Anthony Mills presents key findings from the cross-continental market study on revenue generating opportunities for tailored weather information products.
Revenue-Generating Opportunities Through Tailored Weather Information ProductsGreg Benchwick
UNDP’s continental-scale market assessment explores market forces, imperatives, trends and stakeholder needs in the creation of new revenue-generating opportunities for Africa’s National HydroMeteorological Services (NHMS). The study indicates an increase in the availability and sophistication of weather information, strong demand from private and public customers across a wide range of economic sectors, including agriculture, mining, forestry, construction, aviation, tourism, energy and planning, and a highly competitive business environment, where new ventures will be strongly dependent on highly specialized skills in product development and marketing.
Distribution of Climate Information on the 3-2-1 PlatformGreg Benchwick
The Human Network Internationa's David McAfee shared this presentation in the recent UNDP Last Mile Conference in Zambia.
Climate information and early warning systems can save lives, improve livelihoods and build resiliency across Africa. In order to seize this opportunity, timely, accurate and actionable weather and climate information must be delivered from data collection and creation sources across the “Last Mile” to uninformed and vulnerable end-users.
In this innovation-driven multi-country workshop, experts on cutting-edge technology, communications, public-private partnerships, meteorology and sustainable development will come together to explore new pathways to move from the collection of data to its application, with the end goal of creating actionable recommendations that UNDP-supported climate-information programmes can leverage to impact lives and build sustainability. For this to happen, national weather information services should not only have access to modern weather observation technologies and forecast information, but they must also be able to communicate and apply the content derived from these systems to those in need.
"Enabling role of ICTs to transform smallholder farmers to entrepreneurs”. An overview of IFAD-funded ICT related activities supporting rural enterprises. Presentation at FAO Rome, 27 October 2010 by Michael Hamp, Senior Rural Finance Advisor and Head of the Financial Assets, Markets and Enterprise Development Unit of the Programme Management Department, IFAD.
Climate Information for Resilient Development and Adaptation (CIRDA) and its ...NAP Events
Presentation by: Bonizella Biagini
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.
Revenue-Generating Opportunities Through Tailored Weather Information ProductsGreg Benchwick
UNDP’s continental-scale market assessment explores market forces, imperatives, trends and stakeholder needs in the creation of new revenue-generating opportunities for Africa’s National HydroMeteorological Services (NHMS). The study indicates an increase in the availability and sophistication of weather information, strong demand from private and public customers across a wide range of economic sectors, including agriculture, mining, forestry, construction, aviation, tourism, energy and planning, and a highly competitive business environment, where new ventures will be strongly dependent on highly specialized skills in product development and marketing.
Distribution of Climate Information on the 3-2-1 PlatformGreg Benchwick
The Human Network Internationa's David McAfee shared this presentation in the recent UNDP Last Mile Conference in Zambia.
Climate information and early warning systems can save lives, improve livelihoods and build resiliency across Africa. In order to seize this opportunity, timely, accurate and actionable weather and climate information must be delivered from data collection and creation sources across the “Last Mile” to uninformed and vulnerable end-users.
In this innovation-driven multi-country workshop, experts on cutting-edge technology, communications, public-private partnerships, meteorology and sustainable development will come together to explore new pathways to move from the collection of data to its application, with the end goal of creating actionable recommendations that UNDP-supported climate-information programmes can leverage to impact lives and build sustainability. For this to happen, national weather information services should not only have access to modern weather observation technologies and forecast information, but they must also be able to communicate and apply the content derived from these systems to those in need.
"Enabling role of ICTs to transform smallholder farmers to entrepreneurs”. An overview of IFAD-funded ICT related activities supporting rural enterprises. Presentation at FAO Rome, 27 October 2010 by Michael Hamp, Senior Rural Finance Advisor and Head of the Financial Assets, Markets and Enterprise Development Unit of the Programme Management Department, IFAD.
Climate Information for Resilient Development and Adaptation (CIRDA) and its ...NAP Events
Presentation by: Bonizella Biagini
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.
Surveying opinions on REDD+ and community monitoringCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation, by Veronique De Sy, was given at a side event of COP20 on 1 December, 2014.
The event, titled, "REDD+ Monitoring Needs to Support the Distribution of Benefits," discussed the evolving needs for monitoring to address national needs related to REDD+ implementation and benefit sharing.
Presentation from Lubos Kuklis of ERGA (European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services).
Presented at the 2018 CMPF Conference "Monitoring Media Pluralism - Between Old Risks and New Threats,"
A holistic and systematic approach to market development can overcome barriers to serving insurance to the low-income population. Collaboration between supervisors/regulators, industry players, policy makers, and donors is already showing positive results in some countries.
