How climate change fuels conflicts in West Africa (IPS)
“The Sahel, regarded as the most vulnerable area to climate change, is a semi-arid region comprising some of the world’s…
Cash transfers, climatic shocks and resilience in the Sahel (Journal of Environmental Economics and Management)
“In this paper, we assess whether small regular cash transfers strengthen poor households’ ability to mitigate the welfare effects of…
Climate shocks to drive 13.5 million people in Africa’s Sahel into poverty by 2050 (DownToEarth)
“Up to 13.5 million people across Africa’s Sahel region could fall into poverty due to climate change-related shocks by 2050,…
2030 – Making the Great Green Wall in the Sahel a success; scientific research in action (CSFD)
“To support the Pan Africa Agency of the Great Green Wall, the GGW Accelerator was created in 2021 to ensure…
The Untapped Potential of Great Green Wall Value Chains: An Action Agenda to Scale Restoration in the Sahel (Weforum)
“This report, commissioned by the World Economic Forum’s 1t.org initiative, explores the untapped opportunities from tree crop value chains in…
Sahel countries must take climate adaptation measures to address food insecurity: World Bank (Devdiscourse)
“Newly released Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for the G5 Sahel region estimates that up to 13.5 million people…
World Bank Calls on G5 Sahel Countries to Diversify Economies, Scale Up Reforms (Asharq Al-Awsat)
“The World Bank on Monday urged five West African countries to diversify their economies to adapt to climate change, warning…
Climate shocks to drive 13.5 million people in Africa’s Sahel into poverty by 2050 (DownToEarth)
“Up to 13.5 million people across Africa’s Sahel region could fall into poverty due to climate change-related shocks by 2050,…
Climate-resilient finance and investment (OECD)
“Achieving climate-resilient economies and societies will not only require increasing the billions of financial flows for adaptation, but also shifting…
Land degradation and agriculture in the Sahel of Africa: causes, impacts and recommendations (Journal of Agricultural Science and Applications)
Land degradation in the Sahel is characterised by soil degradation, mainly due to wind erosion. This is favoured by climatic…
How is climate change affecting security in the Sahel? (CBAP)
As much as initiatives like the one just mentioned are a great start, there needs to be a wider shift…
Exploring the conflict blind spots in climate adaptation finance in the Sahel and Horn of Africa (SPARC)
“This working paper forms part of SPARC’s aim to generate evidence to build the resilience of millions of pastoralists, agro-pastoralists…