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Cross-Cutting Themes: Climate Resilience

CLIMATE

RESILIENCE

The CIWA portfolio continued to advance climate resilience Groundwater for Resilience and Water Security
through four complementary streams: climate and hydrological
risk information and early warning; groundwater and water The Horn of Africa Untapping Resilience initiative further
security; nature-based and ecosystem-based approaches; and advanced the MIS and GWIS climate‑related data to support
institutional capacity, cooperation, and citizen engagement. resilient groundwater investments and cross‑border aquifer
The FY25 work built on FY24 foundations by operationalizing tools cooperation in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia and applied
and platforms (e.g., early warning, water accounting dashboards), climate‑resilient groundwater investment checklists across
improving groundwater governance and data, and integrating more than 100 sites.
resilience into investment planning and institutional processes
across basins and regions.

Climate and Hydrological Risk Information,
Forecasting, and Early Warning

NCCR expanded operational flood and drought early‑warning
systems across the Nile Basin. ENTRO’s Eastern Nile FFEWS
is operational in Tekeze-Setit-Atbara, Blue Nile, Lake Tana,
and Baro-Akobo-Sobat (35 forecast locations; hazard/risk

maps for 16 flood-prone areas), while the basin-wide DEWS

dashboard reached its first operational version, enhancing
regional preparedness and decision making for droughts. The

NB-FFEWS became fully operational during the fiscal year to

prepare the basin for flash floods. A basin-wide flood-risk

assessment advanced from inception through country
consultations to identify mitigation investments. NBI
entities also advanced dam safety risk management
(inventory, WebGIS database, and a risk framework
tested in Rwanda) and scaled the Nile Basin Data
and Analytics Services to support climate-resilient
investment planning. The South Sudan Transboundary
Waters Support Program strengthened multi-hazard
early-warning services by supporting the MWRI,
ENTRO, and NELSAP-CU with observation, monitoring,
forecasting, and communication capabilities. Weekly
Earth Observation Flood-tracking maps are being
disseminated to national counterparts; a real-

time flood-monitoring data workshop is planned to
consolidate methods.
The Water Data Revolution technical assistance
delivered remote‑sensing‑based Water Accounting
dashboards for the VBA and INMACOM. It also held
trainings to embed these tools for drought/flood

analysis and allocation planning.

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