Converged Newsrooms: A Case Study from West Africa"Penplusbytes
Converged Newsrooms: A CaseStudy from West Africa" The 2008 Africa Media Leadership Conference: “Doing Digital Media in Africa: Prospects, Promises and Problems”.May 24 to 27, Kampala’s Imperial Royale Hotel,Uganda
Case study: Programme on Climate Information for Resilient Development in Afr...ExternalEvents
http://www.fao.org/in-action/naps/resources/webinars/en/
The NAP-Ag webinar on Climate Information Services in Adaptation Planning for Agriculture will provide insights into the role of Climate Information Services (CIS) in planning for adaptation in agricultural sectors. Country case studies and extended exploration of best practices will create a strong learning environment for country-to-country exchange on institutional arrangements, and gaps in Climate Information Services for the implementation and formulation of National Adaptation Plans. This webinar is a follow up to the March 2017 peer-to-peer exchange on “Effective Climate Information Services for Agriculture in ASEAN.”
Programme on Climate Information for Resilient Development in AfricaUNDP Climate
The NAP-Ag webinar on The Role of Climate Information Services in Adaptation Planning for Agriculture provided insights into the role of Climate Information Services (CIS) in planning for adaptation in agricultural sectors.
A New Vision for Weather and Climate Services in Africa - Executive SummaryGreg Benchwick
The collection, analysis and distribution of reliable climate and weather information has the potential to greatly benefit efforts by African nations to reduce poverty, build resilience and adapt to a changing climate. An upcoming UNDP publication will examine the climate information and services space in sub-Saharan Africa, taking a critical look at what hasn’t worked, why it’s important and possible solutions.
This comprehensive peer-reviewed report is being prepared by the UNDP’s Programme on Climate Information for Resilient Development in Africa (CIRDA), a four-year programme supporting work in 11 African Least Developed Countries with $50 million from the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). As such it builds on the expertise of the CIRDA technical team, the products of several workshops, and initial consultations between CIRDA experts and public and private representatives in partner countries.
The full report is due out soon. To receive the full report, email Greg Benchwick at gregory.benchwick@undp.org.
Connected Mining Solutions enables machine visibility, enhances maintenance, and supports two-way communications for supervisioning and control by collecting equipment data in real-time and publishing it to cloud and third-party applications.
About 30 million people work in the agricultural sector in Tanzania, and as irrigation schemes are fairly underdeveloped, most of them are highly vulnerable to weather-related yield losses. This vulnerability might accelerate under climate change conditions, and the financial uncertainty of the farmers inhibits implementation of improved and resilient farming systems, endangering food security. Our methodology, tested at the plot, county and national scale, has the potential to hugely support agricultural development and can be a means to adapt to climate variability and change.
A presentation by Stephen Muchiri, from Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) and CEO of e-Granary, about a commercial digital platform linking smallholder farmers in East Africa to targeted services.
The e-Granary platform, an ambitious venture initiated by the EAFF is in its relatively early days serving producers in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. It aims to strengthen their position with other actors such as buyers, input traders and financial institutions, and it has generated many lessons and challenges to overcome.
The presentation was given at a webinar on using technology to increase market and finance access for smallholders hosted by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on 24 March 2020.
More details: https://www.iied.org/webinar-using-technology-increase-market-finance-access-for-smallholders
The presentation is a summary presentation from a study Situational Awareness Solutions which collects together use cases for situational awareness capabilities and prioritizes these in context of user perception and readiness, availability and accessibility of technology, ease and likelihood of adoption, as well as regulations and competing substitutes. Finally it analyzes the relevance of assessed use cases to United States, Germany and Japan. The application areas discussed cover, amongst other, ecology and environment, disaster management, logistics and transport as well as critical infrastructure management.
Presentation Session 3: Marc Frilet, IFEJI
ISMED Annual Conference, Defining a Way Forward for Infrastructure Investment in the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA)
This presentation by Kenya was prepared for the break-out Session 1, “Surveys and other data gathering techniques”, in the discussion “Economic Analysis in Merger Investigations” at the 19th OECD Global Forum on Competition on 9 December 2020. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at http://oe.cd/eami.
This presentation was uploaded with the author’s consent.
Bridging the last mile to smallholder farmersgodanSec
Adri Bakker (Netherlands Space Office) presented at the 2nd International Workshop: Creating Impact with Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition in The Hague, 11 September 2015.
