Sam Derbyshire | Jameel Observatory

Drought warnings save lives, what about livelihoods?

Drought warnings save lives, what about livelihoods?

by Jameel Observatory | Nov 12, 2024 | Anticipatory Action, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Pastoralism, Research, Tufts | cop29, oped, Rahma Hassan, Sam Derbyshire

Rahma Hassan and Sam Derbyshire explore when and how anticipatory actions can best meet the needs of pastoralist communities

Uncertainty, pastoral knowledge and drought early warning

Uncertainty, pastoral knowledge and drought early warning

by Jameel Observatory | Jun 17, 2024 | Anticipatory Action, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Evidence, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Local Knowledge, Report, Research, Resilience, SPARC | Guyo Malicha Roba, Rupsha Banerjee, Sam Derbyshire, Tahira Mohamed

Article exploring Kenya’s experience with early warning, early action and drought management

Early action research and evidence showcase at our 2024 community of practice

Early action research and evidence showcase at our 2024 community of practice

by Peter Ballantyne | May 27, 2024 | Anticipatory Action, Climate Change, Community of Practice, CRDD, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Evidence, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Pastoralism, Projects, Research, Resilience, Save the Children, Somalia, Tufts, University of Edinburgh | Amanda Grossi, Bernard Bett, Joab Osumba, Rahma Hassan, Sam Derbyshire, Sintayehu Alemayehu, Stephen Mutiso

Our May 2024 community of practice meeting showcased partner research and evidence building activities

Anticipatory action in the drylands – bringing pastoralist knowledge to the fore

Anticipatory action in the drylands – bringing pastoralist knowledge to the fore

by Jameel Observatory | Feb 1, 2024 | Anticipatory Action, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Evidence, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Local Knowledge, Pastoralism, Report, Research, SPARC, Tufts | Sam Derbyshire, Tahira Mohamed

Anticipatory actions must centre and support locally-rooted drought preparation and mitigation

Advancing research on pastoral livelihoods in the face of environmental shocks

Advancing research on pastoral livelihoods in the face of environmental shocks

by Jameel Observatory | Jun 26, 2023 | Anticipatory Action, Climate Change, Coordination, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Local Knowledge, Pastoralism, Research, Resilience, SPARC | Sam Derbyshire, Tahira Mohamed

With SPARC, we are co-funding two post-docs working on pastoralism in drought affected East Africa

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