Musaed M. Aklan

Conflict, climate change, and governance gaps have left huge impacts on rural livelihoods… yet local initiatives and traditions remain the seeds of resilience and peace.[1] Yemen’s ongoing conflict and severe climate shocks have deeply disrupted rural livelihoods, further exacerbating food insecurity, water shortages, and socio-economic instability.

Yemen faces an acute and worsening water crisis, exacerbated by years of conflict and climate change. The country is among the most water-scarce countries in the world.

Yemen’s climate crisis is unfolding inside a broader collapse of the country. Years of war, economic breakdown, damaged infrastructure, and policy failures have left Yemen acutely exposed to rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, flash floods, drought, and increasing water scarcity.