Key goals
- Strengthen the capacity of Djiboutian authorities to produce, deliver, and disseminate Multi-hazards Early Warning Systems.
Djibouti is considered highly vulnerable to climate change and is expected to experience adverse impacts from increased temperatures and aridity, as well as reduced precipitation, resulting in longer periods of drought. As little as 9% arable soil in Djibouti, the effects of droughts result in chronic food insecurity for 20% of the population and inadequate food consumption for 55% of rural residents.
| Programme type: | Country multi-year |
| Funding: | $3,689,430 |
| Duration: | 2024-2028 |
| Status: | On-going |
Strengthening Djibouti’s capacity to cope with the adverse effects of climate change
Djibouti faces many challenges, and its vulnerability is characterized as complex and intersecting along with the limited government capacity, making Djibouti’s coping capacity low across all dimensions (institutions, infrastructure, socio-economic, etc). Over the last four decades, natural disasters such as droughts, heat waves, floods, landslides, wildfires, and sea level rise have affected over half a million people in Djibouti. With the ongoing threat and rapid pace of climate change, Djibouti is expected to face more intense precipitation events in Djibouti, thereby increasing the risk of flooding, flash floods, and landslides and multiplying the risk and intensity of water scarcity and drought across the country. The project is divided into six components encompassing the essential elements to reinforce the national capacity for providing effective services across the early warning chain.
