MultiCountryProgramme forClimateInformationandResilientDevelopmentandAdaptationinAfrica(UNDP-

CIRDA)

Programme Update

UNDPCIRDARegionalWorkshop29November-1December2017

Lusaka,Zambia

UNDPClimateChangeAdaptationActivePortfolioSupportingdevelopingcountriestosurviveinachanging climate

Climate Informationfocused assistance in75 countries

EarlyWarningSystems in67countries$694

• Seasonal/Inter-annualclimate projections• Daily/Weeklyweather forecasts• Earlywarningsofhighimpact events• Data processing/dissemination• Technology transfer

Million Portfolio(in Grants)

Empowered lives.Resilient nations.

• Capacity building• Privatesector engagement

PartnersGlobal Environment Facility

Green Climate Fund

AdaptationFund

Canada

UNDP Support to Countries on ClimateInformationand Early Warning System

Support

• Data and tech transfer, digitization• Identify and reach end users• Mainstream/integratedataintodevelopment

planning(NAPs)• Financialsustainabilityplanning/PPPpartnerships

11Partnercountries.

Objectives• Support climate services (NHMS) in their efforts to

collect, analyse and disseminate climateinformation for long term planning and adaptation

• Provide timely, high quality climate information toreach across the last mile

• Enable policy makers and vulnerable communitiesto make informed decisions

• Save lives and livelihoods

Benin

BurkinaFaso

EthiopiaThe Gambia

Liberia

Malawi

SãoToméandPríncipe

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Sierra Leone

UNDPProgrammeforClimateInformationandResilientDevelopmentinAfrica(CIRDA)

ProgressonGlobalSupport

TechnicalAssistancetoNationalTeams

•21 CountryMissionstoallpartnercountries(2016)•MissionstoMalawi,theGambiaandZambiaondatarescue(technologytransferandonsitesupport)•AnnualTechnicalWorkshops andreportingonnationalprojectsmilestonesanchallenges•ProcurementsupporttoUganda,BurkinaFaso,Liberia,SierraLeone,Malawi,theGambia,Zambia•3LongTermAgreements(LTAs)toenableacquisitionofCI(metandhydro)technologiesandservices•Nationalscientifictraining inTanzaniaondataassimilationtoenhanceforecastingcapacities•Regionaltrainingondataassimilationacrosssystems(ADCON)inZambia

PrivateSectorEngagement

•Publicationonthepotentialtoestablishpublicprivatepartnershipstoenhanceaccesstoclimateinformation•Marketstudytoidentifypartnershipsandpotentialforrevenuestreams•ClimateActionHackathonforapplicationdevelopment•Ugandaworkshopsonprivatesectorengagementandstakeholderoutreach•Outreachtomobilephonecompanies,technologyproviders,financialsectorandotherPSpotentialpartners(IBM,Airtel,GSMA)

KnowledgeManagementandbestpractices

sharing

•Facilitatingdialogueamonggovernmentandnongovernmentalstakeholders•Communicationtoolkitfornationalprojects•Communicationplatformtoshareachievements,bestpracticesandlessonslearned(amongthe10mostvisitedsitesforUNDPadaptationprojects)•South-SouthCooperationtoidentifybestpractices- missionsandadviceontrainingopportunities•Presentationsduringclimate changeinternationalnegotiationUNFCCCmeetings(SBI,NAPExpo,COP22)•Keydonoroutreach

WheretheProgramme isnow

Statusofimplementation:• Mostcountries(85%)haveacquiredthetechnologyand

areintheprocessofbeginningtotransformsomeofthebasicobservationsfromtheirsystemsintousefulandactionableinformation

• Fewcountries– thatunderwentseverechallenges,suchastheEbolacrisis,arestillintheprocessofacquiringtechnologyforclimateinformationandearlywarnings

• CIRDAsupportisevolvingfromtheprocurementofobservationequipmenttosustainabilityplansandpartnershipstocommunicateclimateinformationtoendusers(vulnerablecommunities,farmers,policymakers)

• 70%oftheCIRDAbudgethasbeenexecuted,leavingsomeresourcestokeepsupportingprojectimplementation

Nextsteps:weatherandclimateobservationstobeincludedinto:

• Weatherandclimateforecasts• FundamentalinputtotheNAPs• Public“LastMile”productsandservices(earlywarnings

forvulnerablecommunities)• Public/Private“LastMile”productsandservices

(sustainabilityapplications)

ManycountriesaroundtheworldareappreciatingtheCIRDAexperienceandinvitingCIRDAexpertstohelpintheimplementationoftheirCI/EWS.:

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TheUNDPCIRDAexperiencearoundtheworld

• Burundi :AssistancetoCI/EWSHydromet equipment specification• Cambodia :AssistancetoCI/EWSLDCFproject andsustainability with

partnerships with NGOs andtheprivate sector• Guinea :AssistancetoCI/EWSPRODOCdevelopment and

procurement ofequipment (useofLTAs)-- LDCFsubmission• Madagascar :Hydromet equipment specifications and

procurement (useofLTAs)• SouthSudan:LDCFsubmission

UNDPCIRDALookingForward

1. Datacollectiongraduallyachieved2. Howcanwetransformdatatoinformation,and

communicatethelastmiletohelpvulnerablecommunities?

Thisishow:• Explorepathwaystomakethedataavailabletoend-users

throughlocalnetworks,technology,andpartnerships,consistentwithend-users’needs

• ConsidermarketopportunitiesintheformofnewweatherproductsandserviceswiththebenefitofaMarketStudyinthe11partnercountries(ongoing)

• Explorerelationshipsandpartnershipswithprivateweatherservices,NGOs,andotherpractitionersthatcanhelpnationalclimateservicesreachtheLastMile– andbecomemoresustainable(PPPs)

• UNDPCIRDAProgramme willcontinuetoprovidesupporttoitspartnercountriesinreachingtheelusivelastmile

• Potentialscalingupwithnewsourcesoffunding

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