of over a decade of hands-on experience and deep commitment to disaster risk finance (DRF) in Southern Africa.

This policy brief explores the low demand for formal weather forecasts by pastoralists.

Under the weather: Stories from communities on the front lines of climate and health adaptation sheds light on the health consequences of climate change in Burkina Faso, Malawi and Somalia, among the most vulnerable countries in the world.

ARC’s presence at COP29 will be an opportunity to highlight its pioneering tools designed to enable African governments to take early and effective action to protect lives and livelihoods from climate impacts and disease outbreaks.