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This site provides access to a suite of climate related observations, projections and predictions for the African continent. Of particular interest are the up-to-date seasonal predictions and the African monsoon bulletin. There is also a searchable archive of climate data and research activities detailed in French. ACMAD also offers 'on the job training' in climatology. The website is also available in French.
The Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) is an inter-governmental network whose primary purposes are to foster global environmental change research in the Asia-Pacific region, increase developing country participation in that research, and to strengthen links between the science community and policy makers. It promotes, encourages and supports research activities on long-term global changes in climate, ocean and terrestrial systems, and on related physical, chemical, biological and socio-economic processes.
The Hadley Centre was Set up to provide the United Kingdom with an up-to-date expert assessment of natural and anthropogenic changes in global and regional climate. Its work includes the development of state-of-the-art climate models and the use of these models simulate global and regional climate variability and change over the last 100 years and predict change over the next 100 years. The centre also seeks to monitor global and national climate variability and change, and to understand, with the aim of predicting, natural interannual to decadal variability of climate.
The IAC was created in 2000 by the world's science academies to support informed decision making through sound scientific advice on issues ranging from genetically modified organisms to climate change. At the request of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, the IAC organises
UN ambassador symposia to call attention to various issues and their potential impact on policy making.
This non-profit organisation aims to develop sustainable ecological farming in Africa and India. ICRISAT's mission is "to help empower 600 million poor people to overcome hunger, poverty and a degraded environment in the dry tropics through better agriculture".
ICRISAT's BioPower initiative aims to ensure that bioenergy research benefits the poor. Its activities include analysing bioenergy trends and understanding their repercussions for the poor, and enabling governments to formulate pro-bioenergy policies that benefit poor people.
The IGCI is an independent unit within the University of Waikato, New Zealand with a focus on the human dimensions of global environmental change. The website provides information on IGCI's collaborative research with developing countries, consultancy, professional training and education, and a range of computer models for integrated assessment of climate change issues issues. IGCI has been involved in assisting various developing countries implement the Climate Change convention, projects for adaptation and vulnerability assessment etc. A useful site for policy researchers, scientists, as well as general readers.
This site is maintained by the Kenya Meteorological Department and contains short term weather forecasts, seasonal forecasts, and agro-meteorological data. Other climatological data is available from the website upon request.
Established in 1989 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, United States, PCMDI's mission is to develop improved methods and tools for the diagnosis, validation, and inter-comparison of global climate models.
The Southern African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF) is a regional seasonal weather outlook prediction and application process adopted by the fourteen countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States.
The site provides access to weather forecasts and climate predictions and features weather warnings, mid-season rainfall analysis and rainfall review reports to mitigate extreme climatic conditions.
The US-based Climate Institute aims to be a source of objective reliable information, to inform key decision-makers, to heighten international awareness of climate change, and to identify practical ways of achieving significant emissions reductions. The Institute achieves this by tapping into its network of experts and alliances in the United States and internationally.
The centre - which is based at the University of East Anglia and comprises nine UK research institutions - brings together scientists, economists, engineers and social scientists, who together are working to develop sustainable responses to climate change through interdisciplinary research and dialogue on both a national and international level.
After the release of the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2001, UNEP and GRID Arendal published this set of 25 graphics focused on the special challenges that Africa faces due to expected long term climate change.
Three sections cover the evidence of change in Africa, the science driving these changes, and vulnerability to — and trends in — extreme events on the continent. The graphics also show the severity of climate impacts on fresh water, human health, and food in Africa.
The WCRP was established in 1980, under the joint sponsorship of International Council for Science and the World Meteorological Organisation, and has also been sponsored by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO since 1993. The objectives of the programme are to develop the fundamental scientific understanding of the physical climate system and climate processes needed to determine to what extent climate can be predicted and the extent of human influence on climate. The programme encompasses studies of the global atmosphere, oceans, sea and land ice, and the land surface which together constitute the Earth's physical climate system. WCRP studies are specifically directed to provide scientifically founded quantitative answers to the questions being raised on climate and the range of natural climate variability, as well as to establish the basis for predictions of global and regional climatic variations and of changes in the frequency and severity of extreme events.
The WMO is a United Nations specialised agency that coordinates global scientific activity to allow increasingly prompt and accurate weather information and other services for public, private and commercial use. Together with the United Nations Environment Programme, it established the International Panel on Climate Change in 1988.
WRI is a US-based environmental research and policy organisation that "creates solutions to protect the planet and improve people’s lives". By working closely with governments, the private sector, and civil society groups around the world, it seeks to catalyse permanent change through partnerships that implement innovative, incentive-based solutions founded upon hard, objective data.
