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Explore SPARC’s publications and resources as we create, distil, evaluate and share evidence and best practice on research and policy that aims to support pastoralists and farmers in dryland areas.

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  • Sarah Opitz-Stapleton
Image of ship carrying freight containers
SPARC partner publication

This policy brief highlights efforts to develop indicators capturing transboundary and cascading climate risks for inclusion in the UAE–Belém Work Programme.
A figure walks behind two donkeys carrying water in drylands
Technical report

This report provides new data about the current and potential future losses and damages from climate-attributable weather events in the Sahel and Horn of Africa, with a specific focus on the agriculture and livestock sectors.
Waterhole surround by rocky cliffs with a single tree at water's edge
Technical report

This study assesses Chad’s capacity to plan for, access, use, monitor and report on climate finance.
 A woman walking in drylands behind a donkey that is carrying plastic containers
Technical report

If losses and damages triggered by climate change are to be addressed in national and international policy, finance and action, losses and damages need to be specified and estimated.
Two women sit together inside, one is looking down at a notebook she is holding
Technical report

This is the third in a series of longitudinal studies into the political, socioeconomic and environmental issues facing pastoralists and agropastoralists in Hayin Ade and Wuro Alhaji Idrissa Bappate.
 Silhouette of seven soldiers walking along horizon with sun behind low in the sky
Technical report

This SPARC-funded report, launched at COP28 in December, argues for a new way of thinking about and delivering the climate agenda in fragile and conflict-affected situations.
A group of people standing on the shore and in the ocean with buildings in the background on a cloudy day
Technical report

This report outlines ways that policymakers in Somalia can increase access to climate finance and better integrate adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk management in socioeconomic development.
People and cattle take water from a small pool in drylands
Policy brief

This policy brief outlines some of the key actions the Federal Government of Somalia, and development and humanitarian partners financing climate-related activities can take to accelerate climate action.
Pastoralist herding his livestock in Ethiopia, May 2016. Credit: S. Sheridan/Mercy Corps
Policy brief

This policy brief, produced for AMCEN 2023, highlights five significant transboundary climate risks in Africa that urgently need consideration for management.

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