Extreme drought in Ethiopia stretches drought management systems

The 2015-16 drought in Ethiopia, exacerbated by El Niño, was an extremely rare event that affected 9.7 million people and exceeded the mitigation capacity of existing national and international response systems.

• The 2015-16 drought was an exceptionally rare occurrence in north-eastern and central Ethiopia, estimated to happen only once every few hundred years, with the 2015 El Niño event contributing to its severity.
• The failure of the spring belg rains on 4 June 2015, followed by delayed and erratic summer kiremt rains, impacted 9.7 million Ethiopians.
• Existing national and international preparedness and response systems are unable to mitigate all the impacts resulting from very extreme events like the 2015–16 drought.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2017). Extreme drought in Ethiopia stretches drought management systems. https://cdkn.org/resource/factsheet-extreme-drought-ethiopia-stretches-drought-management-systems

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Extreme drought in Ethiopia stretches drought management systems. 2017. https://cdkn.org/resource/factsheet-extreme-drought-ethiopia-stretches-drought-management-systems.

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2017extreme, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Extreme drought in Ethiopia stretches drought management systems}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2017}, month = aug, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/factsheet-extreme-drought-ethiopia-stretches-drought-management-systems}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }