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1 PROJECTS UNDERWAY Title of the Weather Climate Science to Service Partnership South Africa Together, building on an existing strong partnership, South African Weather Service and the Met Office will build capacity within Southern Africa to combat the challenges of extreme weather and risks from changing climate. In order for this to work, a series of activities has been designed to first build the capability of the regional centre (SAWS) working alongside the Met Office. This includes developing the high resolution modelling capability of SAWS through best practice and science exchanges and associated training required to adopt these improvements. (Research, Model & Prediction) By developing more user partnerships (scientific and operational) across the region, operational severe weather, and disaster risk reduction and climate resilient services will be developed to benefit both South Africa and the wider sub-saharan African community. (User Interface Platform & CSIS) Minimum 3 years Relevant climate services South Africa Weather Service Newton Fund

2 Title of the Tanzania Data Rescue and Climatology This joint project, between the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) and the Met Office, with support from the UK DFID, aims to undertake focused activities to build institutional capacity around the ability to effectively rescue paper-based observational data. This will create a more easily accessible and useable digital source of climatological data for both scientific advancement and user-relevant climate information. Inception Stage (Capacity Development) The aim of this stage is to agree how the project will best proceed, and this will be documented through creation of Terms of Reference, draft work plans, timescales and resource allocation, an opportunities and risks log, a monitoring and evaluation plan, and an agreement on the Joint Project Team. This work will be carried out in partnership with the TMA. User Engagement (User Interface Platform) Identify and document the user requirements for the climate vulnerable socio-economic sectors in Tanzania. Baseline understanding of TMA s activities and capacity to deliver climate information to climate-sensitive sectors in Tanzania Market Intelligence undertaken to identify climate-sensitive sectors in Tanzania Through climate-sensitive stakeholder engagement and knowledge building the TMA will work together with stakeholders in climate sensitive sectors to identify user requirements for climate information and related services Digitisation (Observations & Monitoring, Research, Model & Prediction) Undertake an inventory of the TMA paper-based archive of meteorological data Create a data rescue strategy Introduce a Quality Control (QC) for Data Rescue Work Digitise highest priority paper-based meteorological data Produce gridded 2D climatology for Tanzania using digitised in-situ observations. Develop a re-analysis derived 3D climatology for Tanzania Construct a high-resolution climatology for Tanzania using a Numerical Weather Prediction model 3 years Building institutional capacity Tanzania Meteorological Agency DFID

3 Title of the Strengthening Adaption and Resilience to Climate Variability and Change in Kenya (plus)(starck+) The Adaptation Consortium funded under StARCK+ in Kenya is providing climate information services (CIS) to the populations of five semi-arid counties, specifically focussed on improving the understanding, uptake and access to new and improved CIS at the local level. Through the of County Adaptation Funds (CAFs) within county government, the consortium aims to improve climate resilience and ensure that CAFs are spent on appropriate initiatives that will make a real difference to Kenya. Met Office focus is on providing a supporting role to the other members of the consortium for the effective production and delivery of climate information services through the delivery of three results: Result 1: Development of forecasting techniques to support timely, demand led weather and climate products. Contributions from the Met Office towards Result 1 are primarily focussed on improvements to existing weather and climate information produced by KMS, specifically on monthly and seasonal timescales. (Capacity Development) Result 2: Development of replicable approaches for the downscaling, communication, understanding and use of weather and climate products, taking into account capacity and resource issues, particularly within the KMS county offices. The aim of work being performed by the Met Office towards Result 2 is to improve the relevancy of CIS being communicated to local communities across Kenya, through the provision of enhanced spatial information, improved forecast accuracy and effective communication techniques. (Research, Model & Prediction) Result 3: Research, documentation and cross learning between counties (inside and outside the initiative), regionally and internationally and with other complimentary s (with respect to CIS). By effectively monitoring and evaluating achievements within the initiative, the Met Office will support a transfer of learning to other counties within Kenya, and elsewhere in the Greater Horn of Africa region. (Capacity Development) 5 years The Met Office is developing and delivering tailored weather and climate services in partnership with the Kenya Meteorological Service (KMS), the Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), Christian Aid, CARE International, and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the consortium leaders. A key aim is to ensure long-term sustainability, so that KMS and its county partners can continue to provide and benefit from CIS which build resilience for all people throughout the counties. Kenya Meteorological Service (KMS), the Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), Christian Aid, CARE International, and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (consortium leader)

