Weather and climate science for development

Weather and climate science developed by WISER to support the development of weather and climate products and services with the aim of delivering socio-economic benefits.

Weather and Climate Science for Development

Bridge the Gap - page 10 - April 2021

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We need cash to adapt, Kenyan slum dwellers tell COP26 president - March 2021

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Saving lives on Lake Victoria - High impact weather Lake System (HIGHWAY) project - March 2021

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HIGHWAY overview leaflet - French - February 2021

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HIGHWAY overview leaflet - English - February 2021

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Africa: A Key Component Of Climate Change Adaptation Urgently Needs A More Sustainable Approach – New ODI Report - January 2021

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ENACTS Climate Services Initiative Ripples Across East Africa with WISER Support - November 2020

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A key component of climate change adaptation urgently needs a more sustainable approach – Study - January 2021

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Film on pioneering weather service for African communities premieres globally - January 2021

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Investing for sustainable climate services: Insights from the African experience - January 2021

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Understanding the Links Between Climate Change Risk Perceptions and the Action Response to Inform Climate Services Interventions - January 2021

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NEWS: Weather and climate information services urgently need more sustainable approach - January 2021

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How to develop sustainable climate services: a road map for public investors and project managers - January 2021

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Investing for sustainable climate services: insights from African experience - January 2021

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DARAJA climate ambition – Stella - February 2021

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DARAJA climate ambition – Dr Tim - February 2021

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DARAJA: Development of locally accurate weather forecasts - October 2020

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Meet Kenya’s new ‘weather forecasters’ in Nairobi slums - August 2020

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Weather warning and forecast service brings benefits to East African nations - December 2020

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Kenya: Slum Weather Data Project Wins Praises - December 2020

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The Story of DARAJA and James - January 2021

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The Socio-Economic Benefits of the HIGHWAY project - summary report - November 2020

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The Socio-Economic Benefits of the HIGHWAY project - full report - November 2020

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Triple Dividend of Resilience webinar slides - November 2020

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Triple Dividend of Resilience webinar - November 2020

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Integrating seasonal climate forecasts into adaptive social protection in the Sahel - November 2020

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Paper - Assessing the skill and reliability of seasonal climate forecasts in Sahelian West Africa - May 2020

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DARAJA: Development of locally accurate weather forecasts - October 2020

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Rwanda local government adopts use of online climate information Maprooms for agricultural planning and support for farmers - September 2020

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Residents turn into entrepreneurs through improved weather services - September 2020

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How Youth Activists Are Averting Weather Crises In Slums - August 2020

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Meet Kenya’s new ‘weather forecasters’ in Nairobi slums - August 2020

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DARAJA in the news - August 2020

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New UK support to tackle devastating locust swarms in East Africa - August 2020

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The ‘triple dividend’ of early warning systems: evidence from Tanzania’s coastal areas - June 2020

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New UK support to tackle devastating locust swarms in Africa and Asia - July 2020

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Climate services for regional development - April 2020

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Climate Services to Revitalize the Water Sector in Kenya - April 2020

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Capacity building enhance dissemination and adoption of weather and climate information at community - July 2020

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Prolonged rainfall affects post-harvest handling - July 2020

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Seasonal forcast video explainer series - July 2020

Introduction

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Part 1: The underpinning science

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Part 2: Seasonal forecasts production

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Part 3: Interpreting seasonal forecast output

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Part 4: Forecast delivery and services

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Applications of interannual-to-decadal climate prediction: An exploratory discussion on rainfall in the Sahel region of Africa - April 2020

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Strengthening the capacity of agriculture in Rwanda to adapt to a variable and changing climate - June 2020

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Integrating ‘anticipatory action’ in disaster risk management - April 2020

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Reducing flood impacts through forecast-based action - May 2020

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ASPIRE project summary - March 2020

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UK supercomputer to combat Africa's worst locust outbreak in decades - March 2020

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The low down on high-tech forecasting - March 2020

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Intercomparison of Tahmo, 3DPAWS automatic weather stations and KMD's Dagoretti Corner, Nairobi synoptic weather station data - October 2019

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HIGHWAY intermediate field campaign report - October 2019

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HIGHWAY visualisation fact sheet - October 2019

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Farmers advised to plant at onset of rains - July 2019

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UNMA releases weather alerts for marine users - July 2019

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Doppler weather radar helps Rwanda smallholder farmers to reduce crop losses from floods - August 2019

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How Kigogo has benefitted from TMA’s severe weather forecasts - September 2019

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17 year old drowns on Lake Victoria - February 2020

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Forecast based action video - fire and electrocution risk - January 2020

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Connecting scientists and journalists to create engaging vital weather information - January 2020

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How are Ugandan farmers adapting to climate change? - January 2020

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Flexible forecasting's impact on the GHACOF - July 2019

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Taking an objective view - December 2019

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Report of the observational data inter-comparison study - December 2019

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Improved seasonal forecast for Eastern Africa - December 2019

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Latest news from ASPIRE - November 2019

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First objectively consolidated seasonal forecast for Eastern Africa - November 2019

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Objective forecast overview - November 2019

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Building back better - workshop Oct 2019 - November 2019

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A practical guide to seasonal forecasts - November 2019

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HIGHWAY FOREST - November 2019

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HIGHWAY field catalogue - November 2019

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Lifesaving storm warnings for Africa’s Lake Victoria - October 2019

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Boulder’s NCAR targets improved forecasting at Lake Victoria - October 2019

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Use of Weather and Climate information for planning purposes and disaster preparedness in Buduba District - November 2019

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Bamwenda: A case of improving smallholder famer adoption of climate smart agriculture - November 2019

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GHACOF 53 event report - August 2019

