Technical Support to NAPS

Amir H. Delju

Senior Scientific CoordinatorClimate Prediction and Adaptation Branch

WMO

Outline

• GFCS implementation update

• Contributing projects

• GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa

• Priority Needs for the Operationalization of

the GFCS

• Achievements and Lessons Learned

Energy

To enable better management of the risks of climate

variability and change and adaptation to climate change,

through the development and incorporation of science-

based climate information and prediction into planning,

policy and practice on the global, regional and national

scale.”

Vision

Priority Areas

GFCS Implementation

Five Step Approach

• Step 1: Assessing the baseline

• Step 2: Initial National Consultation Workshop

• Step 3: Joint Development of the National Action plan on

Climate Services

• Step 4: High-level endorsement of the National Action

Plan on Climate Services by all entities

• Step 5: Launch of the Framework at the national level,

followed by implementation of the priority activities of the

National Action Plan, rigorous monitoring and evaluation

Phase II of GFCS Implementation

Phase I (first two years, 2013-2014):

• Start-up phase for establishing the Framework’s infrastructure

• Demonstration projects

• Emphasized strengthening of regional support networks and

institutional capacities

Phase II (2015-2018)

• Development and scale-up phase of pillars and priority area

applications

• Initial two-year demonstration projects will be replicated in other

parts of the world

• A mid-term review of the Framework during this period will include

consideration of such progress

Phase III (2019-2022)

• Wide-reaching benefits from improved climate services will be

evident

• Improved services throughout the world, across all climate-sensitive

sectors and across global, regional and national spatial scales

Contributing Projects

• Climate Services for Resilient Development Partnership (CSRD)

• Cooperation between MET Norway and the NMHSs in Bangladesh,

Myanmar and Vietnam on Capacity Building

• Tokyo Climate Center annual training seminar

• The International Climate Assessment and Dataset (ICA&D)

• International Data Rescue Portal (I-DARE)

• Dissemination of Downscaled Climate Prediction Products to

Farmers for Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change

• The Interactive Tool for Analysis of the Climate

System (iTacs)

Interactive Tool for Analysis of Climate

System

Interactive Tool for Analysis of Climate

System

National scale

Reanalyses/

Blended products

Regional Climate Outlook ForumsRCOF in Arctic Polar under consideration

Global RCOF Review in 2017

Achievements

• A functioning governance process is in place for programme

implementation. This has supported the process of developing

framework for climate services and initiatives to form high-level

institutions to coordinate co-generation and use of climate services

• National Framework for Climate Services: Tanzanian

Framework for climate services draft for endorsement.

• ToR for Technical Working Group for climate services ready for

endorsement in Malawi.

Lessons Learned

• Effective delivery of climate service interventions

requires joint implementation, a common Masterplan (i.e.,

the National Action Plans)

• Coordination vacuum: Incoherence in donor funding /

multiplicity of duplicate initiatives, most important barrier to

GCFS implementation at regional and national levels

• Information, 1st step in Coordination > GFCS information go-to place

• ‘Spaces for coordination’ should be set up at the country/regional

levels, ensuring all relevant stakeholders are engaged and brought

together around a common agenda on Climate services

• Empower the user interface platforms, key to sustainable delivery

of user-tailored services

Thank you

Merci