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Ethiopia worst El Nino induced drought - image by Anouk Delafortrie / EU/ ECHO - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED

This brief recommends that the Ethiopia Disaster Risk Management Commission, supported by international partners, establish a specialist ENSO–IOD facility to plan for the impact of a drought in 2024.
Pastoralists in Biemruok cattle camp, in Bentiu, South Sudan - Image by Nektarios Markogiannis / UNMISS - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED

This report explores how pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in South Sudan's Unity State are adapting their livelihood strategies in response to conflict and climate shocks.
Samburu woman milking her goat in Namuniak, Kenya - Image by Donatella Lorch / USAID - CC BY-NC 2.0
Journal article

This article takes an in-depth approach to understand the sub-national application of a single participatory planning intervention implemented across Northern Kenya, using qualitative process tracing.
Herders in the background with cattle with large horns in the foreground
SPARC partner publication

This literature review aims to highlight the issues characterising conflicts between herders and farmers in Mali, particularly in the Mopti Region.
Aishetu Mahmoudu Hama, 23, in a school classroom in Makalondi, Tilaberri Region, Niger - Image by Kelley Lynch / GPE - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED

This policy brief outlines clear actions that Ministers in the G5 Sahel, aid partners, funders and researchers can take to drive a rural green transition and create jobs for youth in the region.
Scenes from Mogadishu during Eid Al-Fitr Celebrations - image by Tobin Jones / UN Photo - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED

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.
A woman with grain in her hand, Benin - Image by Jimmy Kets - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

This study analyses the gaps in climate finance in the West African Economic and Monetary Union, a region among the most exposed to climate impacts, and sets out the policy implications of action.
Pastoralists come to Harshim town from neighbouring woredas and Somalia looking for water in Fafan Zone Somali region in 2017 - Image by Michael Tsegaye / UNICEF Ethiopia -

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

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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