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Somalia and UNDP launch new US$10 million project for pastoralist communities to access scarce water resources and adapt to climate-related droughts and floods
Mogadishu, Somalia – Somalia and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today launch a new US$10 million climate adaptation project to help rural communities secure access to diminishing water supplies.…
Climate leadership in one of the most challenging corners of the world
What the Arab States are doing to create a sustainable future.
Perspectives on SDG-based Resilience Planning in the Arab Region
This paper, shows many post conflict countries in the world, including in the Arab Region (e.g.Somalia, Iraq, Sudan) have already started to use the SDGs as a framework to align their national…
ECOSOC Youth Forum
Remarks at Youth & Climate Session – Opening Segment
Can Innovation work in crisis-affected areas?
Somalia has lately been hitting the headlines for all the right reasons. Two of the world’s leading broadcasters – the BBC and Reuters – have hailed the country’s efforts to tap into the potential of…
Young Somali Innovators getting Future Ready
Gifted young Somalis are learning ways to turn their innovative ideas and development solutions into start-ups and social enterprises. A new initiative called ‘Future Ready’ is providing valuable…
Climate Change Adaptation in the Arab States
In the Arab States, the causes of crises, food insecurity, malnutrition and vulnerability to climate change impacts are deeply interlinked and require multifaceted responses
In Somalia, seeking to ensure drought never again turns into famine
The year 2017 was momentous for Somalia, with the inauguration of a new president and parliament following a historic electoral process, and also the launch of a National Development Plan (2017–19).…
Somali leaders and the international community determined to make somalia famine resistant
One year after Somalia declared drought as a national emergency, famine has so far been averted due to a large-scale, collective, and unprecedented humanitarian response
In Somalia, seeking to ensure drought never again turns into famine
Continuing urgent, life-saving response is vital, but only long-term development gains will lift the country out of poverty, vulnerability, and insecurity.
