The “Climate Services Adaptation Programme in Africa” is the first multi-agency initiative to be implemented under the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS). This flagship programme will help develop user-driven climate services for food security, health and disaster risk reduction in Malawi and Tanzania. The Programme, funded by the Government of Norway, aims to increase the resilience of those 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.
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The Programme will strengthen capacity both to develop and use climate services, and combine cuttingedge science with traditional knowledge. It represents a unique partnership between climate and social scientists, researchers, development and humanitarian agencies and other key user sectors.
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These photos show Maasai community members in Tanzania taking part in the production of a participatory-video to identify, highlight, video-document and report from their perspectives the importance of climate services for their lives and livelihoods. During the process, they discussed the current knowledge of local climate and weather hazards, risks and vulnerabilities as well as simple practical examples (stories) of early warning system responses. The Programme underlines the importance of timely and accurate climate and weather information peered with useful information for locals to better plan livelihoods and to adapt to seasonal climate variability and long-term climate change.
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The Tanzania Red Cross facilitated the meeting with support from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Learn more about the project at: www.gfcs-climate.org/Norway_2
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