Publications

The effects of climate change have been brutal on Somalia, where drought cycles have become more frequent and severe. Somalia and Somaliland yet again are staring at the potential of another season of failed rains and if this happens, it will be the fourth consecutive season of poor rains. By April 2022, an estimated 6 …

Trucking water to communities as drought conditions worsen and water sources dry up Read More »

The climate is the weather condition of a country or a place over many years. For example in Somalia, a country located in the so-called Horn of Africa, the climate is tropical, hot all year round, and in addition, it is generally dry. Precipitation is generally scarce, typical of a desert or semi-desert climate in …

Is climate change causing the long lasting droughts in Somalia? Read More »

Introducing the Children’s Climate Risk Index is the first comprehensive analysis of climate risk from a child’s perspective. It ranks countries based on children’s exposure to climate and environmental shocks, such as cyclones and heatwaves, as well as their vulnerability to those shocks, based on their access to essential services. The report finds approximately 1 …

Children in Somalia at ‘extremely high risk’ of the impacts of the climate crisis Read More »