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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  2. NP71 - System failure? Revisiting the problems of timely response to crises in the Horn of Africa

    System failure? Revisiting the problems of timely response to crises in the Horn of Africa

    Publication - Discussion papers - 30 November 2011
    HPN Network Papers 72
    Simon Levine, Alexandra Crosskey and Mohammed Abdinoor
    Humanitarian response in pastoral areas in the Horn of Africa has consistently been late. An enormous investment in early warning over a number of years has brought great improvements: mass human fatalities have become rarer in the past 25 years. Our response has not kept up with this ambition. This Network Paper examines how one project tried to ask the same questions again, its successes and failures and its attempt at a fresh explanation of the fact that so many apparently simple problems have proved so intractable.
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  3. Preparing for the future? understanding the influence of development interventions on adaptive capacity at local level in Ethiopia

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 14 October 2011
    Eva Ludi, Million Getnet, Kirsty Wilson, Kindie Tesfaye, Beneberu Shimelis, Simon Levine, Lindsey Jones
    Recognising the complex relationship between climate and development, this paper provides a synthesis of key findings from the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance’s (ACCRA) research in Ethiopia which explored how development interventions impact on adaptive capacity at the local level in Ethiopia.
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  4. Pastoralist in Ethiopia
    Pastoralist in Ethiopia

    Pastoralist in Ethiopia in 2006
    License: ODI given rights
    Credit: CARE/Kate Holt
    Source: CARE International

    Rules of the range: natural resources management in Kenya–Ethiopia border areas

    Event - Public event - 14 October 2011 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

    The current crisis in the Horn of Africa is exposing the need to better support the resilience of pastoralist livelihoods in the region. This event launches Rules of the range: Natural resources management in Kenya – Ethiopia border areas, a study which explores institutional issues around rangeland management and mobility in these areas, and the links between institutions and livelihoods resilience.

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  5. From local to national: supporting local government action in climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and development planning

    Publication - Briefing papers - 14 October 2011
    This ACCRA brief summarises learning from the research and capacity-building activities conducted by the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in three sites in Ethiopia in 2010-11. The brief provides some recommendations for local government and explains why adaptation planning matters, why community participation is vital and examines key areas where planning and decision-making could be improved.
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  6. Development interventions and adaptive capacity in rural Ethiopia: summary

    Publication - Briefing papers - 14 October 2011
    This ACCRA brief summarises research conducted by the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in three sites in Ethiopia in 2010-11. This brief highlights how existing development interventions in disaster risk management, social protection and sustainable livelihoods already contribute to local adaptive capacity and how their contribution could be improved. Based on these research findings, the brief highlights priority recommendations for action.
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  7. Climate trends in Ethiopia: summary of ACCRA research in three sites

    Publication - Briefing papers - 14 October 2011
    This ACCRA brief summarises research conducted by the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in three sites in Ethiopia in 2010-11. The brief provides a summary of the impacts of climate hazards, variability and change on livelihoods in all three locations, and concludes with key recommendations for action.
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  9. Launch of the World Disasters Report 2011: focus on hunger and nutrition

    Event - Public event - 22 September 2011 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

    The livelihoods of an estimated 12 million people are currently under threat in the Horn of Africa and nearly 4 million people in Somalia alone are in need of life-saving assistance. Although the world produces more than enough food to feed everyone, in 2011 almost 1 billion people will go hungry. This event is the UK launch of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' (IFRC) annual World Disasters Report (WDR). This year the report focuses on global issues of hunger and malnutrition.

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