Roadmap for Implementing Education Adaptation Activities Under Somalia’s National Adaptation Plan (2026–2030)

The roadmap operationalizes Somalia's National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for the education sector from 2026 to 2030. It organizes adaptation efforts into five strategic pillars: curriculum integration, resilient infrastructure, education in emergencies, community awareness, and local actor training. The framework emphasizes gender equity, social inclusion (GESI), and conflict sensitivity to protect vulnerable groups such as IDPs and pastoralists. Implementation is led by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MoECHE) and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC), coordinated through a strengthened Climate Change and Education Taskforce. The estimated investment required for these activities is USD 80 million.

• Somalia's education system is highly vulnerable to climate shocks, with recent floods disrupting education for approximately 900,000 children and damaging at least 733 schools, while droughts affected over 2.4 million school-aged children.
• The roadmap is structured around five strategic pillars: curriculum integration and teaching systems, climate-resilient school infrastructure, education in emergencies and learning continuity, community awareness and informal climate education, and training for communities and local actors.
• The total estimated investment required to implement education adaptation activities under the NAP is approximately USD 80 million, with the largest shares allocated to curriculum integration (USD 28 million) and resilient infrastructure (USD 24 million).
• A desk review revealed that while Somalia has a strong policy foundation, there is a lack of a consolidated education sector climate adaptation strategy and formal protocols for coordination between the MoECC and MoECHE.
• The roadmap proposes strengthening the Climate Change and Education Taskforce through a three-phase approach (2026–2030) to move from establishing an operational platform to joint planning and finally to implementation oversight.
• Gender equity and social inclusion (GESI) are identified as critical cross-cutting priorities, requiring the designation of GESI focal points and the formalization of the Ministry of Family and Human Rights Development's role in the coordination taskforce.
• Due to Somalia's fragile context, the roadmap mandates a 'do-no-harm' approach and conflict-sensitive planning to prevent education interventions from exacerbating local tensions or grievances.
• The roadmap identifies a critical need for improved data on climate impacts on education, specifically disaggregated data on school vulnerability and impacts on girls, IDPs, and pastoralists.

APA

NAP Global Network (2026). Roadmap for Implementing Education Adaptation Activities Under Somalia’s National Adaptation Plan (2026–2030). https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/roadmap-education-activities-somalia-v2_final-for-website.pdf

Chicago

NAP Global Network. Roadmap for Implementing Education Adaptation Activities Under Somalia’s National Adaptation Plan (2026–2030). 2026. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/roadmap-education-activities-somalia-v2_final-for-website.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{napglobalnetwork2026roadmap, author = {{NAP Global Network}}, title = {{Roadmap for Implementing Education Adaptation Activities Under Somalia’s National Adaptation Plan (2026–2030)}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2026}, month = jun, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/roadmap-education-activities-somalia-v2_final-for-website.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }