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Met Office Presentation to the Implementation Coordination of the GFCS Session

Helen Bye – Head of International Development, Met Office

Inputs also from Nicola Jenns – Climate Change Advisor for Africa, DfID


Contents:

• UK context

• DFID Programmes

• DFID & Met Office Country Projects

• Summary

Climate Service UK


Launched in 2013 as the UK’sresponse to the GFCS that calls for countries’ national met services to take a central role in establishingnational frameworks

Key elements:

- provision of climate information and tools

- value-added services- expert advice- capacity strengthening- International application


Background

- The WMO Voluntary Cooperation Programme (VCP) supporting developing country National Met. Services through sharing of expertise, and providing equipment and training

- Along with a number of National Met Services worldwide e.g. USA, Canada, Japan, Spain etc the UK contributes, via the Met Office, to the WMO VCP.

Overview- Projects span across the value chain from support for observations, to service delivery

– and cross-cutting areas including human resource development and disaster /emergency assistance

• UK VCP has a good reputation for tangible ‘on the ground’ projects and mainly working directly, and bi-laterally, with developing country National Met Services

UK Contribution to the WMO VCP


DFID Programmes

DFID

• DfID – The Department for International Development leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty.

• Contribution of activities in support of the GFCS

• Significant investment in programmes of climate activity

• For example, largest donor to the African Climate Policy Centre

• Extensive programmes underway in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean

• Number of initiatives are designed by region rather than country which maximise efficiencies


DFID Programmes

PROGRAMMES UNDERWAY

• ACPC Country Pilots with Roll Back Malaria and ENACTS

• Future Climate for Africa

• Regional

• Continent wide

• Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED)

• to build the resilience of people to extreme climate events in selected countries of the Sahel, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia.

• SHEAR Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience scoping study


DFID Programmes

SCOPING/PLANNING STAGE

• SHEAR (Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience)

• Climate Information Services in Africa

• Country & regional approach

• Capital investments and technical assistance

• Clim-IQ – Climate Information Services in Asia



Met Office: Current examples of climate service overseas


Tanzania Data Rescue and Climatology

• Review of existing capability with regards to GFCS pillars

• Building an appropriate roadmap for climate service development in-line with institutional development

• Developing dialogue and relationships with priority Sector stakeholders

• Data rescue: historical observational data archive digitisation prioritised by user needs

• User engagement strategy designed and implemented

With the TMA

USERS

User Interface Platform

Climate Service Information System

Research, Modelling and Prediction

Observations and monitoring

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT


Strengthening Adaption and Resilience to Climate Variability and Change in Kenya (plus) (StARCK+)

• Provision of Climate Information Services to five semi-arid counties improving climate resilience

• Developing dialogue and relationships with priority county and government stakeholders

• Capacity Development and ongoing support to Kenya Meteorological Service

• Developing replicable approaches to communications, training and outreach

• Building sustained institutional capacity With KMS

USERS







Weather and Climate Science to Service Partnership with South African Weather Service

• Review of existing capability with regards to capability

• Developing high resolution modelling capability & training

• Development of user partnerships across the region

• Delivering tailored climate services to relevant sectors

With SAWS

USERS







ASEAN Climate Change Analysis (SEACAMS)

• Extensive survey of stakeholder needs• Facilitated stakeholder workshops• Capacity Development and mentoring of

regional scientists • Communication of key findings• Development of relevant climate scenario

modeling to address key themes relevant to climate change mainstreaming.

• Developing an accessible regional climate change tool

• Development of a new knowledge share programme for scientists across the region

With numerous centres across the region including NMS

USERS







BRACED Burkina Faso

• Design of communication, forecasting and climate service development in-line with institutional development

• User engagement workshops• Co-generated research plans for climate

service development • Development of tailored climate services• Ongoing improvement through monitoring

and evaluation

With the Direction de la Meteorologie

USERS







Other relevant projects

• CSRP2 (Climate Services Research Partnership)

• BRACED Ethiopia • NiMet Joint Service Agreement for e.g. the Oil

& Gas Sector • Situation Assessment of Meteorological

Services across the world including Tanzania, Gambia, Malawi, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and Haiti.

• Pilot EWS for Rwanda


Summary

•For efficiencies•Better value for money•Greater opportunity to collaborate •Sharing of best practice•User driven services and development•Further engagement with governments and the private sector

Opportunities

• Access to users • Access to skills• Changing stakeholders • Defining success metrics• Balance of regional/country programmes• Ensuring sustainability beyond completion

of project

Challenges


Thank you

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