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The Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum 62 (GHACOF 62) Mombasa, Kenya The GHACOF62 is organized by the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) in collaboration with the National...
Source United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Children and youth under age 30 currently make up more than half the world’s population. They are the ones who will benefit most from reducing disaster risk...
IGAD launches Hazards Watch for East Africa by Abubakr A. M. Salih, Erick Otenyo, Marta Baraibar and Viola Otieno East Africa Hazards Watch The East Africa...
Extreme weather combined with COVID-19 in a double blow for millions of people in 2020, reveals the State of the Global Climate 2020. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) launched its new report in a joint press conference...
Science journalists are eligible for this award. The AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards, organized by the Kavli Foundation, recognize outstanding reporting for a general audience and honor individuals for coverage of the sciences, engineering and mathematics.
2021 must be the year for climate action – “the make it or break it year,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at the launch of WMO’s report on the State of the Global Climate 2020 which highlighted accelerating climate change indicators...
By David Luganda – NECJOGHA /AFMC Kampala, Uganda: The Fifty-Seventh Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF 57) will convene to decide on the forecast for the March-April-May rain season.
The East African community bloc is destined for a very dry period between the month of October up to December, the Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum has warned. The Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum pools the...
Solomon Ngoze Climate change and weather-related disasters threaten the safety and livelihoods of 110 million people across Ethiopia, currently one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Experts predict that the average temperature in the Greater Horn of Africa region is...
By; Jon Henley-The Guardian Countries unable to withstand ecological threats among world’s least peaceful, analysis finds More than 1 billion people face being displaced within 30 years as the climate crisis and rapid population growth drive an increase in migration with...