Presentation by: Fred Kossam 4.1 Climate services in support of NAPs   This event will bring together experts involved in the provision of climate services and testimony from countries of how climate services are being used to support decision-making and effective adaptation. The event will start with brief statements, and will be followed by a panel discussion, where participants from the floor will have the opportunity to engage the panelists with questions or comments. The panel will demonstrate the practical benefits of climate services in support of climate risk management and adaptation to climate variability and change. It will also provide lessons learned through various activities being implemented at regional and national level.

1. GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa:
The Case of Malawi
Fred Kossam
Department of Climate Change and
Meteorological Services
Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining
www.gfcs-climate.org

2. The GFCS
Goal
Enable better management
of the risks of climate
variability and change and
adaptation to climate
change, through the
development and
incorporation of science-
based climate information
and prediction into planning,
policy and practice on the
global, regional and national
scale

3. •Malawi, together with the United Republic of
Tanzania has been accorded to jointly participate
in the Global Framework for Climate Services
(GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa project
under World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
to be funded the Government of Norway with a
grant of US$9,750,000.00.
•Various stakeholders are taking part Red Cross,
WFP, CCAFS, Research Institutions among others
•For Malawi its through the Malawi Department of
Climate Change and Meteorological Services
Global Framework for Climate Services
(GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa

4. The project aims to provide accurate and accessible
climate services to users such as disaster management
authorities, water and energy utilities, public health
agencies, the transport sector, farmers as well as the
community at large in both developed and developing
countries alike within the context of the GFCS.
Project aim

5. GCFS Components in Malawi
1. National Level: National actors have the capacity to
tailor, deliver and evaluate climate services to
support adaptation in Malawi
2. District Level: Targeted communities are better able
to manage the risks related to climate variability
3. Cross cutting: Improved understanding of the
effectiveness of the GFCS in climate risk
management and adaptation

6. Component 1: National Level
• National Consultations to establish Framework for Climate Services
in country (June 2014 in Malawi)
• Assessment of climate services currently used by focus sectors in
country (Luanar)
• Integration with NAP Activities
• Improving Production Capacity :Capacity Building of MDCCMS
• Ongoing tailoring of Climate Services
• Downscaling and disseminating Seasonal Forecast to target
districts
• Support for District Climate Centres
• Strengthening integration of Climate Services into Early Warning
Systems
• EWS SIMEX in target areas (MRC)
• Establish Village Civil Protection Committees (MRC)

7. Component 2: District Level
• Identify needs and gaps at community level to inform design
of climate services
• Community Based Participatory Planning (WFP)
• Risk assessment in selected agro-ecological zones (Luanar)
• Red Cross: Public awareness, community action planning
• Building capacity of intermediaries: Agricultural extension
workers and district health workers (WFP and WHO)
• Local multi-stakeholder working groups to co-produce climate
services
• Scaling up ICT/SMS systems to disseminate climate
information

8. Component 3: Cross Cutting
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Research partners documenting learning and impact
• Cross country learning Malawi & Tanzania
• Communications: Disseminating learning

9. KEY MILESTONES for 2015
• WFP in collaboration with DCCMS, CCAFS, MoAIWD and University of
Reading trained 71 intermediaries in July 2015, in Participatory
Integrated Climate Service for Agriculture (PICSA) in Balaka district
• WFP through Farm Radio Trust (FRT), implemented Interactive
Weather and Climate Adaptation Radio Programming (IWCARP)
integrated with ICTs
• The SMS has a ‘Beep4Weather’ service that enables Farmers to leave
a missed call (“beep”) on a number at the central hub, which prompts
an interactive voice response system to phone back, free of charge
• In Malawi, the 2015/2016 seasonal forecast was downscaled for each
district and disseminated widely to district sectors, traditional leaders
as well as local communities in 18 districts under the GFCS
programme
• MRCS has worked with school authorities to establish and/or
strengthen primary school quiz clubs

10.  Enhanced Awareness and raised profile of climate services in Malawi
 we have seen unprecedented increase in demand of climate services
 Need for enhanced access to data, tools and methodologies for
various applications
 Initiated Integrating weather and climate information MGDS and
other sectoral policy documents
 Improved capacity of the Dept in delivery of user tailored climate
services
 Improved understanding of the need to address evidence based
adaptation at local with enhanced climate information services
 Link to other processes such as NAPs and national strategies and
policies
 Multidisciplinary teams that have been set up need to be natured and
allow to grow for enhanced delivery of better climate services.
Key Lessons from GCFS

11. CONCLUSIONS
• A solid understanding of the impacts of climate change at the
national level to support robust policy and decision-making on
adaptation will depend on enhanced climate services
• There exist significant gaps and limitations in the provision of user
demanded and area specific climate services, adaptation is local
• Improving access to climate services is essential in a country like
Malawi, where a large majority of rural communities depend on rain
fed agriculture
• Downscaling of the climate models including seasonal forecast to the
district level and including advisories for Agriculture, DRR and Health
is very key in the adaptation planning
• Support for enhanced coordination on delivery of climate services
• There is need for sustained or scaled up climate services to become
part of the regular service provided by relevant government
departments beyond the life time of the programmes so need for a

12. Thank you for your attention
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