Surveying opinions on REDD+ and community monitoringCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation, by Veronique De Sy, was given at a side event of COP20 on 1 December, 2014.
The event, titled, "REDD+ Monitoring Needs to Support the Distribution of Benefits," discussed the evolving needs for monitoring to address national needs related to REDD+ implementation and benefit sharing.
Presentation from Lubos Kuklis of ERGA (European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services).
Presented at the 2018 CMPF Conference "Monitoring Media Pluralism - Between Old Risks and New Threats,"
A holistic and systematic approach to market development can overcome barriers to serving insurance to the low-income population. Collaboration between supervisors/regulators, industry players, policy makers, and donors is already showing positive results in some countries.
Converged Newsrooms: A Case Study from West Africa"Penplusbytes
Converged Newsrooms: A CaseStudy from West Africa" The 2008 Africa Media Leadership Conference: “Doing Digital Media in Africa: Prospects, Promises and Problems”.May 24 to 27, Kampala’s Imperial Royale Hotel,Uganda
Case study: Programme on Climate Information for Resilient Development in Afr...ExternalEvents
http://www.fao.org/in-action/naps/resources/webinars/en/
The NAP-Ag webinar on Climate Information Services in Adaptation Planning for Agriculture will provide insights into the role of Climate Information Services (CIS) in planning for adaptation in agricultural sectors. Country case studies and extended exploration of best practices will create a strong learning environment for country-to-country exchange on institutional arrangements, and gaps in Climate Information Services for the implementation and formulation of National Adaptation Plans. This webinar is a follow up to the March 2017 peer-to-peer exchange on “Effective Climate Information Services for Agriculture in ASEAN.”
Programme on Climate Information for Resilient Development in AfricaUNDP Climate
The NAP-Ag webinar on The Role of Climate Information Services in Adaptation Planning for Agriculture provided insights into the role of Climate Information Services (CIS) in planning for adaptation in agricultural sectors.
A New Vision for Weather and Climate Services in Africa - Executive SummaryGreg Benchwick
The collection, analysis and distribution of reliable climate and weather information has the potential to greatly benefit efforts by African nations to reduce poverty, build resilience and adapt to a changing climate. An upcoming UNDP publication will examine the climate information and services space in sub-Saharan Africa, taking a critical look at what hasn’t worked, why it’s important and possible solutions.
This comprehensive peer-reviewed report is being prepared by the UNDP’s Programme on Climate Information for Resilient Development in Africa (CIRDA), a four-year programme supporting work in 11 African Least Developed Countries with $50 million from the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). As such it builds on the expertise of the CIRDA technical team, the products of several workshops, and initial consultations between CIRDA experts and public and private representatives in partner countries.
The full report is due out soon. To receive the full report, email Greg Benchwick at gregory.benchwick@undp.org.
Connected Mining Solutions enables machine visibility, enhances maintenance, and supports two-way communications for supervisioning and control by collecting equipment data in real-time and publishing it to cloud and third-party applications.
About 30 million people work in the agricultural sector in Tanzania, and as irrigation schemes are fairly underdeveloped, most of them are highly vulnerable to weather-related yield losses. This vulnerability might accelerate under climate change conditions, and the financial uncertainty of the farmers inhibits implementation of improved and resilient farming systems, endangering food security. Our methodology, tested at the plot, county and national scale, has the potential to hugely support agricultural development and can be a means to adapt to climate variability and change.
A presentation by Stephen Muchiri, from Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) and CEO of e-Granary, about a commercial digital platform linking smallholder farmers in East Africa to targeted services.
The e-Granary platform, an ambitious venture initiated by the EAFF is in its relatively early days serving producers in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. It aims to strengthen their position with other actors such as buyers, input traders and financial institutions, and it has generated many lessons and challenges to overcome.
The presentation was given at a webinar on using technology to increase market and finance access for smallholders hosted by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on 24 March 2020.
More details: https://www.iied.org/webinar-using-technology-increase-market-finance-access-for-smallholders
The presentation is a summary presentation from a study Situational Awareness Solutions which collects together use cases for situational awareness capabilities and prioritizes these in context of user perception and readiness, availability and accessibility of technology, ease and likelihood of adoption, as well as regulations and competing substitutes. Finally it analyzes the relevance of assessed use cases to United States, Germany and Japan. The application areas discussed cover, amongst other, ecology and environment, disaster management, logistics and transport as well as critical infrastructure management.
