FOCUS-Africa traveled to Mozambique in what is officially the first field trip for the project. The team working on food security in case study three , led by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA) in Pisa, Italy, finally met in person in a windy aft...
Read MoreTraveling is possible again, and the Case Study 3 (CS3) team met for the first time in person in Mozambique this October 2021. A twelve day visit to assess the socio-economic impact of climate services in the FOCUS-Africa project. CS3 fo...
Read MoreMaxx 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...
Read MoreIn the spirit of identifying areas of collaboration and creating synergies with other initiatives as encouraged by the European Commission, we introduce you to CONFER and DOWN2EARTH. These two projects were funded under the same European Commission c...
Read MoreSouthern Africa, the target of FOCUS-Africa, is marked by economic regional imbalances with small and littlediversified economies, pronounced inequalities and poverty. According to the SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (2010), the r...
Read MoreFOCUS-Africa – Full-value chain Optimised Climate User-centric Services for Southern Africa – is developing sustainable tailored climate services in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region for four sectors: agriculture and food secur...
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