Climate Services Adaptation Programme in Africa

Climate Services Adaptation Programme in Africa The “Climate Services Adaptation Programme ” is a multi-agency programme delivering climate services for agriculture, health and DRR in Malawi and Tanzania

The “Climate Services Adaptation Programme in Africa” is the first multi-agency initiative to be implemented under GFCS. This flagship programme will help develop user-driven climate services for food security, health, as well as disaster risk reduction in Malawi and Tanzania. The aim of the programme, funded by the Government of Norway, is to increase the resilience of people most vulnerable to

the impacts of weather and climate-related hazards such as droughts and flooding and associated health risks including malnutrition, cholera and malaria. It aims to strengthen capacity both to develop and use climate services and combines cutting-edge science with traditional knowledge. It represents a unique partnership between climate and social scientists, researchers, development and humanitarian agencies and other key user sectors. It is a joint effort of WMO, the CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS); the Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO); the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI); the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) through the Tanzanian and Malawian Red Cross; the World Food Programme (WFP); and the World Health Organization (WHO)

Dominic Nyirongo from WFP Malawi making a presentation at a Webinar on Indigenous knowledge organized by the GFCS Adapta...
12/04/2016

Dominic Nyirongo from WFP Malawi making a presentation at a Webinar on Indigenous knowledge organized by the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Geneva on the 12th of April.

29/03/2016

Join an exciting Webinar on the 12th of April on how to integrate indigenous knowledge with scientific weather and climate information. Email [email protected] to register.

Dennis Odera from WeFarm blogged about the Learning Event
11/02/2016

Dennis Odera from WeFarm blogged about the Learning Event

Growing up in Kenya, I was accustomed to two rainy seasons. The first, known as the long rainy season, commenced in mid-March and lasted till June. The short rainy season came next between the months of October and November. Every … Read more

Participants discussing how to integrate climate and weather information in participatory planning and assessment tools ...
01/02/2016

Participants discussing how to integrate climate and weather information in participatory planning and assessment tools at the learning event taking place today and tomorrow in Nairobi, co-hosted by the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa, the Kenya Meteorological Department and the Met Office.

11/12/2015

in Malawi tune in today at 2.30pm local time for the first ever radio climate service show: The radio program is called “Ulimi ndi Nyengo” (“Integrating Farming and Climate Change”) and will be aired nationally on ZBS every Friday 2:30 pm and to be repeated on Tuesdays at 10.30. The programme is produced by a partnership including WFP, the Department for Climate Change and Met Services, the Department for Agricultural Extension Services, FAO, Farm Radio Trust and the University of Reading.

11/12/2015

CICERO and the University of Dar es Salaam have conducted an inventory and analysis of climate change policy in Tanzania - the full report is available on this page:

20/11/2015

CICERO has published an institutional analysis for climate services development and delivery in Tanzania.

This report is an output of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. The goal of the report is to describe and assess the current institutional landscape for development and delivery of climate services in Tanz...

Check out this new video produced by CCAFS on reaching farmers with climate services
11/11/2015

Check out this new video produced by CCAFS on reaching farmers with climate services

Novel approach uses participatory learning to help farmers apply climate information in their daily decisions. The project is carried out by the Walker Insti...

Follow the CCAFS Webinar on PICSA highlighting how farmers in Malawi and Tanzania have been trained on the use of climat...
28/10/2015

Follow the CCAFS Webinar on PICSA highlighting how farmers in Malawi and Tanzania have been trained on the use of climate and weather information

One of our key activities is training intermediaries to support farmers in making climate informed decisions. Read more ...
22/10/2015

One of our key activities is training intermediaries to support farmers in making climate informed decisions. Read more about this activity in this CCAFS blog.

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