GHACOF 57 - ICPAC

Seasonal Forecast for Eastern Africa

Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forums bring together climate scientists, meteorologists and experts from multiple sectors to evaluate potential impacts of the seasonal forecast and co-produce mitigation measures.

Agenda and How to Register: scroll down to Agenda to see all the GHACOF57 events and access the registration links.

Press Release

Agenda

Feb. 8, 2021 - Pre COF: Capacity Building and Production of the Forecast

Capacity building and climate prediction development workshop for climate experts from the participating National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs).

Note: Attendance is by invitation only.

Details and Registration

Feb. 15, 2021 - Co-production of Climate Services

Co-production sessions to design sectoral climate services for Agriculture and Food Security, Livestock and Rangelands, Water Resources and Energy, Health, Conflict Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management, Media and Climate Change.

Note: this meeting is for selected sector experts, users, and forecasters. You are welcomed to apply to participate. If your registration is approved you will receive a link by email.

Time: 9:00 am - 13:00 pm East Africa Time (EAT) (UTC+03:00)

Feb. 16, 2021 - Sectoral Meetings to co-produce seasonal Impacts and Advisories

User and sector-specific parallel Pre COF workshop for all sector actors: Agriculture and Food Security, Livestock and Rangelands, Water Resources and Energy, Health, conflict early warning, Disaster Risk Management, and Media. Participation is open and GHACOF participants are encouraged to register for their sector of relevance.

Participation is open and GHACOF participants are encouraged to register for their sector of relevance.

Register to the Opening Plenary and your sector on the hyperlinks below.

Time: East Africa Time (EAT) (UTC+03:00)

8:30 am - 9:45 am:

Opening Plenary

10:00 am - 13:00 pm: Working Groups

The meeting will:

Review lessons and experiences from the use of the products provided during GHACOF 56
Follow up on the implementation of the response strategies proposed in GHACOF 56
Develop the consolidated objective regional climate outlook for the March to May 2021 season
Formulate implications of the climate forecast and response strategies for key socio-economic sectors

Feb. 17, 2021 - Main GHACOF meeting: Seasonal Climate Outlook

This is the main day, where the seasonal forecast is released.

Time: 8:30 am - 13:30 pm East Africa Time (EAT) (UTC+03:00)

We encourage all GHACOF participants to participate in one of the sector meetings on the 16th of February. Kindly register for your sector in the links provided above.

The main objectives of the forum to be held on 17 February 2021 will be to:

Present impacts of the past season (October, November, December 2020)
Present the consolidated objective regional climate outlook for the March to May 2021 season
Present and discuss the implications of the climate forecast and response strategies
Partner and ICPAC updates
Release of the seasonal forecast

Time: 13:30 pm - 17 :00 pm East Africa Time (EAT) (UTC+03:00)

Side Events

East Africa Climate Hazards Watch. Abubakr Salih Babiker (available on the Zoom link of the main event) (13:30-15:30 EAT)
Lessons and Impact from WISER Project Interventions in Managing Climate Extremes. John Mungai (13:30-15:30 EAT)
Assessing/aligning sectoral responses to seasonal forecast probabilities (15.30 - 17.00 EAT) Peter Johnston (link by invitation)