Presentation Session 3: Marc Frilet, IFEJI
ISMED Annual Conference, Defining a Way Forward for Infrastructure Investment in the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA)
This presentation by Kenya was prepared for the break-out Session 1, “Surveys and other data gathering techniques”, in the discussion “Economic Analysis in Merger Investigations” at the 19th OECD Global Forum on Competition on 9 December 2020. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at http://oe.cd/eami.
This presentation was uploaded with the author’s consent.
Bridging the last mile to smallholder farmersgodanSec
Adri Bakker (Netherlands Space Office) presented at the 2nd International Workshop: Creating Impact with Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition in The Hague, 11 September 2015.
Cartesian explores the future of customer data monetization for mobile operators, from advertising, to sophisticated customer engagement and adjacent revenue growth.
RESEARCH REPORT A National Telecom Wholesale NetworkYOZZO
Exploring the potential of National Telecom Public Company Limited (NT) partnering with a MVNA/MVNE to launch a National Wholesale Network for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO)
The merger between True Corporation (TRUE) and Total Access Communication (DTAC) on March 1st, 2023 in Thailand has significantly reduced competition in the Thai telecommunications market, and raised concerns about price increases, service quality decline, and lack of consumer choice.
This report explores the benefits of strengthening the role of National Telecom Public Company Limited (NT), as a neutral player by allowing it to retain its spectrum and partner with a Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator (MVNA) and enabler (MVNE), to establish a National Wholesale Network (NWN), as a solution to enable competition into the market via Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO).
This approach can foster competition, drive innovation, utilize existing infrastructure and ultimately benefit consumers and enterprises by providing them with more choices and innovative mobile services.
Ninety Consulting: The Omnichannel InsurerDan White
Some insurers are already pursuing omnichannel, but other sectors, e.g. retail, are seen as more advanced and could yield lessons for insurers. In Part 1 of this two-part paper, we look at some of the initiatives and issues that are emerging as insurers try to move to an omnichannel approach. In Part 2, released separately, we look at examples and lessons from other sectors and try to answer the question ‘What can insurers learn about omnichannel from other industry sectors?’ We will conclude by making some keynote recommendations and predictions about the changing nature of omnichannel and its impact on the insurance sector.
Saudi Arabia 2016: Business Insights & Digital LandscapeIdentity Mena
The report contains data & insights explaining how corporates will change marketing budgets in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, how competition will change and how consumer behaviours will drive changes in digital marketing in 2016.
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World renowned American actor Will Smith bungee-jumped from a helicopter over the Grand Canyon on his 50th birthday to raise funds for the education of girls, boys and youth who live in conflicts and crises!
Appe-teaser Version
As the world gets hotter and rainfall more erratic, the type and availability of ingredients for daily meals are changing.
With support from the Government of Canada and the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Countries Fund, the Canada-UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Facility (CCAF) has been supporting six least developed countries and small island developing states (Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Haiti, Mali, Niger and Sudan) to strengthen climate resilience and enhance food security.
To better understand and share the experiences from these six countries, and to celebrate some of the successes of the projects in enhancing food security and water access, the CCAF team has worked together to create a cookbook.
This "Appe-teaser" version of the cookbook, a short teaser, offers a recipe from each country. The full publication will be available in early 2017, showcasing more delicious recipes and more information on how climate change is impacting specific ingredients and recipes, and how each country's adaptation efforts are changing the ingredients and cooking methods traditionally used.
A New Vision for Weather and Climate Services in AfricaGreg Benchwick
In Tanzania, a lightning strike killed a teacher and six students in 2015 – another sad example of the thousands of deaths that could easily be avoided with the effective deployment of modern weather and climate services. Providing these services not only saves lives, but is also central to building resilience to climate change, empowering nations and strengthening livelihoods across Africa’s most vulnerable communities.
UNDP supports climate information and early warning system projects in 11 African nations through its Programme on Climate Information for Resilient Development in Africa (CIRDA). The Global Environment Facility-funded CIRDA programme will launch a new report in Marrakech that explores A New Vision for Weather and Climate Services in Africa. The report calls for enabling actions by African leaders to support the sustainability of investments in weather and climate services, looking toward public-private partnerships, next generation weather and water monitoring technologies, regional cooperation and capacity building as key drivers to resolve sub-Saharan Africa’s persistent challenges in maintaining sustainable climate information and early warning systems.
Une vision nouvelle pour les services météorologiques et climatologiques en ...Greg Benchwick
En Tanzanie, un coup de foudre a tué un enseignant et six étudiants en 2015 - un triste exemple de morts qui pourraient facilement être évitées avec le déploiement de services météorologiques et climatologiques modernes.
