Improving water security for the poor
Building capacity for climate resilience
National policy makers and sub-national practitioners are at the forefront of improving climate resilience. However, there are multiple barriers compromising their ability to deliver change – from accessing meaningful data and information, to understanding and using it, and developing policies despite the uncertainty in future projections.
Our research continues to advance understanding of regional climate and climate change, working closely with stakeholders across a range of scales, from small urban utilities to national governments.
At a local level, we are collaborating with water managers, such as Basin Development Offices, and water utilities, helping them to embed climate resilience in their planning, individually and through collaboration across sectors.
At the global level, this work will also be used to inform our partners, UNICEF and WHO, on barriers and opportunities for capacity development in climate resilience.
Featured Resources
Enhancing climate resilience of water, sanitation & hygiene services in healthcare facilities in Kenya
Story of Change: Turkana Jet research unlocks new understanding of East African droughts
Story of Change: Open source tools and skills for climate information flows
‘Rivers in the sky’ shape African climate
Story of Change: Protecting groundwater for climate resilience and water security in Turkana
Intra-seasonal rainfall and piped water revenue variability in rural Africa
Engaging with the politics of climate resilience towards clean water and sanitation for all
Advancing knowledge of African climate for decision makers
Climate shocks, adaptation and water security: how research can support action
Water Security for Climate Resilience Report
REACH Climate Resilience Report: Water security is critical to advance climate resilience
Monitoring socio-climatic interactions to prioritise drinking water interventions in rural Africa
African low‐level jets and their importance for water vapor transport and rainfall
Monitoring socio-climatic interactions to improve rural water security in Africa
Extreme rainfall and the Turkwel Gorge Dam in Kenya: Understanding risks and management priorities
Citizen science in community-based watershed management: An institutional analysis in Ethiopia
REACH Global Strategy 2020-2024
Potential predictability of the Ethiopian summer rains: Understanding local variations and their implications for water management decisions
The effects of changing land use and flood hazard on poverty in coastal Bangladesh
Climate resilience and water security: for whom, by whom and at what scale?
Evaluating the CMIP5 ensemble in Ethiopia: Creating a reduced ensemble for rainfall and temperature in Northwest Ethiopia and the Awash basin
ECR Feature | Groundwater is a vital invisible resource – to use it, we need to better understand it and make it visible
REACH Story of Change: Building drought resilience in Ethiopian river basins
Water–Energy Nexus-Based Optimization of the Water Supply Infrastructure in a Dryland Urban Setting
Resolving the Turkana Jet—Impact of Model Resolution in Simulating Channel Flow and Inversions
REACH Story of Change: Improving water security in Ethiopia through integrated use of surface and groundwater resources
Flood adaptation and mitigation in the Awash Basin: Responding to new climate patterns
From fast to slow risks: Shifting vulnerabilities of flood-related migration in Lodwar, Kenya
GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis model for utility water demand: The case of Lodwar Municipality, Turkana County, Kenya
Policy and practice recommendations on flood risk management in the Awash basin
Hydrologic Extremes in a Changing Climate: a Review of Extremes in East Africa
Observations of the Turkana Jet and the East African Dry Tropics
The Turkana Jet diurnal cycle in observations and reanalysis
July–September rainfall in the Greater Horn of Africa: the combined influence of the Mascarene and South Atlantic highs
