Weekly brief
The briefs
Each week, one notable fact about the climate in Tunisia, boiled down to the essentials: a figure, its context, and why it matters. The editions are numbered and ordered from the most recent to the oldest.
- In six years, Tunisia has lost nearly a third of its livestockThe national herd (sheep, goats, cattle) fell from 8.37 to 5.94 million head between 2016 and 2022 — nearly 30% fewer. Drought is on the front line.
- Water cut off every night in the Sahel, all summer longIn Sousse, Monastir and Mahdia, SONEDE cuts off the water from midnight to 5 a.m. every night this summer. Behind the emergency, a structural shortage.
- Tunisia's dams drop below the 30% fill markAt the height of summer, the dams' reserves reach a critical level, under the effect of several years of deficient rainfall.
- One of the hottest Junes ever recordedJune temperatures settled lastingly above the seasonal norms, with several early heatwave episodes.
- The cereal harvest declines under the effect of droughtThe harvest is shaping up to be well below a normal year, weakened by a shortfall of rain in spring.