Moving from Reaction to Action. Anticipating Vulnerability Hotspots in the Sahel (UNISS)
“The Sahel faces mounting human security and development challenges due to the complex interplay of diverse and growing risks in…
THE GREAT GREEN WALL: FIGHTING GLOBAL WARMING IN THE SAHEL (ALLIANCE SAHEL)
“In the light of COP27 in Sharm-el Sheikh, the Great Green Wall Accelerator and the Sahel Alliance are intensifying their…
Climate Change and Conflict in the Sahel (Council on Foreign Relations)
“The African countries of the Sahel stand to be among the most affected by climate change. To help mitigate its…
Greening the Sahel (World Food Programme)
“Healthy ecosystems are the very foundation for people’s wellbeing and livelihoods in the Sahel. WFP’s integrated resilience programme generates climate…
Changing climate, changing realities: migration in the Sahel (BritishRedCross)
“In the Sahel region, people’s lives have been affected for decades by changes in their environment, often forcing them to…
Sahelian countries must accelerate growth and prioritize climate adaptation to alleviate poverty and address food insecurity (World Bank Group)
“Newly released Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for the G5 Sahel region estimates that up to 13.5 million people…
Regional Initiative for the Sahel (FAO)
“The UN’s Integrated Strategy for the Sahel, with governance, resilience, and security as its pillars, is a key programmatic entry…
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…