La délégation du CILSS pour cette première semaine est composée de M. Philippe Zoungrana, Coordonnateur du PRA/GRN/CC, Dr Maguette Kairé, Point focal GCCA+, du Dr Saliou Ndoye, User engagment Lead au programme SERVIR Afrique de l’Ouest et de M. Boubacar Mainassara Abdoul Aziz, Webmaster/Communicateur du Centre Régional AGRHYMET. Au cours de la semaine, le CILSS (i) a organisé conjointement avec la CEDEAO et l’OIF/IFDD, un Side Event sur le thème : « Mobiliser la finance climat pour la mise en oeuvre des CDNs en Afrique de l’Ouest et dans les pays francophones: défis et perspectives » ; (ii) a participé au side event du Sénégal et (iii) a animé un stand au niveau de la zone d’exposition de la COP.
Les experts climatologues, agrométéorologues et hydrologues du Centre Africain pour les Applications de la Météorologie au Développement, du Centre Régional AGRHYMET et de l’Agence Nationale de l’Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie du Sénégal, les représentants des pays de
l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre chargés du suivi et de l’élaboration des informations sur la campagne pluviométrique agroclimatique et hydrométéorologique ainsi que les représentants des Organismes de Bassin de la région, se sont réunis du 04 au 08 Mai 2015 à Dakar au Sénégal pour élaborer les prévisions saisonnières des caractéristiques pluiviométriques, agroclimatologiques et hydroclimatiques de la saison des pluies 2015
Experts in Climate, Agro-meteorology and Hydrology from the African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development, AGRHYMET Regional Centre, the National Agency for Civil Aviation and Meteorology of Senegal, representatives of West and Central African countries in charge of monitoring and producing agro-climatic and hydrometeorological information, as well as representatives from basin organisms of the region, met in Dakar(Senegal), from May 04 to 08,
2015 in order to produce seasonal forecasts of agro-hydro-climatic characteristics of the 2015 rainfall season and facilitate their application to food security and water resources management
Une saison avec des cumuls pluviométriques globalement excédentaires, un démarrage précoce à normal et des niveaux d’eaux équivalents ou supérieurs à la moyenne dans la majeure partie des bassins fluviaux, est attendue en 2017.
A season with overall above average rainfall, an early to normal onset and equivalent or above average water levels in most river basins is expected in 2017.
La suite du Protocole de Kyoto pour 2013-2020 (AWG-KP), la fin des négociations sur l’action concertée (AWG-LCA) et les perspectives offertes par la Plateforme de Durban (ADP)
Climate change is among the most serious threats confronting every person on the entire planet, and African populations are particularly vulnerable. All livelihoods suffer from the isolated or combined effects of many climate hazards that can negatively affect their productivity, and consequently food security and populations’ living conditions. Therefore, seeking to reduce the harmful effects of climate hazards relates directly to the fight against poverty. Reducing poverty and promoting human development depend in part on the reduction of greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere to prevent climate change (mitigation). But given that climate change is already happening and will continue to do so because of current and still-rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, it is also necessary to develop robust ways for natural and human systems to adjust in the face of future climate change effects (adaptation). Discussions on climate change now recognize that in addition to efforts to mitigate the phenomenon, strategies to enhance adaptation are a priority. This recognition has led to the unprecedented proliferation of many initiatives (projects, programs and policies) that relate climate change to development efforts. These initiatives, however, have so far hardly generated the expected outcomes. The disappointing results are due, in part, to the approaches and tools that were used to identify, plan, monitor and evaluate the initiatives. A study undertaken by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Somda, 2010) on the shortcomings in the fields of monitoring and evaluation shows that these approaches are not sufficiently harmonized; they do not permit the drawing of consistent lessons that could improve the relevant formulation and implementation of new initiatives for climate change adaptation. This publication aims to resolve this issue by offering insights into harmonized approaches and tools for identifying, planning, monitoring and evaluating climate change adaptive capacities. It presents the theoretical approach and includes a practical users’ guide intended for development professionals, researchers and policy-makers. It contains a toolkit that harmoniously combines a number of existing approaches and tools for use at various intervention scales, and in this way defines a vision and a behavioural change strategy that are essential in the climate change adaptation process.
