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Actionable research the focus of Observatory’s second community of practice meeting
The May 2023 CoP meeting reviewed action research progress and plans
Data, droughts and food security: Insights from a Kenya datathon
Exploring ways that data can be used to better understand and manage drought impacts on food security in Kenya
Advancing research on pastoral livelihoods in the face of environmental shocks
With SPARC, we are co-funding two post-docs working on pastoralism in drought affected East Africa
Rain or shine, community elders seek more attention to drought in Kenya’s drylands
Discussing drought management with a group of elders from pastoral communities in Kenya
Reimagining local drought early action and responses in northern Kenya
Discussing drivers and blockers to effective local early action against droughts
Introducing Jameel Observatory post-doctoral fellow – Tahira Mohamed
Tahira works on the nexus between short-term humanitarian response and long-term resilience programming
Introducing Jameel Observatory post-doctoral fellow – Samuel Derbyshire
Sam Derbyshire works on socio-economic indicators and triggers in drought early warning systems.
Tackling drought and food security ‘early warning to early action’ gaps
Announcing an impact collaboration to tackle early warning to early action gaps and disconnects
Jameel climate resilience and early warning system announced
This week, the Jameel Observatory CREWSnet launches activities in Bangladesh and Sudan
Time series for country-level childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality
SEASNUT explores how to produce a time series of childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality
Jameel Observatory seeks PhD proposals for research on food security early action
The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action seeks proposals for two fully funded PhD positions at the University of Edinburgh
Human-induced climate change increased drought severity in Horn of Africa
World Weather Attribution says that the ongoing drought in Eastern Africa has been made worse by human-induced climate change