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SARCOF-20
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.
GET SET
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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and climate variables Water level in Congo basin
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Tool Development E.g.
- Streamline seasonal forecast process (GeoCof, CPT,…)
- Users friendly Tools
- Climate Services application
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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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