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GHACOF 69 report
GHACOF 69 concluded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with a strong call for enhanced regional collaboratio…
Evaluation of satellite‑based rainfall estimates over the IGAD region of Eastern Africa
Satellite precipitation (rainfall) products have become increasingly valuable in the delivery of cl…
Statement on the ongoing extreme temperatures in the IGAD region
During the 69th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF 69), ICPAC released the March-…
Summary for Decision Makers, March to May 2025 Season
Download our latest Summary for Decision Makers with impacts and advisories for the following secto…
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The African Union Commission (AUC) Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems Framework (2022)
Rising disasters require agile and inter-operational early warning systems. In just four years (2015-2018), Africa recorded more than seven hundred (700) disaster events which affected over eighty (80) million people either directly or indirectly. These …
IGAD Regional Framework for Integrating Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation
Majority of the disasters occurring in the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region are originating from hydro meteorological hazards. They include drought, floods, landslides, windstorms, lightening, extreme temperatures and wildfires among others. Such disasters are …
Regional Strategy and Action Plan for Mainstreaming Gender in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation
Disasters do not affect everyone in the same way – instead this depends on levels of vulnerability, which vary with various socially-constructed facets of identity, such as gender. In a gender-unequal world, women and girls …
Regional Framework for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in School Curriculum
The ever increasing frequency and magnitude of natural and human made disasters have galvanized the international community to take a serious interest in the matter. The Kyoto Protocol was held in 1997 to tackle the …
IGAD Regional Flood Risk Management Strategy (2020 - 2030)
Climate change is projected to increase the frequency and intensity of extreme hydro-meteorological events, thereby increasing the levels of disaster risk of the IGAD Member States’ economies and their most vulnerable populations.
On a regional …
Regional Flood Displacement Risk Profile
The member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) are some of the most vulnerable to disasters globally. it is not unusual that the Region experiences sequences of drought periods contrasted by wet periods …
Cyclone Displacement Risk Profile
A number of UN agencies and partners established a Joint Programme funded under the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) to improve regional and national migration governance in the context of the adverse impacts of climate …
Report on State of Climate, Peace and Security in the Horn of Africa
This report covers the cyclic nature of climate and environmental impact and conflict and describes four pathways explaining the main interlinkages between climate and security as perceived by IGAD Member States. The report highlights the …
Climate Security Policy Brief
The nexus between climate change, peace, and security is complex. Even though climate change does not directly or inherently cause violent conflict, the interaction with other social, political, economic, environmental, and demographic factors can exacerbate …