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Dr NsadisaFaka

SADC CSC

SUPPORT FOR IMPROVING CLIMATE SERVICES IN SADC REGION

Presentation outline

I. Introduction SADC region SADC CSC

II. SADC-CSC GFCS implementation effort

SARCOF: Dialogue between users and producers Development of climate information system Capacity building Improvement of Observational network

III. Area of Climate Services improvement IV. Conclusion

OVERVIEW OF GLOBAL FRAMEWORK ON CLIMATE SERVICES IN SADC REGION

1. INTRODUCTION Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) is comprised with 15 Members States having well over 160 million inhabitants. The objectives of SADC are to: promote sustainable and equitable economic growth

and socio-economic development that will ensure poverty alleviation with the ultimate objective of its eradication,

enhance the standard and quality of life of the people of Southern Africa and support the socially disadvantaged through regional integration;

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In this regards, SADC council has decided to have • The SADC Climate Services Centre SADC/CSC,

formerly WMO Drought Monitoring Centre (DMC) as its institution under SADC Secretariat.

• The SADC countries experience recurrent climatic extremes such as droughts, floods, tropical cyclones, which often result in negative impacts on socio-economic development of the Member States.

• The region is also susceptible to epidemiological diseases such as malaria and cholera that are influenced by climatic factors.

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SADC MEMBER STATES MAP

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2. SADC Climate services Centre mission :

The SADC Climate Services Centre

(SADC/CSC) has the principal goal to more

efficiently and effectively respond to the

rapidly increasing demand for easily

accessible and timely scientific data and

information about climate that helps people

make informed decisions in their lives,

businesses, and communities.

SADC CSC implementation role

• To be an authoritative source of climate

information for Region

• Build upon, complement and add value

to current capabilities in Africa

• Provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ access to quality

assured climate information, tools and good

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Vision: Enable users to manage better the risks

and opportunities arising from climate variability and

change. Using science-based climate information and

users needs driven.

2. OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES • Detecting, Monitoring and Forecasting climate extreme

events; • Providing of climate information application services to

multi-users sectors; • Conducting training and capacity building activities in

the generation and application of climate products • Organizing the climate outlook forum for the SADC

region to support prevention, preparedness and early respond to Disaster recovery;

• Enhancing the interactions with the user through regional users workshops (DRR, Water expert, Agricultural expert and Communication & Media expert…)

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Aug - Sept Sept Dec

CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP

CONSENSUS MEETING

CORRECTION MEETING

In Addition

User (e.g. media and water resources) Workshops

The SARCOF Process

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3.Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs) cont...

RCOFs provide platforms for Climate experts and climate information users to:

Discuss current climate status

Exchange views on scientific developments in climate prediction

Develop consensus-based regional climate outlooks that can feed into national climate outlooks produced by NMHSs

Engage in user-provider dialogue

An important aspect of RCOFs is the facility to bring together experts in various fields, at regular intervals, operational climate providers and end users of forecasts in an environment that encourages interaction and learning.

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Seasonal forecast - Inform community at risk

and key player - Review staff readiness and

train if necessary - Review adapt contingency

plan - Enable EWS

READY

Updates - confirmation? - Resource

mobilization - Review or set

SOPs - Dialogue with

partners and community on operations and coordination

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Short Alert - Assessment team

ready for deployment

- First support ready

- Estimated road damages

- Dialogue with communities and authorities

DRR USE OF SARCOF PRODUCTS: PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPOND

Source: UNOCHA

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Communication and Media component in DRR

DMF: Detection, Monitoring and Forecast (Producers of Climate info)

PPR: Prevention, Preparedness and Respond

DMF

PPR

MEDIA END-USERS

MET EXPERT

DRR EXPERT

COMMUNICATORS COMMUNITY &

Socio-econ sectors

October-November-December (OND) 2016

Outlook Longterm Average

CURRENT STATUS OCTOBER – NOVEMBER (26th) 2016

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UPDATE OUTLOOK DJF 2016-17

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Development of climate information system

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Capacity building New Partnership for the implementation of

Global Framework on Climate Services , Harare, Zimbabwe, 03 – 05 March 2015

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Improvement of observational network

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SADC-CSC REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTRE PROJECT

Develop regional climate datasets

Early Warning and DRR Services

Remote Sensing data

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Hydrological database

Climate dataset

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Integrated Regional Climate Databank

HYCOS PROJECT

CLIMATE SERVICES

MESA PROJECT

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SADC-CSC REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTRE PROJECT

HARDWARE (3/3)

Common Hardware:

3 x HP 42u Racks

1 x HP 3PAR storage base

1 x Tape Library

Switches...

Hardware for climate projection

and application

III. SADC CSC Strategy to improve Climate Services

Three main blocks:

WP1: understand

•Users needs and current use of climate services(LRF)

•Sector specific vulnerability

WP2: improve

•Decision-relevant scales: downscale

•Decision-relevant parameters: impact models and post-processing

WP3: engage and demonstrate

•Climate service prototypes

•Delivery and engagement

•Business opportunity

Service Development - No pre-defined case studies and prototypes, they

emerged from interaction with users

- All prototypes developed in close collaboration with users of varying expertise and knowledge

- Research can stay within an ivory tower but services cannot

- Acknowledge users and their

sector knowledge

- Important component of usability

Services development

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Tool Development E.g.

- Streamline seasonal forecast process (GeoCof, CPT,…)

- Users friendly Tools

- Climate Services application

tools

Human resources Development

On-job training of National Expert

Visiting scientist

Short-term experts on attachment

Internship and volunteership

IT and system administration experts

Climate downscaling experts

Climate application specialist

Software development

Conclusion

SADC CSC has improved its infrastructure for accurate climate information generation in a seamless range.

SADC CSC’s gape is in terms of Human Resources provision

SADC CSC would like to request support on tools and service development

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