The “Climate Services Adaptation Programme in Africa” is the first multi-agency initiative to be implemented under GFCS. This flagship programme will help develop user-driven climate services for food security, health, as well as disaster risk reduction in Malawi and Tanzania. The aim of the programme, funded by the Government of Norway, is to increase the resilience of people most vulnerable to
the impacts of weather and climate-related hazards such as droughts and flooding and associated health risks including malnutrition, cholera and malaria. It aims to strengthen capacity both to develop and use climate services and combines cutting-edge science with traditional knowledge. It represents a unique partnership between climate and social scientists, researchers, development and humanitarian agencies and other key user sectors. It is a joint effort of WMO, the CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS); the Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO); the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI); the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) through the Tanzanian and Malawian Red Cross; the World Food Programme (WFP); and the World Health Organization (WHO)
