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The DRIVE project was launched to facilitate prompt payouts to pastoralists before the severity of droughts escalates. This allows them to sustain their core breeding stock and encourages greater sales as there is less benefit to hold larger herds.

This seismic risk profile of Djibouti, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

The Greater Horn of Africa is finally emerging from three years of devastating drought, with above average rainfall predicted for the forthcoming season. But it is accompanied by the risk that flooding will impact local communities and livelihoods.

This report presents risk assessment results for the regions of Djibouti.

The National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment (NDPBA) provides Djibouti with the tools and data essential for disaster risk monitoring while aligning recommended actions with the UN SDGs and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

This brief focuses on how climate change acts as a threat multiplier, worsening the existing risks and vulnerabilities to hunger for already disadvantaged people, particularly women, agricultural workers, and small-scale farmers.

The Horn of Africa, on the eastern coast of the continent, is currently being battered by an intense drought thanks to which around 20 million people are going hungry. Safely getting nutritious food to these hungry people has become even more challenging.

Djibouti is extremely water scarce with conditions set to be exacerbated by population growth and climate change.