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Climate is on the menu - October 2019

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Informing climate services in Africa through climate change risk perceptions - August 2019

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Use of weather and climate information for mitigating weather and climate disasters in Isingiro district - July 2019

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Expert clarifies on forecasting water spouts - July 2019

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HIGHWAY improves early warnings for Lake Victoria - news stories on WMO and PreventionWeb - July 2019

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July August September (JAS) 2019 forecasts West Africa - July 2019

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Assessment of the relationship between seasonal meteorological variables and crop parameters in Senegal - July 2019

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HIGHWAY video French - July 2019

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HIGHWAY video English - July 2019

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ICPAC forecast products overview video - July 2019

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Report on participation at East Africa – Peru – India Climate Capacity Building (EPICC) workshop - May 2019

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Exploring applications of multi-year predictability of Sahel rainfall: Recommendations for further products - May 2019

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Experiences with seasonal forecasts in sub-Saharan Africa relevant for the development and application of extended lead time seasonal climate forecasts and multi-year climate forecasts; examples from Sudan - May 2019

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Rainfall and Drought Predictability in the Sahel on the Seasonal-Decadal Year Timescale - May 2019

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Digitisation of PRESASS/PRESAO seasonal forecasts:QGIS v2.18.12 - May 2019

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Training module developed within the ASPIRE project.

Digitisation of PRESASS/PRESAO seasonal forecasts:QGIS v3.4 - May 2019

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Training module developed within the ASPIRE project.

Partnership between climate and health officials boosts Tanzania’s anti-malaria effort - March 2019

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Impact story on the WISER ENACTS project.

Climate information to help combat malaria in Ethiopia - March 2019

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Impact story on the WISER ENACTS project.

Climate Summary for Kakamega and Siaya Counties, Kenya - December 2018

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Report produced as part of the WISER Western project.

MHEWS product - November 2018

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Multi-Hazard Early Warning Service - example of product from the Tanzania Meteorological Agency.

DARAJA kick off workshop problems & successes - August 2018

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DARAJA kick off workshop - Dar es Salaam - August 2018

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DARAJA kick off workshop - Nairobi - July 2018

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Dissemination Strategy for WISER ENACTS Implementing Countries - March 2018

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ASPIRE presentation - April 2018

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Protecting lives and livelihoods with new forecasts - April 2018

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Impact story on the work of the WISER Western project detailing how new forecasts have resulted in increased crop yields.

Project summary - Enhancing National Climate Services (ENACTS) - September 2017

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Summary of phase one of this WISER project.

Project summary - Multi-hazard early warning services for Tanzania (MHEWS Tanzania) - July 2017

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Summary of phase one of this WISER project.

Co-production of prototype climate services - July 2017

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This guide was produced as part of the SCIPEA project and includes case study examples.

Ethiopia Country Report: Impact assessment on climate information services for community-based adaptation to climate change - July 2017

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Report from the WISER Western project.

Project summary - Strengthening Climate Information Partnerships - East Africa (SCIPEA) - June 2017

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Summary of phase one of this WISER project.

Project summary - Decentralised climate information services for decision-making in Western Kenya - June 2017

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Summary of phase one of this WISER project.

Kenya Country Report: Impact assessment on climate information services for community-based adaptation to climate change - May 2017

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Report from the WISER Western project.

WISER partnerships bring new opportunities for national climate services in East Africa - December 2016

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The Rwanda Meteorology Agency (Meteo Rwanda) is using the ENACTS approach to overcome data challenges. You can read more about how in this case study.

Science and training visit to International Research Institute for Climate and Society - November 2016

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SCIPEA delegates from Ethiopia and Uganda as well representatives from the regional climate organisation based in Nairobi, Kenya took part in the four-week training led by IRI scientists.

Climate service and communication on disaster risk reduction - presentation - November 2016

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View the presentation produced by delegates on the pilot Basic Instruction Package for Meteorologists (BIP-M) climatology training course at the Institute of Meteorological Training and Research (IMTR) in Kenya.

Western Kenya forecasts - November 2016

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A guide to the proposal for forecasts as detailed in the reports below.

Proposals for a weather forecasts for Western Kenya - November 2016

A series of proposals regarding the development of forecasts as part of the decentralised climate information services project in Western Kenya.

Briefing documents and full reports on these proposals can be found by clicking on the links below.

Daily weather forecast - briefing note - WISER knowledge reference number WISER0003

Daily weather forecast - full report - WISER knowledge reference number WISER0004

Daily weather forecast for Kenyan fishermen on Lake Victoria - briefing note - WISER knowledge reference number WISER0005

Daily weather forecast for Kenyan fishermen on Lake Victoria - full report - WISER knowledge reference number WISER0006

Daily weather forecast for small scale farmers in Western Kenya - briefing note - WISER knowledge reference number WISER0007

Daily weather forecast for small scale farmers in Western Kenya - full report - WISER knowledge reference number WISER0008

Health and climate workshop - briefing note - October 2016

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Health and climate workshop - full report - October 2016

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A health and climate workshop was held in Ethiopia in October 2016 aimed at improving climate information access and use for malaria and other climate-sensitive health issues. Read the briefing note and full report above.

Climate information service co-development through user engagement - August 2016

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A series of user engagement workshops took place as part of the SCIPEA project before & during the 44th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF44). For details of the workshops and the next steps for the SCIPEA project, read this blog post.

Getting wise to an unpredictable climate - August 2016

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"Rising temperatures, changing rainfall and prolonged drought, are increasing the vulnerability of people in Africa. Many livelihoods hang in the balance. But, with a new, large-scale project, the Met Office is helping change the outlook for some of the world's most vulnerable communities." Read the article in our online magazine, Barometer.