Science-Policy Workshop on Climate Services for Africa
Date: June 20, 2024, Brusseles, Belgium
Live from the Norway House
The event is organised by a cluster of 3 Horizon 2020 projects (CONFER, Down2Earth and Focus-AFRICA), which are supporting local stakeholders in Africa to adapt and mitigate the risks and impacts of climate change through tailored climate services, designed and developed with the final users in Africa, with representatives participating in the event.
Programmes:
10:00 Opening Remarks
- Joint introduction by the principal investigators of the three sister projects: Roberta Boscolo (World Meteorological Organization), Michael Singer (University of Cardiff), and Erik Kolstad (NORCE)
10:20 Experiences and future needs
- Assess the Socio-Economic Value of Climate Services in FOCUS-Africa
- Marie Veys (LGI) and Alberto Troccoli (WEMC)
- Impact-Based Forecasting and Information Delivery from DOWN2EARTH
- Michael Singer (Cardiff University) and Khalid Hassaballah (ICPAC)
- Advancing Climate Services through Co-production in CONFER
- Marta Bruno Soares (University of Leeds) and Stefan Lines (UK Met Office)
You can follow the live streaming at YouTube (the first part of the event)
For info and registration: https://confer-h2020.eu/2024/05/climate-services-for-africa-policy-workshop/
For details, please contact the organisers at Erik Kolstad ekol@norceresearch.no