Our work
ICPAC works to improve the dissemination of Climate Information and Early Warnings across Eastern Africa. The dissemination of Climate Information is often identified as the may gap in the provision of Climate Services. ICPAC provides training to meteorological departments, journalists, and non governmental organisations.
Co-producing climate services
Co-design of climate services and User engagement in product design
Climate Information and Early Warnings
Dissemination of information and warnings and Advocacy for Climate Action
Capacity Building
Dissemination of Climate Information and Trainings in Climate Reporting
Roundtables and Synergy building
Building public, private and media partnerships
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From Crisis to Innovation: Learning from the Previous Desert Locust Invasions
The 2019–2021 desert locust outbreak devastated the Horn of Africa, resulting in billions of dollars in damages. While toxic pesticides left environmental harm, eco-friendly innovations like biopesticides and advanced early warning systems emerged. Experts now call for integrating pest threats into climate resilience strategies.
Desert locust outbreaks are spectacular natural phenomena of extraordinary adaptation, and an essential part of food chain in arid and semi-arid landscapes. Yet when outbreaks occur on a large-scale, they can devastate agriculture in countries already on the frontlines of climate change. The desert locust upsurge from 2019 to 2021 was one of the most severe …
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From Crisis to Innovation: Learning from the Previous Desert Locust Invasions
The 2019–2021 desert locust outbreak devastated the Horn of Africa, resulting in billions of dollar…
IGAD region Reporting competition : Transboundary Pests threat to food security and livelihoods
Introduction
Transboundary pests pose a significant threat to food security, livelihoods, and econom…
Projected changes in wet and dry extremes in the CMIP6 multi-model ensemble over the IGAD region of Eastern Africa
Wet and dry days, as well as wet and dry spells, are crucial pieces of information for rain-fed agr…
COMMUNIQUE BY THE MINISTERS OF FINANCE AND PLANNING ON MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE SERVICES INTO POLICY AND PRACTICE
At the 3rd IGAD-ClimSA High-Level Meeting on Mainstreaming Climate Services into Policies, Developm…