GCRF African SWIFT

WMO Education and Training Office - University of Leeds

GCRF African-SWIFT is a programme of research and capability building, led by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), and funded by UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund. The project aims to deliver a step change in African weather forecasting capability from hourly to seasonal timescales, and build research capability to continue forecasting improvements in Africa for the foreseeable future.

The GCRF African-SWIFT team works with forecast users across sectors from aviation to agriculture, energy, water and emergency response to understand how to ...

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 GCRF African SWIFT

  Available online: https://africanswift.org/resources/

WMO Education and Training Office

Published by: University of Leeds ; 2019

GCRF African-SWIFT is a programme of research and capability building, led by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), and funded by UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund. The project aims to deliver a step change in African weather forecasting capability from hourly to seasonal timescales, and build research capability to continue forecasting improvements in Africa for the foreseeable future.

The GCRF African-SWIFT team works with forecast users across sectors from aviation to agriculture, energy, water and emergency response to understand how to tailor the provision and delivery of weather forecasts and to ensure improved response to high-impact events (e.g. onset of rains, heat-waves, dry spells, strong winds); rapid emergency response to extreme events, such as urban flooding and prolonged droughts; and increased resilience, through integration of weather prediction into strategies for response to climate change.

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Publisher: University of Leeds

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Tags: Weather forecasting ; Numerical weather prediction ; Climate services ; Text/ Reading ; Competencies for Provision of Climate Services ; NWP Skills and Knowledge for Operational Meteorologists ; PWS - Personnel Engaged in Operational Forecasting ; PWS - Weather Broadcasters and Communicators ; Satellite Skills and Knowledge for Operational Meteorologists ; PWS - Competency Requirements for Persons Engaged in the Development and Delivery of Products and Services to Meet User Requirements ; Basic Instructional Package for Meteorologists Add tag

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GCRF African SWIFT

GCRF African SWIFT - University of Leeds

GCRF African-SWIFT is a programme of research and capability building, led by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), and funded by UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund. The project aims to deliver a step change in African weather forecasting capability from hourly to seasonal timescales, and build research capability to continue forecasting improvements in Africa for the foreseeable future.

The GCRF African-SWIFT team works with forecast users across sectors from aviation to agriculture, energy, water and emergency response to understand how to ...

English

 GCRF African SWIFT

  Available online: https://africanswift.org/resources/

GCRF African SWIFT

Published by: University of Leeds ; 2019

GCRF African-SWIFT is a programme of research and capability building, led by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), and funded by UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund. The project aims to deliver a step change in African weather forecasting capability from hourly to seasonal timescales, and build research capability to continue forecasting improvements in Africa for the foreseeable future.

The GCRF African-SWIFT team works with forecast users across sectors from aviation to agriculture, energy, water and emergency response to understand how to tailor the provision and delivery of weather forecasts and to ensure improved response to high-impact events (e.g. onset of rains, heat-waves, dry spells, strong winds); rapid emergency response to extreme events, such as urban flooding and prolonged droughts; and increased resilience, through integration of weather prediction into strategies for response to climate change.

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The responsibility for opinions expressed in articles, publications, studies and other contributions rests solely with their authors, and their posting on this website does not constitute an endorsement by WMO of the opinion expressed therein.

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Tags: Capacity development ; Weather forecasting ; Climate services ; Emergency Response Activities (ERA) ; Region I - Africa Add tag

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An investigation of the evidence of benefits from climate compatible development

Tompkins E., L.; Mensah A.; King L. - University of Leeds, 2013

The purpose of this paper is to assess evidence of ‘triple wins’ on the ground, and the feasibility of triple wins that do not generate negative impacts. It describes the theoretical linkages that exist between adaptation, mitigation and development, as well as the trade-offs and synergies that might exist between them. Using four developing country studies, the authors make a simple assessment of the extent of climate compatible development policy in practice through the lens of ‘no-regrets’, ‘low regrets’ and ‘with regrets’ decision making. The lack of evidence of either policy or practice o ...

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 An investigation of the evidence of benefits from climate compatible development

  Available online: http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/fileadmin/Documents/research/sri/workingpapers/SRIPs- [...]

E., L. Tompkins ; A. Mensah ; L. King

Published by: University of Leeds ; 2013

The purpose of this paper is to assess evidence of ‘triple wins’ on the ground, and the feasibility of triple wins that do not generate negative impacts. It describes the theoretical linkages that exist between adaptation, mitigation and development, as well as the trade-offs and synergies that might exist between them. Using four developing country studies, the authors make a simple assessment of the extent of climate compatible development policy in practice through the lens of ‘no-regrets’, ‘low regrets’ and ‘with regrets’ decision making. The lack of evidence of either policy or practice of triple wins significantly limits the capacity of donors to identify, monitor or evaluate ‘triple wins' at this point in time. We recommend a more strategic assessment of the distributional and financial implications of 'triple wins' policies.

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Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Climate change - Mitigation ; Adaptation ; Climate policies ; Green economy Add tag

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