Weather and Climate Services Underpin Sustainable Development in Africa

What

The Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA) conference series was conceived as an annual forum to enable linkages between climate science and development policy by promoting transparent discussions between key stakeholders in the climate and development community. CCDA seeks to mainstream climate information into decision making and strengthen capacities focusing on climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture, food security, energy and transport. To support Africa’s towards...

Masaki Inaba, Japan Citizens Network during the meeting..

Pan African Climate Justice Alliance and Africa Development Interchange Network host side event at the UN’s Third Financing for Development conference in Addis Ababa to: discuss the importance of climate finance, and the relationship of climate finance to the FfD discussions and post-2015 process.

The crucial role of climate finance within the development agenda was cast under the spotlight last night during discussions at a side...

Programme helps TMA enhance weather services development
Daily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
TANZANIA Meteorological Agency (TMA) has expressed optimism that Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) programme has helped the agency to enhance capacity development in weather and climate services. View Comments.

The first Africa Mountains Regional Forum closed Friday at Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge in Arusha, Tanzania, and called upon African states to develop and implement mountain-specific policies and laws and mainstream sustainable mountain development in their national development agenda. The forum that attracted over 100 participants from different African countries formally established the African Mountain Forum as the main coordinating body to promote the sustainable mountain development agenda...

Dr. Agnes Kijazi, Director General of Tanzania Meteorological Agency, on a group photo during official opening of the scientific training in climate modelling, 29th June to 3rd July 2015, Dar es salaam, Tanzania.Dr. Agnes Kijazi, Director General of Tanzania Meteorological Agency and guest of honor presenting her speech during an official opening of the scientific training in climate modelling, 29thJune to 3rd July 2015, Dar es salaam, Tanzania.Training facilitator from UK Met David Hein...

Dr Paul-André Calatayud is a senior research scientist of Research Institute for Development (IRD), a French Institute. A native of France, he has conducted field and laboratory studies in South America at CIAT (Colombia) and Africa at ORSTOM (Congo) and icipe (Kenya). On presentation  during the Workshop  day 3, (June 2,2015)  in training  for Webjournalists FINDING  NEW WAYS TO TELL AFRICA’S CLIMATE STORY. (all photo by Andrew Chale,MODEWJIBLOG.COM).

Dr Calatayud is an entomologist with...

 Representative of Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Transport Eng Edwin Mujwahuzi (Director of Transport and Infrastructure) presenting a speech on behalf of Permanent Secretary of Minister of Transport during the opening ceremony of GFCS kick off meeting on adaptation programme in Africa- Building resilience on disaster risk management, food security, nutrition and health. GFCS Kick off meeting participants from Ministry of Transport, Tanzania Meteorological Agency, World...

Representative of Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Transport Eng Edwin Mujwahuzi (Director of Transport and Infrastructure) presenting a speech on behalf of Permanent Secretary of Minister of Transport during the opening ceremony of GFCS kick off meeting on adaptation programme in Africa- Building resilience on disaster risk management, food security, nutrition and health. GFCS Kick off meeting participants from Ministry of Transport, Tanzania Meteorological Agency, World...

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