Africa Climate Week 2023: Response, recovery and resilience - dryland communities managing climate shocks

As dryland communities in Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa look ahead after undergoing one of the worst droughts in recent history, this event organised by the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action at the Africa Climate Week (ACW23) Action Hub brings together voices of various community members from the Kenya-Somalia-Ethiopia triangle to spotlight and illustrate the positive ways that affected communities responded to and are recovering from the recent drought, as well as the ways they seek to build resilience against future climate and environmental shocks.

Taking place in parallel to the Africa Climate Summit 2023 at the ACW23 Action Hub, this side event differs from traditional discussion panels and keynote speeches by centring on a journey acted out, illustrated and voiced by people close to the situation. Incorporating powerful images and diverse voices of Jameel Observatory partners and community members in drylands, the event aims to engage audiences and provide inspiration by showing what the three R’s—Response, Recovery, Resilience—actually look like at community levels, and how they can be realised.