Our work
ICPAC works to reduce the loss of lives and livelihoods by providing timely early warnings and preparedness for disasters. We aim at creating capacity to mitigate impacts and manage risks, and ensure that when people are affected by disasters they can continue to meet their minimum needs for food, water, shelter, health, and security.
Capacity Building
Disasters preparedness, hazard assessment, Post Disaster Needs Assessment
Monitoring and Early Warnings
We monitor the risks of disasters like drought or floods and warn national authorities
Investments for resilience
Investments for disaster risk reduction
Coordination
We support coordination of stakeholders working in disaster risk management
Risk analysis
We conduct risk assessments and mapping of disasters in the region
Support to recovery
The Programme supports recovery efforts at national level
Projects
We host a number of projects and programmes that support our work in Disaster Risk Management.
Our Latest Press Releases
From Crisis to Innovation: Learning from the Previous Desert Locust Invasions
The 2019–2021 desert locust outbreak devastated the Horn of Africa, resulting in billions of dollars in damages. While toxic pesticides left environmental harm, eco-friendly innovations like biopesticides and advanced early warning systems emerged. Experts now call for integrating pest threats into climate resilience strategies.
Desert locust outbreaks are spectacular natural phenomena of extraordinary adaptation, and an essential part of food chain in arid and semi-arid landscapes. Yet when outbreaks occur on a large-scale, they can devastate agriculture in countries already on the frontlines of climate change. The desert locust upsurge from 2019 to 2021 was one of the most severe …
Latest Updates
From Crisis to Innovation: Learning from the Previous Desert Locust Invasions
The 2019–2021 desert locust outbreak devastated the Horn of Africa, resulting in billions of dollar…
IGAD region Reporting competition : Transboundary Pests threat to food security and livelihoods
Introduction
Transboundary pests pose a significant threat to food security, livelihoods, and econom…
COMMUNIQUE BY THE MINISTERS OF FINANCE AND PLANNING ON MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE SERVICES INTO POLICY AND PRACTICE
At the 3rd IGAD-ClimSA High-Level Meeting on Mainstreaming Climate Services into Policies, Developm…
Declaration from the First Eastern Africa Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Action
The 1st Eastern Africa Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action, held in Mombasa, Keny…
Early Warnings for Early Action
ICPAC supports member countries to take Early Action to mitigate the impacts of Disasters such as floods, drought, cyclones, heavy rainfall or desert locust.
Mapping Disasters Impacts in the region
ICPAC supports member states to conduct post disasters Assessments. Before and after images of Floods which displaced up to 32.000 people in Afar in Ethiopia due to the overflow of Awash River.
