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As climate change impacts intensify, the need for climate services to support mitigation, adaptation and increase resilience has never been higher. In the past five years, there has been progress …

UN humanitarians on Tuesday sounded the alarm over worsening humanitarian conditions in Sudan, as escalating violence continues to displace civilians and the rising risk of severe flooding during the current …

22 July 2025, Kigali – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Office for Eastern Africa convened a closing workshop to mark the conclusion of its regional …

A new European research initiative, the Strengthening Extreme Events Detection for Floods and Droughts (SEED-FD) project, is setting new standards for climate resilience with major improvements to global early warning …

SEED-FD improves flood and drought forecasting by using artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce prediction errors. In a three-step process, the project enhances accuracy and reliability, strengthening forecasting systems for decision-makers …

Format: News and Press Release Origin: View original Source: European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations

Date of event 21-11-2023 What happened, where and when? The rains intensified in mid-November leading to widespread impact. The regional report 13th to 20th November showed an increased flood impact …

The Ethiopian government is moving to implement a series of flood mitigation strategies in the Awash Basin, a key economic region that is particularly susceptible to flooding. The effort is …

Step 1 – Understanding the disaster DNA What Happened? The eastern Horn of Africa is currently experiencing increasingly intense and recurrent cycles of flooding and drought. Across Ethiopia, Kenya and …