BREACH - Boosting Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change

About this project

Somalia is very susceptible to climate change and extreme weather events and its population is highly vulnerable to its effects including loss of livestock, crop failure, food and water shortages, hunger and malnutrition, disease. In combination with pervasive instability and conflict, the consequences of climate change and related recurrent shocks, put the livelihoods of millions of Somalis at risk, which in turn causes further conflict of limited resources and the deterioration of the fragile state building development. Inadequate coping and recovery mechanisms worsen household vulnerability. With resources lost to hazards and/or utilized to cope, the capacities of most households and communities to re-establish their livelihoods are impaired and therefore unable to recover. In addition, due to unsustainable practices and poor management of natural resources such as river basins, forests and rangelands, traditional livelihoods in rural areas are eroding quickly which aggravates the possibility of conflict and internal displacement.As part of the Team Europe Initiative on a Green Deal and the implementation of the Great Green Wall Accelerator in Somalia, the Action will focus on climate change adaptation measures for both rural, urban and peri-urban populations in Somalia. The Action will support the development of sustainable food systems, enhancing the sustainability of consumption and production systems while simultaneously strengthening the resilience of target com…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 2Zero Hunger
• 5Gender Equality
• 6Clean Water and Sanitation
• 9Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 10Reduced Inequalities
• 11Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Somalia

Sectors

Facilitation of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobilityRelief co-ordination and support servicesEnvironmental education/trainingBusiness development servicesAgricultural education/trainingAgricultural policy and administrative management

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusGood governance · Main focusBiodiversity · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Main focusDesertification · Also contributesMaternal, newborn and child health · Also contributesDisaster risk reduction · Also contributesDisability inclusion · Also contributesNutrition · Also contributes

Places

SO - Somalia

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2022-ACT-60608.

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