Collaborate for impact – Help tackle drought and food security ‘early warning to early action’ gaps in the Horn of Africa

Collaborate for impact – Help tackle drought and food security ‘early warning to early action’ gaps in the Horn of Africa

by | May 19, 2023 | Anticipatory Action, Data, Data for Children Collaborative, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Impact Collaborations, Projects

Together with the Data for Children Collaborative at the University of Edinburgh, we seek individuals and organizations to join us in an impact collaboration to find answers to the question: “How can we bridge the disconnects between food security, climatic and...
Jameel climate resilience and early warning system announced for accelerated deployment

Jameel climate resilience and early warning system announced for accelerated deployment

by | May 8, 2023 | ARC, Sudan, Bangladesh, BRAC, Climate Change, Community Jameel, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, JPAL, MIT, Partnership, Research, Southern Asia, Sudan

This week, the Jameel Observatory Climate Resilience Early Warning System Network (Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet) is undertaking an innovation sprint at the 2023 summit of the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM4C). The aim is to enhance climate action by...
Producing time series for country-level childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality

Producing time series for country-level childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality

by | May 1, 2023 | Bangladesh, Children, Climate Change, Data, Data for Children Collaborative, Impact Collaborations, Nutrition, Projects, University of Edinburgh

In 2022, the Observatory partnered with the Data for Children Collaborative in an impact collaboration process to investigate how we can best produce a time series of childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality, survey timings and climate impacts. Here,...
Jameel Observatory seeks PhD proposals for research on food security early action

Jameel Observatory seeks PhD proposals for research on food security early action

by | Apr 30, 2023 | Climate Change, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, News, Research, University of Edinburgh

The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action seeks proposals for two fully funded PhD positions at the University of Edinburgh. To help advance progress towards its vision that ‘vulnerable pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in East Africa are more...
Jameel Observatory small project support to University of Edinburgh staff for research on food security early action

Jameel Observatory small project support to University of Edinburgh staff for research on food security early action

by | Apr 28, 2023 | Climate Change, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, News, Projects, Research, University of Edinburgh

To deepen engagement and bring in new skill sets from across the University of Edinburgh, the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action seeks proposals from University of Edinburgh staff to support ot undertake action research on its key themes. The Jameel...