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Technical Statement from the 74th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF74)
The analysis of rainfall probabilities for the October–December 2026 season shows a high likelihood…
State of the Climate in Eastern Africa 2025
The State of Climate 2025 report is structured to deliver a comprehensive assessment of climate con…
Climate Watch Advisory: The Evolving Dry Conditions in the Northern Parts of Eastern Africa- August 2026 Update
Rainfall deficits have persisted across the northern sector of the Eastern Africa region from May t…
Climate Vulnerability Assessment for the Agriculture Sector in Machakos and Makueni Counties, Kenya
This Climate Vulnerability Assessment examines the agricultural sector’s exposure and sensitivity t…
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Joint Communique: Ministerial Statement on the Sustainable Management of Desert Locusts and other Transboundary pests in the IGAD Region
On June 17th 2021, IGAD organized a virtual Ministerial conference on the sustainable management of desert locusts and other transboundary pests in the IGAD Region. The conference followed a series of studies conducted by …
Summary for Decision Makers, June to September 2021
Download our latest Summary for Decision Makers with impacts and advisories for the following sectors:
- Disaster risk management
- Agriculture and food security
- Livestock
- Water and Energy
- Health
- Conflict early warning
- Environment and Forestry
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Towards an IGAD Regional Flood Risk Profile (2021)
The present report outlines the preliminary findings of the IGAD regional flood risk profile. This work was undertaken in partnership between IGAD-ICPAC, UNDRR, WFP, with support from the Government of Sweden and scientific support from …
A review of satellite-based global agricultural monitoring systems available for Africa
The increasing frequency and severity of extreme climatic events and their impacts are being realized in many regions of the world, particularly in smallholder crop and livestock production systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). These events …
Global Report on Food Crises, 2021
According to the recently launched Global Report on Food Crises, 2021, the severity of food crises worsened in 2020, with protracted conflict, the economic fallout of COVID‑19 and weather extremes highlighted as the key …
ICPAC Guide for Engagement in Co-producing Climate Services
The co-production approach has become a central tenet to ICPAC’s role in effective provision of climate services in Eastern Africa and it has been instrumental for the improvement of the quality of climate services in …
Summary for Decision Makers, March to May 2021
March to May is an important season for Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Somalia, and parts of Ethiopia. A wetter than usual season is expected over western Kenya, eastern Uganda, western Ethiopia, eastern South Sudan, …
Circulation Patterns Associated with Current and Future Rainfall over Ethiopia and South Sudan from a Convection-Permitting Model
This is the first African-lead analysis of the high resolution climate change simulations which allow convection to develop explicitly as opposed to using approximation methods. The research compares this model to a regional climate model …
Causal pathways linking different flavours of ENSO with the Greater Horn of Africa short rains
There is a strong association between canonical El Niño and a wet Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) short rains. However, the link with Modoki El Niño events appears to be significantly weaker. In order to …