Le PNUD soutient la fourniture d'informations climatiques en temps réel et de systèmes d'alerte précoce dans 11 pays africains par le biais de son Programme sur l'Information Climatique pour le Développement Résilient en Afrique (CIRDA), financé par le Fonds pour l'environnement mondial.
Ce rapport, publié à Marrakech au cours de la COP22, exhorte les dirigeants africains à prendre les actions appropriées pour soutenir et investir dans des services météorologiques et climatiques modernes, et à se tourner vers les partenariats public-privé, vers la coopération régionale et le renforcement des capacités, comme autant de solutions aux défis persistants dans le maintien de l'information climatique durable et les systèmes d'alerte précoce en Afrique sub-saharienne.
Executive Summary - A New Vision for Weather and Climate Services in AfricaGreg Benchwick
In Tanzania, a lightning strike killed a teacher and six students in 2015 – another sad example of the thousands of deaths that could easily be avoided with the effective deployment of modern weather and climate services. Providing these services not only saves lives, but is also central to building resilience to climate change, empowering nations and strengthening livelihoods across Africa’s most vulnerable communities.
UNDP supports climate information and early warning system projects in 11 African nations through its Programme on Climate Information for Resilient Development in Africa (CIRDA). The Global Environment Facility-funded CIRDA programme will launch a new report in Marrakech that explores A New Vision for Weather and Climate Services in Africa. The report calls for enabling actions by African leaders to support the sustainability of investments in weather and climate services, looking toward public-private partnerships, next generation weather and water monitoring technologies, regional cooperation and capacity building as key drivers to resolve sub-Saharan Africa’s persistent challenges in maintaining sustainable climate information and early warning systems.
This publication provides an in-depth analysis and study of gender-responsive adaptation approaches being implemented in six countries under the Canada-UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Facility. The study targets adaptation practitioners and decision-makers at all levels (from community to global) who are designing new adaptation initiatives and/or developing new climate change-related policies. It provides a framework in which to examine concrete examples of gender-responsive approaches and how they can lead to greater adaptation impact. It also makes the argument not only for the need for integrated approaches to gender and climate change but more importantly, to identify what inputs, resources and partnerships are needed to pursue them effectively.
Building The Last Mile With Public-Private PartnershipsGreg Benchwick
The C4Ecosolutions Alan Miller shared this presentation in the recent UNDP Last Mile Conference in Zambia.
Climate information and early warning systems can save lives, improve livelihoods and build resiliency across Africa. In order to seize this opportunity, timely, accurate and actionable weather and climate information must be delivered from data collection and creation sources across the “Last Mile” to uninformed and vulnerable end-users.
In this innovation-driven multi-country workshop, experts on cutting-edge technology, communications, public-private partnerships, meteorology and sustainable development will come together to explore new pathways to move from the collection of data to its application, with the end goal of creating actionable recommendations that UNDP-supported climate-information programmes can leverage to impact lives and build sustainability. For this to happen, national weather information services should not only have access to modern weather observation technologies and forecast information, but they must also be able to communicate and apply the content derived from these systems to those in need.
The Benin's Arnaud Zannou shared this presentation in the recent UNDP Last Mile Conference in Zambia.
Climate information and early warning systems can save lives, improve livelihoods and build resiliency across Africa. In order to seize this opportunity, timely, accurate and actionable weather and climate information must be delivered from data collection and creation sources across the “Last Mile” to uninformed and vulnerable end-users.
In this innovation-driven multi-country workshop, experts on cutting-edge technology, communications, public-private partnerships, meteorology and sustainable development will come together to explore new pathways to move from the collection of data to its application, with the end goal of creating actionable recommendations that UNDP-supported climate-information programmes can leverage to impact lives and build sustainability. For this to happen, national weather information services should not only have access to modern weather observation technologies and forecast information, but they must also be able to communicate and apply the content derived from these systems to those in need.
Climate Informaation and Early Warning Systems Zambia StrategyGreg Benchwick
The Just Click's Kunda Mwila shared this presentation in the recent UNDP Last Mile Conference in Zambia.
Climate information and early warning systems can save lives, improve livelihoods and build resiliency across Africa. In order to seize this opportunity, timely, accurate and actionable weather and climate information must be delivered from data collection and creation sources across the “Last Mile” to uninformed and vulnerable end-users.
In this innovation-driven multi-country workshop, experts on cutting-edge technology, communications, public-private partnerships, meteorology and sustainable development will come together to explore new pathways to move from the collection of data to its application, with the end goal of creating actionable recommendations that UNDP-supported climate-information programmes can leverage to impact lives and build sustainability. For this to happen, national weather information services should not only have access to modern weather observation technologies and forecast information, but they must also be able to communicate and apply the content derived from these systems to those in need.
