Jobs:Job-00234
Apply before: 5 November 2020
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Position: Hydrologist
Apply before: 5 November 2020
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The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) is a specialized Institution of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). The mission of ICPAC is to foster climate services and knowledge to enhance community resilience for prosperity in the Greater Horn of Africa.
Regional decline in rainfall trends, increase in droughts and floods has been attributed to the change in climate. The frequency and magnitude of droughts are projected to be more severe in the coming decades. These projections present major humanitarian challenges in the Horn of Africa Drylands (HAD), especially in communities where socio-economic livelihoods are tied to the consistency of seasonal rainfall, yet there is limited capacity to quantify how future climate change will impact water scarcity and the sustainability of agro-pastoral livelihoods, water management, and food security.
The DOWN2EARTH project envisages addressing the multi-faceted challenges of water scarcity and food insecurity under climate change in the Horn of Africa Drylands, by facilitating community-centered adaptation and resilience to climate change impacts. It will use a multidisciplinary, inclusive approach, bringing together local communities, academic experts, novel decision-support tools, multi-level governance structures, regional climate centers, and NGOs.
Objectives of the project
- Develop understanding of human behavior with respect to climate in Agro-pastoralist communities.
- Identify existing water management and food security policies and their efficacy in HAD
- Analyze historical trends in regional climatic and hydrologic data and land use within HAD
- Assess historical socio-economic/land use trends and their interaction with the water cycle within HAD
- Develop regional model to assess climate impacts on water and food over various planning horizons in the HAD
- Improve regional seasonal forecasts to support warning systems on food security and water resources
- Simulate impacts of future climate change scenarios on water scarcity and food insecurity
