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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…
IGAD Anticipatory Action Bulletin 01
The first issue of the IGAD Anticipatory Action Bulletin focuses on enhancing anticipatory action (…
Summary for Decision Makers, October to December 2024 Season
Download our latest Summary for Decision Makers with impacts and advisories for the following secto…
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Summary for Decision Makers, June to September 2024 Season
Get our June to September (JJAS) 2024 season Summary for Decision Makers, addressing key sectors including:
- Disaster Risk Management
- Agriculture and Food Security
- Water and Energy
- Health and Nutrition
- Livestock
- Conflict
For optimal use of …
Technical Statement from the 67th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF67)
The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) released the June to September 2024 seasonal forecast which indicates an increased likelihood of above-normal rainfall over most parts of the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA). The …
The Socio-Economic Value of Climate Services, Evidence from Kenya and Uganda
Climate change is now a common occurrence, exacerbating underdevelopment, poverty, and vulnerability in developing nations, including the IGAD region. Climate variability, marked by unpredictable and severe weather events like droughts, floods, and landslides, poses a …
Human Mobility and Climate Change in the IGAD Region
The effects of climate change, including its contribution to disaster risk, are impacting people’s lives and human mobility. In many cases, this is resulting in new patterns of human mobility1 within countries and across national …
Technical Report on the Ongoing Flood Impact in the IGAD Region
The IGAD region is grappling with an unprecedented challenge of a climate emergency within the member states. The region, vulnerable to extreme events including floods, has again been tested by the ongoing rains. Heavy rainfall …
Global Report on Food Crises for East Africa 2024 Snapshot
In 2023, 281.6 million people or 21.5 per cent of the analysed population faced high levels of acute food insecurity in 59 food-crisis countries/territories. The overall share of the analysed population facing high levels of …
Drivers and impacts of Eastern African rainfall variability
Eastern Africa exhibits bimodal rainfall consisting of long rains (March- May) and short rains (October–December), changes that have profound socioeconomic and environmental impacts.
In this review, we examine the drivers and corresponding impacts of Eastern …
Observed changes in wet days and dry spells over the IGAD region of eastern Africa
Changes in wet and dry patterns have an impact on rain-fed agriculture, crop productivity, and food
security in Eastern Africa.
The purpose of this research is to look into the changes in wet days and …
Participatory Scenario Planning (PSP) for Kiboga district, Uganda for MAM 2024 Rainfall season
This report marks the outcome of the Participatory Scenario Planning (PSP) that was done in Kiboga Uganda for the March-May 2024 season. With the uncertainty and rapid climatic changes, participatory scenario planning emerges as a …