FOCUS-Africa project started its implementation in September 2020. The first workshop took place virtually in November-December 2020 and had one day dedicated to the FOCUS-Africa external stakeho...
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Maxx Dilley, Director, Climate Services, WMO The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Executive Council, in its 72nd session in September 2020, reaffirmed the importance of strengthening the operationalisation of the Climate Services Informatio...
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Roberta Boscolo, WMO It is with great excitement that I introduce this first issue of the Newsletter of FOCUS-Africa. By launching its implementation phase on 1st September 2020, FOCUS-Africa is now seven months old however, as you will find out i...
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The Earth’s changing climate is already having major consequences for the environment and society. While these impacts highlight the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions, they also show that communities around the world will need to adapt t...
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Our climate is changing—with major consequences for ecosystems and society. Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change, and adaptation measures to build climate resilience in Africa are needed to manage the current impacts. But there are no ...
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We successfully organised our first External Stakeholder Workshop, an online event, on the 9th December 2020 from 09:00 – 12:30 CET/10:00 – 13:30 SAST. Our special thanks to all FOCUS-Africa partners, participants and our speakers: ...
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We hope you’ve had a safe and good start to 2021. At the end of 2020, we held our first FOCUS Africa stakeholder #workshop with the second day of the workshop focused on learning and applying the concepts behind Responsible Research & In...
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Each of the six Stakeholder Workshops will be ‘hosted’ in one of the eight case studies home countries, during the four-year project. They are organised to support the project in showcasing and sharing its results, and importantly to seek input and p...
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Registration is open for our first External Stakeholder Workshop, an online event, on the 9th December 2020 from 09:00 – 12:30 CET/10:00 – 13:30 SAST. This workshop will be the follow up of the Internal Project Workshop which will take...
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For more than a century, nations have equipped themselves to provide weather, climate and hydrological information, forecasts and, more recently, remotely sensed data and early warnings to the public and private sectors. These services, collectively ...
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