About IGAD CAEP
IGAD CAEP
The IGAD Centre of Excellence for Climate Change Adaptation, and Environmental Protection in Mogadishu, Somalia, was established on 23 December 2021.
CAEP is an IGAD-specialized institution mandated to coordinate Climate Adaptation, Loss and damage, and Environmental Protection efforts in the eight IGAD countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda.
The IGAD Secretariat recognised that climate change and environmental degradation are the most severe developmental challenges for the IGAD region. This is despite the inconsequential greenhouse gas emissions of the region. Climate-induced shocks, including droughts, floods, sea level rise, desert locust infestation, and storms, among others, continuously result in the loss of lives and livelihoods and the destruction of properties and key infrastructures.
Climate change-related loss and damage increase the burden on already overstretched Member States. With the increased intensity and frequency of climate extremes such as floods, droughts, pests and diseases, and storms, among others, Member States are left with no choice but to borrow additional loans on top of pre-existing debts in order to provide immediate relief to affected communities and cushion their economies to get back on track. According to the Africa Development Bank, Africa is losing between five and 15 per cent of its GDP per capita growth because of climate change.
Still, climate models show that the region could see a mean temperature rise between 3°C and 4 °C by 2080, which will be catastrophic. The adverse impacts of climate change in the area are further compounded due to fragility, conflicts, and limited coping capacities of communities. Climate change also exacerbates the region's other political, social, and economic stresses.
Environmental security is continuously undermined by the confluence of high population growth, water and pasture shortages, land degradation, invasive species, agricultural expansion, sedentarisation, lack of health and educational facilities, and national and transboundary conflicts, among others.
The climate crisis remains the biggest threat to the sustainable management of environmental resources in the region due to its direct and indirect impacts on the environment.
IGAD CAEP aims to strengthen collaboration on sustainable environmental management and climate adaptation among member states through high-level regional dialogues, championing Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) and advocating for enhanced climate action to reduce global GHG emissions, technology transfer and adaptation finance in the IGAD region.
The Centre’s goal is to support the region in preparing for and adapting to the impacts of climate-related shocks, including droughts, floods, cyclones, sea level rise, sandstorms, and desert locust infestation, among other effects.
The Centre will serve as the focal institution for knowledge management and capacity development to study, replicate and scale up sustainable environmental management practices and appropriate adaptive solutions to climate change in the region.
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Phone Number:
(+252) 617 963 284
icaep@igad.int
Location:
KM5, Afgoye Road, Mogadishu, Somalia
Sat – Thurs: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
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Contact Us
Phone Number:
(+252) 617 963 284
icaep@igad.int
Location:
KM5, Afgoye Road, Mogadishu, Somalia
Sat – Thurs: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
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