Sand and dust storms (SDS) are common in drylands with dust often transported over great distances, frequently across international boundaries. Such storms are important for ecosystem functioning, but they also create numerous hazards to society, in agriculture and other socioeconomic [...]

  The Conference aims at bridging the gap between science, policy and decision-making to support effective resilience building. According to the latest IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report (August 2021), “climate change is intensifying the water cycle”, which will bring more associated flooding and [...]

Despite ongoing interventions, food insecurity in Madagascar’s Grand South and South East remains high, with 1.64 million people classified in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or Emergency (IPC Phase 4), corresponding to 37% of the population analysed. The persisting food and [...]

In 2019 and 2020 alone, sub-Saharan Africa was hit by a once-in-a-century desert locust upsurge and the COVID-19 pandemic while simultaneously facing conflict, droughts, and floods among other shocks and stressors. More than 60 percent of the population in sub-Saharan [...]

  An event co-organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CGIAR, CARE International, World Bank, AT5 UNFSS, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), League of Arab States and International Institute for Environment and Development Friday 24 September [...]