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Lena Weingartner

Lena is a Senior Research Officer in the Overseas Development Institute’s Global Risks and Resilience Programme.

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A woman walking in drylands behind a donkey that is carrying plastic containers
Technical report

This recent study from SPARC offers insights from a real-time study of people’s lives in Somalia during 2020–2022, looking at how crisis-affected people take their own anticipatory action.
An elderly man pours water on his cattle as they walk through drylands
Issue brief

This brief is the second in a series highlighting learnings from a longitudinal study on anticipatory action in Somalia.
Four men walk along an embankment carrying tools
Issue brief

This brief is the first part of a series highlighting learnings that are emerging from a longitudinal study on anticipatory action in Somalia.

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Children walk along a road carrying water, towards the sun on the horizon, with livestock and other people in the background.
Blog

Somalia is in a severe crisis that has built up over four failed rainy seasons. How are communities anticipating these shocks and how can we work with them to better integrate anticipatory action?
A woman stands at the edge of a reservoir filling large yellow water containers, with trees in background.
News

If pastoralists, farmers and traders could better anticipate when an extreme weather event was coming, could they take action earlier, to protect their livelihoods?

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