Nurturing innovations in climate information services to drive uptake

The climate information landscape is changing. Advances in technologies are giving rise to new innovations that are spurring the generation, packaging up and dissemination of climate information. ACPC is seeking to harness the opportunities presented by this shifting landscape through a range of initiatives that will nurture new ideas, identify solutions and capture best practices.

KEY POINTS

• Across Africa, a mismatch persists between what producers of climate information view as useful information and what is needed to support on-the-ground, day-to-day decision-making.
• New, low-cost information and communication technologies are advancing solutions to make weather and climate services more easily available to climate vulnerable individuals and communities.
• ACPC is leading a range of initiatives to drive new innovations to help get climate information into the hands of, and used by, individuals and communities whose livelihoods rely on weather-dependent resources.