4 DFID initial 2 years

5 AWAITING FUNDING DECISION Title of the Building Resilience and Adapting to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) BRACED aims to build the resilience of over 5 million people to extreme weather events and has a strong focus on girls and women, to reduce their vulnerability to the impacts of extreme weather. It will focus on extremely vulnerable areas, such as the Sahel and South Asia (including Burma, Nepal, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Mozambique, Sahel, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal) and will be delivered through consortiums of NGOs, the private sector, research and local organisations. 5 years Poor people receive support to reduce their vulnerability to climate related shocks and stresses Increased capacity of local government, civil society and private sector to respond to climate related shocks and stresses. Better understanding of what works in building resilience to climate related shocks and stresses and integration into DRR approaches Improved policies integrating DRR and climate change adaptation are in place at local, national, regional and international levels. NGOs, the private sector, research and local organisations. DFID

6 Title of the Future Climate For Africa FCFA is a 20m led by DFID in partnership with the UK s Natural Environment Research Council, launched in April 2014 Its focus will be on advancing scientific knowledge, understanding and prediction of African climate variability and change on 5 to 40 year timescales, together with support for better integration of science into longer-term decision making, leading to improved climate risk management and the protection of lives and livelihoods. FCFA projects will be delivered through collaborative partnerships of the world's best researchers. The 's success will be measured by the way that its research generates new knowledge which can be used to benefit the poor in a sustainable manner. FCFA is the successor to DFID s highly successful Climate Science Research Partnership with the Met Office, which for the first time applied the Met Office world-leading climate models to Africa in a focussed effort to improve the reliability of drought early warning systems and to enhance our understanding of climate change on the continent. Research will be structured around three pillars, which will be complemented by activities focussed on building user-demand, knowledge and skills, and strengthening scientific capacity in Africa. i.world leading scientific research to build knowledge and enhance prediction: Advancing knowledge of African climate variability and change in areas critical to inform long-lived decisions; develop and evaluate models with an 'African lens'; assess uncertainties and extract useful information. ii.research to support better integration of science into decision making: Better understand the barriers to uptake; develop and test tools and methods to better integrate science into decision-making. iii.targeted research to bring knowledge into use in real decisions: Working with users, conduct pilot studies to test and demonstrate the application information and tools for real decisions. FCFA will deliver (i) increased availability and use of high-quality, robust climate information across Africa and greater expertise on how to apply this in practice, (ii) improved long-term decision making and investments by stakeholders in climate-sensitive areas, and (iii) sustained improvements in climate services (eg early warnings, climate scenarios, expertise) across Africa. This will contribute to poverty alleviation through increasing resilience and reducing the impacts of climate hazards such as flooding and drought and longer term climate change on poor communities. 5 years World leading scientific research to build knowledge and enhance prediction: Advancing knowledge of African climate variability and change in areas critical to inform long-lived decisions; develop and

7 evaluate models with an 'African lens'; assess uncertainties and extract useful information. Research to support better integration of science into decision making: Better understand the barriers to uptake; develop and test tools and methods to better integrate science into decisionmaking. Targeted research to bring knowledge into use in real decisions: Working with users, conduct pilot studies to test and demonstrate the application information and tools for real decisions. DFID / NERC

8 Title of the Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience (SHEAR) Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience (SHEAR) aims to enable greater and more effective investment in disaster resilience and earlier action to respond to imminent natural hazards by providing decision makers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia with enhanced analysis and more reliable warning systems. 5 years DFID

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