Every few years, it is devastating to watch the same tragedy: a weather cycle that brings debilitating drought and hunger to East Africa, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya.
By David Luganda – AFMC/NECJOGHA
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC) has today released the August forecast and June – July – August seasonal update 2021 predicting wetter than...
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...
Rwanda Meteorological Agency (RMA) has predicted rainfall between 1st and 10th June 2021 will range between 0 and 20 mm across the country.
According to RMA enhanced rainfall is expected in northern parts of...
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...
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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.
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...
By Andrew Kaggwa and David Luganda, NECJOGHA
Experts at the just concluded Fifty Sixth Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF56) have predicted a drier than usual spell in the region from October to December.
“The consolidated objective climate forecast...