Innovating How We Report on Climate ChangeGreg Benchwick
The Guardian's Caelainn Barr shared this presentation in the recent UNDP Last Mile Conference in Zambia.
Climate information and early warning systems can save lives, improve livelihoods and build resiliency across Africa. In order to seize this opportunity, timely, accurate and actionable weather and climate information must be delivered from data collection and creation sources across the “Last Mile” to uninformed and vulnerable end-users.
In this innovation-driven multi-country workshop, experts on cutting-edge technology, communications, public-private partnerships, meteorology and sustainable development will come together to explore new pathways to move from the collection of data to its application, with the end goal of creating actionable recommendations that UNDP-supported climate-information programmes can leverage to impact lives and build sustainability. For this to happen, national weather information services should not only have access to modern weather observation technologies and forecast information, but they must also be able to communicate and apply the content derived from these systems to those in need.
Pradeep Kurukulasuriya's presentation at the UNDP Last Mile Conference uncovers the economics of adaptation.
Climate information and early warning systems can save lives, improve livelihoods and build resiliency across Africa. In order to seize this opportunity, timely, accurate and actionable weather and climate information must be delivered from data collection and creation sources across the “Last Mile” to uninformed and vulnerable end-users.
In this innovation-driven multi-country workshop, experts on cutting-edge technology, communications, public-private partnerships, meteorology and sustainable development will come together to explore new pathways to move from the collection of data to its application, with the end goal of creating actionable recommendations that UNDP-supported climate-information programmes can leverage to impact lives and build sustainability. For this to happen, national weather information services should not only have access to modern weather observation technologies and forecast information, but they must also be able to communicate and apply the content derived from these systems to those in need.
Integrated Communications Strategies for Climate Information and ServicesGreg Benchwick
Leveraging best practices, innovative methodologies and existing assets to build sustainability and effectively share climate information and early warnings.
Climate Information and Early Warnings Communications Strategy TemplateGreg Benchwick
This template can be used to create an integrated communications strategy for the issuance of early warnings and the creation of advocacy communications strategies in the climate information and weather services sector.
Climate Information and Early Warning Systems Communications ToolkitGreg Benchwick
This toolkit provides National HydroMeteorological Services (NHMS), policy makers, and media and communications for development practitioners with the tools, resources and templates necessary to design and implement an integrated communications strategy.
These communications strategies include the effective issuance and packaging of early warnings as well as the creation of supportive communications products and outreach efforts that will support the long-term sustainability of investments in the climate information and services sector. While this communications toolkit is tailored to the specialized needs and political contexts of sub-Saharan Africa, it can easily be applied to other developing nations.
Communications is a cross-cutter and should be injected and leveraged at every stage of project implementation. Thoughtful and purposeful communication and advocacy can build in-house collaboration, foster knowledge sharing between nations, support technology transfer and build political support.
More importantly, through the issuance of early warnings and improved climate and weather information – and the development of appropriate public service announcements on what to do when bad weather hits – integrating communications into the everyday activities of NHMS can save lives, support sustainability and build livelihoods.
In this toolkit, we will define goals for the issuance of early warnings, and creation of improved climate information products and supportive communications strategies. These supportive strategies serve to engage actors, build political support, engage the private sector and present a true value proposition to end users. The toolkit explores best practices, defines roles and expands on the tools that are necessary to create an integrated communications strategy. The toolkit continues with a step-by-step outline to create response protocols and issue early warnings, address challenges and opportunities, define messages and stakeholders, package early warning systems, and engage with individual media and other relevant actors. There is a communications strategy template and TORs template that can be used by projects and practitioners to generate integrated communications strategies.
The UNDP is providing travel scholarships for up to 25 people for our upcoming Climate Action Hackathon. This is a huge opportunity! Apply today. https://lnkd.in/eFCaq4q
Big Ideas, Visionaries, Amateur Forecasters and Computer Developers Welcome at UNDP Climate Information for a Resilient Africa Event
What’s It All About
Innovation, out-of-the-box-thinking, big ideas, and smart applications of technology have the potential to significantly impact the way weather information is shared across Africa. And in a world where information is power – and climate change is producing more severe storms and temperature fluctuations that affect vulnerable African communities – access to accurate and timely weather forecasts can work toward reducing poverty, empowering rural communities and saving lives.
