Aaron kaahYancho (PAMACC TEAM PARIS)
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
Africa has lost close to 9billion
US dollars to climate related challenges since 1980. Yet more near future
climate change related challenges are expected to retard the development of the
continent. Rain fed Agriculture is dwindling and more people are likely to die
from starvation and malnutrition. Floods and droughts are bound to multiply.
In search of solutions, there is
now need to connect climate weather information with decision
makers in a bid to effectively manage
this risk in the near future according
to Jean-Pierre Roux of the Climate Development and knowledge Network CDKN Africa.
Future Climate for Africa-FCFA is a new ongoing project for Africa
that will advance scientific knowledge understandingand predict climate
variabilities in the next four years .It will support the integration of
science in to decision making and demonstrate how this improved knowledge can
be useful.
Considering the setbacks that
Africa has not been improving in climate science in the last decades on like
other continents, this FCFA project will develop climate information in four
regions of Africa. According to Jean-Pierre Roux focus will be to examine how
climate science integrates with other challenges and how this important
development tool can add or subtract to the worries that communities already
face. “So we will be demonstrating and also learning new ways on how to improve
lives for Africa over these exiting
challenges” Jean –Pierre remarked.
Taking in to the existing plethora of challenges on the ground, science
laps will be created and demonstration grounds planted in urban and rural settings
to give access to decision makers, budding researcher’s scientist and
communities to reconcile their idea with science data and to strategize how best these information
and scientific data can be useful for
Africa. “Research on visible climate science will be undertaken on a pan
African and Regional level so that this data and research will and can help give a foray in to
how development can be supported” Jean –Pierre added.
In Jean Pierre vision this
project will give birth to a new determined breed of African climate and
weather scientists whose output will encourage and motivate development. “This
will be felt in the grass roots as food will boost food crop production and
other livelihood projects for the people of Africa will be boosted and good practices will be shared as well” He
remarked.
This FCFA project which is a low
cost effective opportunity to enhance the prosperity of Africa through better
climate change adaptation is worth 30milion US dollars. It is funded by the UK
Department for International Development and the National Research Council that
promotes the use of climate information in development projects.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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