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The Community of Learning and Practice on Drought Management (CLP) is a space for professionals in drought management and associated fields to connect, interact and work towards same objectives.
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Drought is no longer a single-sector crisis. This policy brief introduces the drought nexus, showing how water scarcity, land degradation, food insecurity, energy disruption, migration, health risks and conflict can reinforce one another across borders. Drawing on cases from Mongolia, the Sahel, the Mediterranean and global transport…
The brief summarizes assessments to detail SIDS' challenges and opportunities regarding land and drought and points to urbanization, unsustainable agriculture and extractive industries as drivers of land degradation in these most climate-vulnerable territories.
The report explores how combining sustainable land management practices with parametric climate risk insurance can strengthen resilience for smallholder farmers in the Global South. Against the backdrop of escalating climate impacts, it examines the shortcomings of traditional insurance models and highlights how satellite and mobile technologies can overcome barriers to implementation. By…
