DJIBOUTI CITY — Technical experts from across the Horn of Africa converged in Djibouti on Thursday to finalize a regional climate resilience program dubbed “RECOVER-HORN.”
The three-day consultative meeting, organized by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), seeks to create a unified strategy to combat the “interconnected” threats of recurrent drought, flash floods, and locust swarms.
The program focuses on five priority areas, including climate-resilient agriculture and early warning systems.
“No single country can address these challenges alone,” said Daher Elmi Houssein of IGAD’s Agriculture Division.
For Djibouti, the initiative is critical; as a regional logistics hub, its economy is highly sensitive to the climate-driven instability of its neighbors.
The meeting marks a shift from reactive humanitarian aid toward proactive, “bankable” regional adaptation.
