Through a 40-year partnership with The European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) we are advancing understanding of weather and climate, training the next generation of climate scientists and…Read More >
Climate resilience
Drought monitoring and early warning for African food security
A satellite-based rainfall estimation system and drought forecasting system developed at the University of Reading are generating data to support drought insurance and agricultural decision-making. These new approaches to drought...Read More >
Picturing challenges of life in paradise
Every day, island communities in the Maldives feel the impact of environmental change caused by humans. Alex Arnall empowered islanders to use photography to document these challenges and bring their…Read More >
Africa Climate Exchange
Around 19 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa are threatened by severe food shortages, with over four million people currently malnourished. There are a number of factors which contribute to this...Read More >
The Africa Climate Exchange: Niger
In Niger, AfClix activities continue to unite researchers from very different areas, all with the common aim to move resilience from theory to reality and to enable policymakers to learn,...Read More >
The Africa Climate Exchange: Tanzania
Coffee is Tanzania's largest export crop, with exports bringing in $60 million dollars each year to the economy (reported by USAID in 2009). Although rain plays an important role in...Read More >
The Africa Climate Exchange: Senegal
In one pilot project funded by the Climate & Development Knowledge Network, the Senegal Meteorological Service (ANACIM) working with the Red Cross and community leaders, is relaying weather information to...Read More >
The Africa Climate Exchange: Sudan
In Sudan, AfClix is setting up a new partnership between NCAS-Climate with Practical Action, climate departments in a number of Khartoum universities and the University of Oklahoma to extend the...Read More >