With the goal of creating an innovation-driven crowd-sourced space for big thinkers and techno-visionaries to come together, the UNDP’s Programme on Climate Information for Resilient Development in Africa (CIRDA) is inviting developers, mobile application gurus, students and developers to this three-day hackathon and innovations incubator.
The Climate Action Hackathon will run in parallel with a multinational UNDP workshop addressing “The Last Mile: Saving lives, improving livelihoods and increasing resiliency with tailored weather information services for a changing climate.”
Participants will have access to leaders in meteorology, technology, sustainable development and communications. They will work individually or in teams to create mobile applications, technology solutions or data-crunching systems that address Africa’s persistent challenges in adapting to climate change, and sharing early warnings and accurate climate information across the continent.
The Climate Action Hackathon Challenge
• Create prototype mobile and information-system-based applications and technological solutions to share actionable weather and climate information with a variety of stakeholders, sectors and end-users.
• Connect technology with people to bridge the last mile.
• Build scalable systems that react to more frequent storms, increase in lightning, erratic weather patterns and long-term climate change.
• Create technological solutions that are built for Africa and solve local challenges.
• Design and develop next-generation applications to improve on existing systems and methodologies to use climate information and reach end users.
• Leverage existing information, networks and human capacity to seed innovation.
• Communicate existing climate information in an innovative and easy-to-understand manner to catalyze action, improve productivity, save lives and empower end-users.
Using Weather and Climate Information for Agricultural Insurance in AfricaGreg Benchwick
Explore the new opportunities improved weather and climate information could bring to lower risk and foster resiliency for Africa’s most vulnerable populations. This extended examination on agricultural insurance provides deeper exploration on a topic explored in an upcoming UNDP publication ‘A New Vision for Weather and Climate Services in Africa.’ To receive a copy of the upcoming report, email Greg Benchwick gregory.benchwick@undp.org
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
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1. Main Findings of the CIRDA
Market Assessment
Revenue-generating opportunities through tailored weather
information products
Anthony Mills
CEO C4 EcoSolutions
Cape Town, South Africa
www.c4es.co.za
UNDP CIRDA Country Program Managers Workshop
15-17 March 2016
Livingstone, Zambia
3. Assignment
• Continental-scale market assessment of
opportunities for developing tailored weather
and climate products.
• Assess the readiness of the 11 NHMSs in
countries supported by CIRDA to pursue
commercialisation of weather and climate
services.
• Identify potential pathways for such
commercialisation.
4. Assignment: methods
Desktop research
Interviews:
• NHMSs
• private companies
• UN agencies
• NGOs
• research institutions
Sectors/themes:
• agriculture
• aviation
• energy
• forestry
• insurance
• mining
• water
5. Main Findings
• Availability, diversity, sophistication
and use of weather information
• National weather markets
• Use of satellite data
• Private weather companies
6. • Private weather companies
not dependent on NHMS data
• Considerable risk of private
sector dominating and NHMSs
being marginalised.
7. Accurate, consistent data from observation networks:
• quality of weather information products
• size of weather market
• sharing of revenue streams
8. InfoPlaza: Dutch company that split off from NHMS
“Developing a market for weather products is difficult …The effort required to
create innovative products and develop the business should not be
underestimated.”
“For the CIRDA programme, it is important to keep in mind the end-goal. Is the
NHMS being developed? Is the market for weather products being developed?
Are both the NHMS and market for weather products being developed?”
Pertinent quotes from interviews
9. Anonymous:
“..there is a big difference in the information that Accuweather provides
and the data that the NHMS provides. In most countries in Africa,
Accuweather provide more accurate information than the NHMS.”
Pertinent quotes from interviews
10. Meteogroup: Dutch weather company; combine data from numerous sources to provide reliable
and detailed weather forecasts; 140 forecasters on their staff.
“In the 1990s [in Europe], competition between NHMSs and private weather companies was
pervasive. Currently, however, NHMSs make their data readily available.”
“[Meteogroup]…pays a standard, fixed price for the data – which is often 11% of the revenue ...”
“Raw weather data in isolation has limited value. Rather value is generated from weather data
through the development of services. The precise value of these services is determined by data
reliability and …incomes. The challenge for NHMSs in African countries is to make their data
available.”
Anonymous: “The majority of NHMSs … are focused on owning the data instead of improving the
availability of these data.”
Pertinent quotes from interviews
11. Anonymous private weather company:
“…has direct supply agreements with many NHMSs worldwide …purchases weather stations
…can access unrestricted data… increases the value of the data by packaging it and selling
these packages to end users.”
