• Intra-ACP Climate Services
    and Related Applications Programme

NEW! ClimSA'22 Forum video

The ClimSA'22 Forum took place in Apia, Samoa from 26 to 29 September 2022, gathering stakeholders, technicians, decision-makers, academics, climate services producers and users.  

 

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Améliorer les services climatiques pour mieux atteindre les bénéficiaires au niveau local au Burkina Faso

Dans la région du Sahel et d'Afrique de l'Ouest, l'agriculture couvre plus de 70% des moyens de subsistance des populations qui n'ont pas toujours accès aux informations climatiques pour mener à bien leurs activités agricoles. Dans cette vidéo, le Centre Régional du Climat AGRHYMET montre comment, à travers le Programme ClimSA, il relève les défis de la diffusion de l'information climatique pour contribuer à améliorer les rendements agricoles, et ainsi augmenter les revenus des agriculteurs au Burkina Faso, l'un des pays pilotes du ClimSA Programme.

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The ClimSA Programme at a glance

In a warming world, the need of climate science-based information for policy, planning and practice decisions, at all levels and scales is now more urgent than ever. In partnership with the European Union (EU), the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) has initiated the Intra-ACP Climate Services and Related Application Programme (ClimSA), under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF).
ClimSA’s objectives are to provide members and regions of the OACPS innovative and collaborative solutions to manage climate-related risk considerations in their sustainable development policy, planning and practice decisions, by (i) Contributing to strengthening the production, availability, delivery and application of science-based information; and (ii) Building the capacity of decision-makers at all levels.
In the context of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and the Paris Agreement, providing science-based information with reliable data on climate change and climate variability is critical for the 79 members and six regions of the OACPS to meet their commitments.

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ClimSA @ COP27
06 Nov - 18 Nov 2022
The ClimSA Programme will be present at the upcoming COP27 UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt from 06 November to 18 November 2022. The COP 27 will address in particular the climate challenges of the African continent as its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions is very low while suffering disproportionately from its negative impacts.
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Facts and figures

<p>€ M Funding</p>

85

€ M Funding

<p>Regional climate centres supported</p>

8

Regional climate centres supported

<p>RCCs Staff to be trained</p>

2500

RCCs Staff to be trained

<p>Billion of beneficiaries impacted in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific</p>

1

Billion of beneficiaries impacted in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific

Testimonials

CLIMSA will become increasingly important and instrumental in supporting the Members and Regions of the OACPS in our efforts to build Climate resilience and pursue sustainable development.
HE Mr Georges
Rebelo Pinto CHIKOTI
Secretary General OACPS
We are confident that the New ClimSA programme will strenghten all the components of the climate services value chain, making and extra effort to reach the last mile with innovative solutions.
Ms Carla MONTESI
Director for Green Deal and Digital Agenda Directorate-General for International Partnerships DG INTPA EC
In the ACP regions, ground-based weather and climate observation network are hot as dense as it should be. Satellite data are therefore a precious source of information and can greatly facilitate the delivery of Weather, Hydrological and Climate services in support to regional and national needs.
Dr Phil EVANS
Director-General EUMETSAT
THE CLIMSA PROGRAMME IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION