Policy dialogue day for anticipatory action

  • August 24, 2023
  • 10:00 -12:00 GMT
  • Online Meeting

THEME: “THE LOOMING EL NINO IS HERE AND THE EXPECTED IMPACTS ACROSS AFRICA COULD BECOME SIGNIFICANT”

The question is no longer if El Niño will happen, but what we must do to mitigate its impacts. 

The panel discussion and exchanges with the audience will seek to answer the following questions:

1)     What process is followed for declaration of state of flood or drought emergency?

2)     How was the timing of past drought emergency declarations and related lessons learnt?

3)     Which worst and middle case climate drivers and impact scenarios are we planning for?

4)     Which anticipatory actions are we considering for Africa and the globe?

5)     How to strengthen coordination and information flow for emergency and/or anticipatory action?

August 24, 2023

10:00 – 12:00 GMT

Online Meeting

The Policy Dialogue for Anticipatory Action organised by the African Centre of Meteorlogical Applications for Development (ACMAD), aims to promote dialogue, and enhance understanding among partners and stakeholders on key issues relevant to expected climate anomalies and related hazard’s location, intensity observation, monitoring, forecasting, potential impacts/risk assessments and anticipatory action planning, and implementation.

After introductory remarks by partners, the dialogue will focus on the lessons learnt on drought emergency declaration during the last major El Nino in Africa, the worst and middle case climate scenarios expected, the process followed to declare the state of drought emergency in the past, current capacity, preparedness and readiness for floods and drought management,  

Interactive discussions with the audience are expected to support identification of countries, sub-regions and regions (i.e., Africa, Caribbean, Pacific)  most at risk of floods and drought in 2023 .

Program

Thursday August 24, 2023

Moderator: ACMAD

Welcome and Opening remarks

  • ACMAD, AUC, OCHA, IFRC, UNDRR Representatives (3 minutes each)

Panel Discussion – Climate outlooks, expected hazards and impacts scenarios, anticipatory and emergency actions, declaration of drought or floods emergencies

Facilitator: ACMAD

Speakers (10 minutes each)

  • Analysis of climate drivers and hazards worst and middle case scenarios (ACMAD)
  • Risks analysis, anticipatory action in West/central Africa and coordination strengthening (UNOCHA
  • Climate drivers, impacts and anticipatory action coordination (IFRC)
  • Current capacity, preparedness and readiness for drought/flood risk management (UNDRR)
  • Process towards state of drought emergency declaration at country or regional level (AUC/SADC)
Open discussion
  • Discussions and recommendations to strengthen coordination and action (all, 30 minutes)
Closing remarks
  • Closing statements (UNOCHA, UNDRR, IFRC, AUC, ACMAD)
  • End of the dialogue