Jameel Observatory at COP28

by | Nov 27, 2023 | Anticipatory Action, Climate Change, Dialogues, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Pastoralism, Resilience, University of Edinburgh

On 6 December 2023, the Observatory joins partners to co-organize a COP28 pavilion session on ‘anticipatory action’  at the intersection of livestock agri-food systems, climate action, land and mobility rights, security, governance and humanitarian action. It brings...
Response, Recovery, Resilience – how dryland communities manage climate shocks

Response, Recovery, Resilience – how dryland communities manage climate shocks

by | Sep 15, 2023 | Anticipatory Action, Climate Change, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Local Knowledge, Resilience, Somalia

Last week, at Africa Climate Week, Observatory colleagues and partners shared some of the strategies used by dryland communities as they respond to and recover from droughts and build resilience against future climate and environmental shocks. The conversation was...
Introducing Nathan Jensen – Jameel Observatory Senior Research Fellow

Introducing Nathan Jensen – Jameel Observatory Senior Research Fellow

by | Sep 1, 2023 | Climate Change, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Evidence, Horn of Africa, People, Research, Resilience, University of Edinburgh

The Jameel Observatory for Food Systems Early Warning is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Nathan Jensen as Jameel Observatory Senior Research Fellow based at the University of Edinburgh’s Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems.  Nathan is an applied...
Action research on challenge questions the focus of Observatory’s second year

Action research on challenge questions the focus of Observatory’s second year

by | Aug 15, 2023 | About, Anticipatory Action, Climate Change, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, News, Projects

In its second year the Observatory moved from establishment and agenda-setting to implementing a portfolio comprising action research by young scholars (both PhD students and post-doctoral scientists), impact collaborations on nutrition data and community-led early...
CNN interview – Guyo Malicha Roba on drought early action priorities in East Africa

CNN interview – Guyo Malicha Roba on drought early action priorities in East Africa

by | Jul 11, 2023 | Climate Change, Coordination, Data, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, Kenya, News, Pastoralism, Research, Resilience, Somalia

Eleni Giokos, host of CNN’s ‘Connecting Africa’ programme recently interviewed Jameel Observatory Head Guyo Malicha Roba on the Observatory’s work helping vulnerable communities prepare for the consequences of climate change, drought and food shortages in some of the...