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Sustainable management of water and rangeland resources for enhanced climate resilience of rural communities in Djibouti

 A goat herder in a red shawl walks across dry land with their goats grazing nearby in a sparse, arid landscape in Djibouti.
Sustainable management of water and rangeland resources for enhanced climate resilience of rural communities in Djibouti

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Kao Akana (Flickr Creative Commons CC BY-SA 2.0)

Djibouti faces severe climate risks, including frequent droughts, extreme temperatures and occasional floods, which threaten food security, water availability and rural livelihoods. In addition to extreme climatic conditions, Djibouti also faces severe water scarcity due to its arid climate and limited annual rainfall. Climate change projections suggest a continued increase in temperatures and frequency of extreme events; as well as highly uncertain changes to extreme rainfall.

This proposed 6-year project addresses the increasing impacts of climate change on vulnerable agropastoral communities in Djibouti's Ali-Sabieh, Dikhil, Tadjourah, and Obock regions. These rural areas face growing food and economic insecurities due to water scarcity, flooding in low-lying areas, intense winds, ecosystem shifts (such as woody species encroachment), and extreme heat affecting both human and livestock health.

Tackling the underlying barriers to climate change adaptation and drought resilience – including limited institutional and technical capacities within the government and limited access to early warning systems for flood and droughts – the project’s main objective is therefore to enhance climate change resilience and food security for rural communities in Djibouti by improving water resource management, early warning systems, and institutional capacity for adaptation and climate risk preparedness. 

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Expected outcomes

Component 1: Enabling environment for climate change adaptation in Djibouti 

Component 2: Enhancing water and land resource management for improving water security and climate resilience of rural communities  

Component 3. Developing sustainable livelihoods to improve food security and adaptive capacity of rural communities in Djibouti 

Component 4. Knowledge management and monitoring and evaluation (M&E)

Project details

Levels of intervention

  • Community
  • District
  • National

Source of funds

  • Global Environment Facility - Least Developed Countries Fund

Key implementers

  • Country Office
  • Local Governments
  • National Governments
  • Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Private Sector Partners
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Funding amounts

$19,823,994 (GEF-LDCF) + $ 3,476,006 (GEF TF)
Co-financing: $95,198,000

Project partners

  • Global Environment Facility (GEF)
  • Government of Djibouti
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)