UNDP launches Sahel Offer, seeking largest joint commitment to regenerate the region (UNDP)
“UNDP’s Sahel Offer – A Regeneration – is a $3.6 billion programme, which focuses on three main areas Governance, Energy…
Harvesting the rain: The adoption of environmental technologies in the Sahel (Tufts, UCSB)
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Africa’s ‘Great Green Wall’ could have far-reaching climate effects (ScienceNews)
“Africa’s “Great Green Wall” initiative is a proposed 8,000-kilometer line of trees meant to hold back the Sahara from expanding…
Targeting for Social Safety Nets: Evidence from Nine Programs in the Sahel (socialprotection.org)
“This paper analyzes household data from nine programs implemented in the Sahel region using a harmonized approach to compare Proxy-Means…
Livestock and ecosystems in the Sahel: the good, the bad and the ugly (World Agroforestry)
“In the Sahel, livestock rearing is practised by over 20 million pastoralists and is a crucial adaptation strategy in the…
Climate Risk Profile: Sahel (UNHCR)
“Rising temperatures and more extreme weather conditions pose existential challenges to semi-arid regions like the Sahel. Future emissions will determine…
Africa bets on renewable energy for its electrification (Afrik21)
“Renewable energies are attracting more and more interest from investors in Africa. It is one of the most dynamic sectors,…
Conflict prevention means tackling economic, social, institutional drivers of strife (UN News)
“Preventing conflicts requires closing development gaps, shrinking inequality and bringing hope to people around the globe, senior UN officials told…
Why these West African architects are choosing mud over concrete (National Geographic)
“Across Sahelian Africa, there are thousands of villages like Koumi—and in the dozens I’ve visited in several countries, concrete is…
Africa’s ‘Green Wall’ also makes economic sense (University of Bonn via ScienceDaily)
“Fifteen years ago, the African Union decided on an ambitious program: degraded ecosystems in parts of the Sahel are to…
Africa’s Great Green Wall gives viable return on investments, FAO-led study finds (FAO)
“Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW) programme to combat desertification in the Sahel region is not only crucial to the battle…
ELEVATING GROUNDWATER KNOWLEDGE, EXPLORATION CAPACITY, AND RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN THE SAHEL REGION OF WEST AFRICA (The World Bank)
“In the deserts and dryland communities of the Sahel region, the scarcity of water resources threatens livelihoods, agriculture, and even…