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Managing the Boom and Bust: Supporting Climate Resilient Livelihoods in the Sahel
… For decades the Sahel has been presented as suffering from irreversible degradation, … potential of the Sahel’s dryland ecosystems. It explores the inherent resilience within existing crop and livestock production systems based … can help re-define development interventions and promote a more climate resilient future. …
Publication, 01 December 2013
Crops and cattle
Climate change and conflict - reframing the debate
… The impact of climate change on peace and security is an issue that has risen high on … the past few decades, IIED has garnered expertise on building climate resilience, productivity and equity in the dryland areas of East Africa and the Sahel. IIED's work has aimed to challenge the misconceptions that …
Project, 17 April 2023
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Gérer la vie en dents de scie: soutenir des moyens de subsistance résilients au climat dans la région du Sahel
… Voilà des décennies que le Sahel est présenté comme une région qui souffre d’une dégradation … considérable que renferment les écosystèmes des zones arides du Sahel. Il explore la résilience propre aux systèmes d’agriculture et … de la variabilité~du climat ; des systèmes dont les populations du Sahel ont su se servir pour établir des économies locales et nationales …
Publication, 01 December 2013
A man bends over to tend his crops in a field
Bright spots of success: local adaptation brings answers to the global climate crisis
… At the UN Secretary-General’s climate summit in September, a day before the annual General Assembly … are deepening. Nonetheless, inspiring stories of innovation and resilience dot the landscape. Bumping up production Over a 12-year … results to his farm’s productivity. Shemsu explained that SOS Sahel Ethiopia – an NGO working with smallholder farmers and …
Insight, 02 September 2019
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The interaction between freshwater ecosystem services, climate change and poverty in the Sahel
… The Sahel like other drylands is in continuous transition as its ecosystems … and human systems adapt to many drivers of change, including climate change, demographic and economic change, and changes in natural resource management. While resilience has been observed in both natural ecosystems and human …
Publication, 01 January 2007
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Decentralising climate adaptation funds in Mali
Publication, 01 November 2015
Aerial view of an arid landscape. A group of people walk.
IIED at 50: be prepared to engage with young activists
… with an emphasis on participatory development, governance and climate resilience. In this conversation, they discuss the importance of … you were leading the development of participatory approaches in the Sahel.  At that time, the Sahel needed to find ways to provide …
Article, 29 November 2021
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Farmer-herder conflict in Africa: rethinking the phenomenon?
… Since 2012, the West African Sahel has been drawn into a spiral of ever-growing violence, fuelled by … to variability that can make livelihoods and landscapes more climate-resilient. Understanding the roots, dynamics and meaning of …
Publication, 01 June 2020
Stunted crops in the Kaffrine region of Senegal are the result of a lack of rainfall, jeopardising farmers’ harvests (Photo: Daniella Van Leggelo-Padilla/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Local climate adaptation: bridging the funding gap
… An unpredictable and changing climate is hitting the countries of West Africa hard – and it is often … how it is spent. Do local people know best? Rural communities in the Sahel have coped with a variable climate and extreme weather events for … reacting and adapting to these events (PDF)  and ensuring their own resilience. What we're trying to do, through this project, is to give …
Insight, 09 July 2015
Pastoralists pull water from a well near Denan in the Somali Region of Ethiopia for their camels. (Photo: Andrew Heavens, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Pastoralism and policy training: addressing misconceptions and informing dialogue
… livelihoods under increasingly unpredictable conditions due to climate change.                It shows that, far from being outmoded … is the norm in the drylands. It also shows that, as well as managing climate and other risks, pastoral production strategies can proactively … and power relations.  A timeline: how the training developed The Sahel (1998-2002): IIED worked with partner Associates in Research and …
Project, 17 December 2012