52nd Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF 52)

The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) in collaboration with the National Meteorological Agency of Ethiopia and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) are jointly organizing the Fifty-Second Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook (GHACOF 52).

It will be held within the framework of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) regional strategy for mainstreaming climate information in key socio-economic sectors for sustainable development. Its theme will be “Mitigation of climate risks for resilience building”.

The forum will bring together climate scientists, researchers, users from key socio-economic sectors, governmental and non-governmental organizations, development partners, decisionmakers, and civil society stakeholders among others.

Several user specific workshops will be organized during the forum, including Agriculture and Food Security, Livestock, Water Resources, Energy, Health, and Disaster Risk Management.

The main objectives of the forum will be to:

• Review lessons/experiences from the use of the products provided during GHACOF 51;
• Follow up on the implementation of proposed mitigation measures proposed in GHACOF 51;
• Develop consensus regional climate outlook for the June to September 2019 season;
• Formulate mitigation strategies for key socio-economic sectors in the GHA region based on the seasonal forecast;
• Provide a regional interaction platform for decision makers, climate scientists, research scientists as well as users of climate information.

VENUE:

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
27-28 May 2019

Original source: IISD
Published on 22 April 2019