Project description
Climate science to support and optimise climate-sensitive industries
Southern Africa experiences substantial inter-annual climate variability and is emerging as a potential hotspot of climate change. The EU-funded FOCUS-Africa project will develop sustainable tailored climate services to support improved climate-related outcomes in key climate-sensitive sectors: agriculture and food security, water, energy and infrastructure. Through the project, eight case studies in six countries will assess and test how climate services can be operationalised through the hydro-meteorological systems and institutional infrastructure of the World Meteorological Organisation. The aim will be to illustrate how the use of climate science, forecasts and projections can maximise socio-economic benefits to specific national private and public sectors in the region. The full value chain of climate services will be demonstrated and the lessons learned will be upscaled to other countries in Africa as well as Europe.
Fields of science
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
1202 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Participants (15)
Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
NR3 1RT Norwich
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.