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…
Desertification in the Sahel Region: A Product of Climate Change or Human Activities? A Case of Desert Encroachment Monitoring in North-Eastern Nigeria Using Remote Sensing Techniques (MDPI Geographies)
“The study area and Sahel region as a whole should be delineated as an emergency disaster zone, with intervention projects…
Pastoralism: Supporting livelihoods, building peace (FAO)
With funding from the Peacebuilding Fund, FAO and the IOM have partnered on a project in the Liptako-Gourma area, which…
THE GREAT GREEN WALL. An overview and lessons learnt (Danish Institute for International Studies)
This DIIS Working Paper provides a broad overview of the Great Green Wall initiative to draw out lessons learnt from…
Sahel Afforestation and Simulated Risks of Heatwaves and Flooding Versus Ecological Revegetation That Combines Planting and Succession (Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection)
Studies simulating the large-scale afforestation of the African Sahel constantly find warning signals of increased risk of extreme temperatures and…
And Then Things Got Complicated: Addressing the Security-Climate-Migration Nexus in the Sahel (Nexus25)
The nexus of climate change, human mobility, and instability demands new forms of multilateral engagement and an end to the…
Climate change, development, and conflict-fragility nexus in the Sahel (Brookings)
More than 40 years after a catastrophic famine struck the region, the Sahel has once again become the focus of…
Effects of Land Cover Changes on Compound Extremes over West Africa Using the Regional Climate Model RegCM4 (MDPI)
When comparing both runs, the impact of the reforestation was to decrease (increase) the compound extreme dry/warm (wet/warm) mode over…
Sahel: Moving beyond military containment policy report (Atlantic Council)
“It has been almost ten years since the beginning of the security crisis in the Sahel. In the throes of…
Future rainfall over Sahel and Sahara (RealClimate)
“The African rainfall deficit appears to be widespread: the Cairo Review reports severe droughts that have been experienced across the…
Insecurity drives more Burkinabe into exile, further straining fragile Sahel region (UNHCR)
“The Sahel is also on the front lines of the climate crisis, with temperatures increasing at 1.5 times the global…
Briefing of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, to the United Nations Security Council (UNOWAS)
“On the issue of climate change, Mr. ANNADIF mentioned the need for a long-term approach and informed of UNOWAS’ support…