Topic: Legacy of Drought and Famine: Relationship with National and Human Security, Strategic and Institutional Failures. Dr. Semu is a water resources engineer with over 25 years of experience in education, research, and consultancy in water, environment, energy, climate change, drought, sustainable development, and water-energy-food nexus modeling and synthesis. He currently works for the city...

Topic: Legacy of Drought and Famine: Relationship with National and Human Security, Strategic and Institutional Failures. Mersie Ejigu, Strategic planning and sustainable development expert, former Minister of Planning and Development brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in sustainable development, planning, and policy studies at the national, regional, and global levels, working for both government...

Topic: The Role of Drought Prediction, Early Warning System and Preparedness: Regional Experiences and National Response. Dr. Ahmed is a Regional Programme Coordinator for Disaster Risk Management at the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Centre. He has over 13 years of experience in Disaster Risk Reduction, environmental system modeling, spatial planning...

Topic: The Current Drought Situation: Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders for Mitigation. Mrs. Tigist is a prominent figure in the fields of influencing, advocacy, and communication. As the founder of YouthGenesis Lab, Tigist spearheads the #GirlsTakeover initiative and Young Women Leadership Program, providing a platform for shaping and nurturing a generation well-versed in media dynamics...

Drought Prediction, Climate Change, Coping Mechanisms: Experiences for a Developing Country Dr. Zewdu has been a Project Scientist at the UCAR/NOAA/CPC International Desks since October 2022. He led the Climate Modeling and Prediction Group at the IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC), Nairobi, Kenya, between 2016-2022. He was a researcher at the University of...

The Role of Drought Monitoring and Risk Reduction: Regional Experiences (Including the USA), Responses and Actions. Dr. Tsegaye Tadesse is a professor of applied climate and remote sensing within the School of Natural Resources (SNR) and a Geospatial coordinator within the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. He has served...

The Role of Strategic Approaches to Drought Disaster Management: Dr. Samuel is an Assistant Professor and Asian desk Coordinator at the Center for African and Asian Studies at Addis Ababa University.  He participated in formulating different policies and strategies, including the recently approved Disaster Risk Management (DRM) policy where he continued his support working with...

Edo Abraham (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor in Water & Control at TU Delft’s Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences.   Abstract This presentation focuses on the benefits of integrating the planning of a multi-reservoir system in nexus with agricultural and electricity infrastructure between riparian states in the Eastern Nile basin. I will introduce a regional hard-linked...