Africa Climate Security Risk Assessment - Northern Africa

Increasingly erratic Made River (GMMR) project, under construction precipitation patterns and the potential of lower and partially operational since the 1980s, aims to precipitation in the Ethiopian highlands create the remedy this by channelling water from the NSAS potential of lower water volumes in the Nile River. [...] Despite being one of the most water-stressed regions in ENSURING THE SUPPLY OF FOOD the world, Northern Africa has the highest level of The combination of population growth, socioec- water subsidies (World Bank 2018). [...] As discussed, agriculture uncertainty as to the pace of the decline of oil and already uses up the majority of the available gas, countries that are currently reliant on oil and freshwater in all Northern African countries. [...] Such regional efforts can be the three countries came together with the sup- mobilised to close knowledge and data gaps, syn- port of the Sahara Sahel Observatory (OSS), the UN ergise efforts from the local to the regional level Environmental Programme (UNEP) and funding and build the capacities of key stakeholders in the from the GEF. [...] While the effects of The session aimed to enhance knowledge and climate change, in the form of higher temperatures understanding of how to comprehensively assess and lower precipitation, eclipse desertification, the and respond to climate-induced risks to advance prevention of desertification remains a precondi- climate adaptation, resilience and peacebuilding tion for protecting arable land.