Summary of GFCS Relevant Activities in the Selected Countries of Africa Issifou Alfari, AGRHYMET - NIGER www.wmo.int/gfcs
Presentation Main challenges General statistics on the selected African Countries GFCS projects in each selected African country carried out by partners GFCS projects at Regional Level being carried out by partners GFCS projects at Global Level with relevance to Africa Conclusions
Increased of rainfall variability since the 1990 years (succession of dry and wet years) Severe drought (1973, 1984, 2008),
Dimunishing of water resources Lake Chad October 1963 25 000 km² 2010 1 350 km²
Significant increase over the last 20 years of heavy rainfall in many places Burkina Faso, September 2012 Niger August 2011 Number of observed floods more frequent (6 to 12 + / year during the last decades Floods caused severe destruction to infrastructure, significant crop losses, and extensive land erosion and degradation Average losses and damages du to flood were evaluated to 7.5 billion dollars between 2000 to 2008 (source DPCS, OCHA 2009) in the 8 UEMOA countries
Selected Countries in Africa Burkina Faso Niger Tanzania Malawi Egypt
General Statistics (2013) on the Country Five African Countries Populatio n (million) GDP (Billion) GDP Growth % Inflation % Burkina Faso 16.9 11.58 6.5 0.5 Niger 17.8 7.36 3.9 2.3 Tanzania 49.3 33.23 7.0 7.9 Malawi 16.4 3.70 5.0 27.3 Egypt 82.1 272.0 2.1 9.5
GFCS Projects in Burkina Faso being carried out by Partners 1) Mainstreaming Disaster Reduction in Burkina Faso (World Bank) 2) Climate Service Learning Lab - Yatenga site (CCAFS) 3) Enhancing National Climate Services (ENACTS) (IRI) 4) Strengthening climate information and early warning systems (EWS) for climate resilient development and adaptation to climate change & Strengthening Adaptation Capacities and Reducing the Vulnerability to Climate Change in Burkina Faso (UNDP)
GFCS Projects in Niger being carried out by Partners 1) Integrated Information System for Flood Risk Reduction in Niger (UNITAR) 2) Climate Service Learning Lab - Yatenga site (CCAFS) 3) Scaling up Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) in Niger& Implementing NAPA priority interventions to build resilience and adaptive capacity of the agriculture sector to climate change in Niger (UNDP) 4) Climate Information Development and Forecasting Project (World Bank)
GFCS Projects in Tanzania being carried out by Partners 1) Climate Service Learning Lab - Lushoto site (CCAFS) 2) Roll Back Malaria/DFID involves climate aspects. National strategy for climate/health planned (WHO) 3) Tanzania Data Rescue and Climatology (UK Metoffice) 4) Strengthening climate information and early warning systems (EWS) for climate resilient development and adaptation to climate change (UNDP)
GFCS Projects in Malawi being carried out by Partners 1) Agriculture Development Programme Support Project (World Bank) 2) Building climate change resilience in the fisheries sector in Malawi (FAO) 3) Strengthening climate information and early warning systems (EWS) for climate resilient development and adaptation to climate change & Implementing urgent adaptation priorities through strengthened decentralized and national development plans (UNDP)
GFCS Projects in Egypt being carried out by Partners 1) Building resilient food security systems to benefit the southern Egypt region (Adaptation Fund project) (WFP) 2) Monitoring of Climate Change Risk Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Groundwater and Agriculture in the Nile Delta (FAO) 3) Adaptation to Climate Change in the Nile Delta through Integrated Coastal Zone Management (UNDP)
GFCS Projects at Regional Level being carried out by Partners 1) Capacitating African Smallholders with Climate Advisories and Insurance Development (CASCAID) (CCAFS) 2) Enhancing coordinated institutional frameworks for the provision, communication and utilization of climate information services to support risk management by smallholder farmers in West Africa (CCAFS) 3) West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) (Germany)
GFCS Projects at Regional Level being carried out by Partners 4) GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa - Building Resilience in Disaster Risk Management, Food Security, Nutrition and Health (WMO) 5) The One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn) National Projects (UNITAR) 6) Scaling up climate services for farmers in Africa and South Asia (CCAFS and University of Reading)
GFCS Projects at Regional Level being carried out by Partners 7) Improving Agricultural Productivity and Food Security Through Enhanced Provision and Delivery of Climate Services for Smallholder Farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa Region (CCAFS) 8) Weather Climate Science to Service Partnership (UK Met Office) 9) GFCS Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa, geographical region: Southern, Ease and West Africa (WMO)
GFCS Projects at Regional Level being carried out by Partners 10) Future Climate for Africa (DFID) 11) GFCS: Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa Metagri OPS (WMO) 12) Monitoring for Environment and Security in Africa MESA (EU)
GFCS Projects at Global Level with relevance to Africa 1) Climate Services Partnership (USAID) 2) Provide support to Climate Outlook Forums, Training NMS s in climate forecasting, Snowmelt flood potential forecasting in the Black Sea, Establish Zambezi Flood Forecast and Early Warning System Strategy, RAdio-Internet (RANET) communications and Building Regional Flash Flood Forecasting Systems (Disaster Risk Reduction) as part of Global Flash Flood Program (OFDA (USAID) and NOAA)
GFCS Projects at Global Level with relevance to Africa 3) SERVIR (USAID and NASA) 4) The International Research and Applications Project (IRAP):Integrating Climate Information and Decision Processes for Regional Climate Resilience (NOAA and USAID) 5) Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET) (USAID) 6) Building Resilience and Adapting to Climate Extremes and Disasters (DFID)
GFCS Projects at Global Level with relevance to Africa 7) Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience (DFID) 8) The Global Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA: UNEP and WMO) 9) Laying the foundation for establishing sustainable networks linking farmers across Africa and South Asia for demand-driven climate services (USAID) 10) Associated Programme on Flood Management (GWP and WMO)
GFCS Projects at Global Level with relevance to Africa 11) Integrated Drought Management Programme (GWP and WMO) 12) C3D+ - Capacity Development for Adaptation to Climate Change & GHG Mitigation in Non-Annex I Countries (UNITAR) 13) CATCOS Phase 2, CLIMANDES (MeteoSwiss) 14) e-learning Platform on Weather and Climate Services: A Value Chain Approach to Project Design (World Bank)
Conclusions Synergy between similar projects in countries and at regional level Allow stakeholders to have access to climate information in order to take better decisions Increase agriculture productivity and food security; reduce the poverty Reinforce capacity development to address adaptation and mitigation to climate change
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