On one NHMS: “…staff within the NHMS do not understand the market value of weather data
and either underprice or overprice these data; ii) the NHMS collects and stores weather data but
not in an appropriate format for users, such as excel spreadsheets; and iii) the quality of
weather data is limited.”
“It would be ideal if [weather company] partners with NHMSs in Africa to assist them with adding
value to their data.”
[Weather company could] “…act as an intermediary for private sector companies wishing to access
weather information from [country x]… Instead of 20 companies contacting the NHMS, [weather
company] can act on behalf of these 20 companies to streamline the information sharing process.
Pertinent quotes from interviews
12. Meteogroup:
What factors are needed for Meteogroup to start working in Africa?
• political stability;
• favourable legislative and regulatory frameworks;
• an NHMS that has a basic operating observation network with
adequate reliability;
• industries with a strong dependence on weather information;
• a reliable means of communication with farmers; and
• adequate levels of education in end users, particularly with regards
to weather information.
Pertinent quotes from interviews
13. Meteogroup:
Did Meteogroup outcompete the NHMS in [country x]…?
“No, the basic infrastructure provided and maintained by the NHMS
was of value to Meteogroup. Therefore, cooperation with the NHMS
was promoted, rather than competition – an approach followed by
Meteogroup in all countries where it is active.”
Pertinent quotes from interviews
14. 1. NHMSs should partner with rather than
compete with private sector weather
companies.
2. NHMSs should embark on phased, slow
transitions into entities that derive benefits
from the national private weather markets.
Market Assessment Conclusions
15. NHMSs
• Primary weather information
• Local scale weather
phenomena
• Regulatory environment
• Guardian of national data
• Trusted intermediary
• Protecting public good
Conclusions: partnering
Weather companies
• Satellite data
• Product development
• Innovation
• Niche products
• Marketing
• Sales
Partnership principles: competitive, non-exclusive and performance-based.
Lessons learned from Netherlands, USA and South Africa
16. • Considerable interest from private sector to
engage with (even invest in) NHMSs
• Companies specialising in data acquisition
identified as ideal partners
• Cultural shift towards entrepreneurial mind-
set can take 10+ years (New Zealand
experience)
• New skills sets (business development,
negotiation skills etc.) required
Conclusions: partnering
18. 3 main groups emerged across countries in the
CIRDA programme:
1. Ready to engage with selected private sector
companies: Tanzania, Zambia and Burkina Faso
2. Moderate capacity building required before
extensive engagement with the private sector:
Benin, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Malawi and Uganda
and
3. Intensive capacity building required before
extensive engagement with the private sector:
Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, and Sierra Leone
Conclusions: phased transition
19. • Raise awareness of socio-economic
benefits (productivity & losses)
• Engage treasury
• Revise regulations to promote
partnerships and data sharing
• Define roles of private sector versus
NHMS (manage expectations)
• Expand ground observation network
(potentially on cell phone towers)
Conclusions: phased transition
Virtuous cycle activities
Accurate
data
Regulations
Data sharing
Observation
network
Market
Cost-benefit ratios of 1:4 in
Europe to 1:10 in Central Asia
20. • Mobile phone companies
• Weather companies providing primary weather
data
• Expanded relationships in aviation sector
• Developing tailored weather information products
within partnerships
• Weather index-based insurance products
(acknowledging great complexity)
• Financial services (hedging against power
disruptions)
• Operation of weather stations
Conclusions: phased transition
Potential partnerships/activities
Sectors:
• Health
• Water
• Agriculture
• Tourism
• Mining
• Energy
• Forestry
• Fisheries
• Disaster management
• Infrastructure
• Transport
21. • Use service providers to bridge the gap
(business development, sales and
marketing)
• Develop in-house expertise
• Identify suitable entry points through in-
depth national market assessments (e.g.
primary weather data providers)
Conclusions: phased transition
Engaging with private sector to forge deals
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data
Executive Summary
The availability of timeous, accurate and sufficiently granular weather and climate information is an urgent priority by African countries for them to adapt effectively to the negative effects of climate change. These effects include greater frequencies and intensities of droughts and floods, major shifts in the growing season of crops, and increases in the frequency and severity of hazardous local weather events such as severe thunderstorms. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are well-positioned to play a leading role in providing this information.
In most African countries, the NHMSs do not have sufficient resources to provide the timeous, accurate and tailored weather and climate information products (also known as “climate information (CI) and early warning (EW) services”) required by stakeholders as diverse as private sector businesses, government departments, urban dwellers, and smallholder farmers. Such stakeholders are increasingly turning to private weather companies that operate globally and tailor their products from satellite data as well as historical weather data