Will rising insecurity erase West Africa’s economic development gains? (Brookings)
“nternational actors should partner with national and regional bodies to invest in alternative futures for the region. Diversified economies can…
5 myths about Disaster Risk Financing for adaptive social protection in the Sahel (World Bank)
https://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/5-myths-about-disaster-risk-financing-adaptive-social-protection-sahel “A recent policy note evaluates what these different conditions mean for DRF for adaptive social protection in the Sahel.…
Mali, Resilience Learning in the Sahel: Impact evaluation (World Food Programme)
https://www.wfp.org/publications/mali-resilience-learning-sahel-impact-evaluation “The Mali impact evaluation baseline report details key findings from the baseline data on key outcomes, which include measures…
Guide for civil society – Scaling Agroecology in the Sahel (Inter-Réseaux)
“Groundswell International and Cultivate! publish this new report on how to develop and diversify agro-ecology in the Sahel. The report…
CLIMATE CHANGE, VULNERABILITY AND SECURITY IN THE SAHEL (Preventionweb)
“Looking ahead to 2050, this paper presents three scenarios for the part of the Sahel comprising Burkina Faso, Mali and…
Fact Sheet: Central Sahel Hunger Crisis, December 2022 (Plan International via Reliefweb)
“The Central Sahel has been plagued by a humanitarian crisis for close to a decade with needs that have drastically…
Citizen Voice and the Arts: Opportunities and Challenges for Citizen–Policy Engagement on Environmental Issues in Sahelian West Africa (institute of development studies)
“In Sahelian West Africa, including in Mauritania, Senegal, and Mali, artists and citizens have used protest art to make their…
Moving from Reaction to Action: Anticipating Vulnerability Hotspots in the Sahel – A Synthesis Report from the Sahel Predictive Analytics Project in Support of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (adelphi, CUNY, DRC)
“Crisis prevention and resilience building is a shared responsibility that demands a wide range of expertise and collaboration across academic,…
Climate change, vulnerability and security in the Sahel (Climate Diplomacy)
“Climate change plays an important role in the future of the Sahel. Temperatures could rise 1.5 times faster than the…
Shifting Climate Zones: Sahel might get 50 % more rain by 2040 (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)
“Climate change could turn one of Africa’s driest regions into a very wet one by boosting the Monsoon circulation. New…
Ending the Vicious Cycle: The Global Repercussions of the Food Crisis in the Sahel and Horn of Africa (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)
“Higher temperatures, erratic rainfall and desertification devastate the pastoral and nomadic-agriculture systems so critical to countries in the Sahel and…
Desertification in Africa: Causes, Effects and Solutions (earth.org)
“With the Sahel region being the most vulnerable and heavily affected by desertification, an initiative known as ‘The Green Wall’…