Dr. Ahmed Amdihun

Dr. Ahmed Amdihun heads Disaster Risk Management at IGAD’s Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), overseeing the multi-hazard situation room to strengthen preparedness through early warning and early action. His work focuses on climate resilience and disaster risk reduction (DRR), and providing technical and policy advice to IGAD and its member states.

With over 14 years of experience in climate resilience, DRR, environmental systems modeling and spatial planning, he has held key roles at the UN, Addis Ababa University (Assistant Professor), and the International Water Management and Livestock Research Institutes, and serves on technical advisory groups for the IPC, CREWS, the Anticipation Hub and WMO RA1.