by Jameel Observatory | 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...
by Jameel Observatory | 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...
by Jameel Observatory | Sep 3, 2023 | Climate Change, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Food Security, Kenya, Livestock, Pastoralism, Resilience
From 4 to 8 September 2023, Nairobi hosted the inaugural Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week. The Summit aimed to address the increasing exposure to climate change and its associated costs, both globally and particularly in Africa. Organized in parallel,...
by Jameel Observatory | 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...
by Jameel Observatory | 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...
by Jameel Observatory | Jul 6, 2023 | Anticipatory Action, Climate Change, Data, Dialogues, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Local Knowledge, Partnership, Pastoralism, Research, Resilience, Somalia
In May this year, the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action convened its second face to face meeting to review and guide our work on food security challenges in East Africa’s drylands. The meeting in Nairobi brought together 65 participants from 31...
