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ACMAD, in collaboration with AUC, WMO, ClimSA, and the National Meteorological Department (DMN) of Cameroon, is organizing the First National Climate Outlook Forum (NCOF) in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

ACMAD THREE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN

ACMAD’S Mission is to act as an African weather and climate watch centre and a centre of excellence for the Applications of meteorology for sustainable development

ACMAD at AMS2025 12-16 Jan 2025: “Advancing Partnerships to Enhance Climate Services in Africa”

DG ACMAD was thrilled to contribute to the global dialogue at the American Meteorological community annual meeting and to build strong partnerships that will enhance the delivery of climate services.

ACMAD AT CAADP

ACMAD and the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO) have officially joined forces with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the AU Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Summit in Kampala, Uganda. A big milestone in reaching the last miles of the value chain of climate services.

World Wetlands Day 2025

Yesterday, On February 2nd, ACMAD marked World Wetlands Day, celebrated this year under the theme “Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future.” A reminder of the critical role these ecosystems play in climate mitigation, adaptation, biodiversity & human health and the urgent need to protect them.

Strengthening Climate Action: ACMAD Leadership Engages with WMO

On February 19, 2025, Dr. Ousmane Ndiaye, ACMAD DG, met with Prof. Celeste Saulo WMO Secretary General to strengthen collaboration and synergy of action of 2 institutions.

ACMAD STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP

On February 28, 2025, ACMAD has organized Workshop on reviewing and validating ACMAD Strategic Plan 2024-2027 and ClimSA Extension WorkPlan at Hotel Univers, Niamey.

PREVISION DES CUMULS PLUVIOMETRIQUES SAISONNIERS

Pour la saison des pluies 2025, il est attendu des cumuls pluviométriques moyens à excédentaires au Sahel, avec des dates de démarrage précoces à normales, des dates de fin tardives à moyennes, des séquences sèches longues à moyennes au Centre et des écoulements supérieurs aux moyennes dans les principaux bassins fluviaux.

Dr. Ousmane Ndiaye assumes leadership of ACMAD as the New Director General

On Monday, December 16, 2024, the African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development warmly welcomed its new Director General, Dr. Ousmane Ndiaye, who officially assumed his duties today. To mark the occasion, a general assembly was held in the conference hall, where Dr. Ndiaye met with staff members to present his vision and objectives for ACMAD’s future.

Consultation workshop for the Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL) initiative in Niger

ACMAD was delighted to participate from December 2-3, in the consultation workshop for the Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL) initiative in Niger. This platform provided an excellent opportunity to highlight our ongoing efforts to enhance early warning services across Africa.

ACMAD at KIGALI’s WORKSHOP

Last week in Kigali, ACMAD was delighted to participate in a workshop on “Continental Working Group on Socio-Economic Sectors” organized by AUC. The ultimate goal is to leverage existing regional interface platforms to build a science-policy interface at the continental level.

ACMAD at COP29

We’re proud to collaborate with our partners at COP29, contributing to impactful discussions and driving efforts to accelerate climate action across Africa

Tropical Cyclone forecast, valid from 00UTC on 15 to 22 November 2024
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PUMA2025 Implementation in ACMAD

ACMAD received PUMA2025 Equipment in the conference room which has been installed with a practical training being organized within the center from September 23rd to September 27th, 2024

FIRST NATIONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM

With technical support from ACMAD, Cameroon organised its first National Climate Outlook Forum, held in Yaoundé from 8 to 11 October. Overall, a normal season is expected in most regions. read the full press release.

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19th Regional Forum on Seasonal Climate Prediction in Central Africa (PRESAC-19)

ACMAD, the African Union and CAPC organized PRESAC 19 from September 9 to 13, 2024 in Douala, Cameroon

Online Training Workshop on Seasonal Climate Prediction for Central Africa ahead of PRESAC-19

ACMAD organizes in collaboration with CAPC-AC an online capacity building workshop on Seasonal Climate Prediction for Central Africa from September 2-6 2024.

ONLINE USER ENGAGEMENT TRAINING ON AGRICULTURAL SEASON ONSET MONITORING IN AFRICA

ACMAD organizes an online user engagement training on agricultural season onset monitoring in Africa on September 3rd, 2024.

Special Information on flood in the Sahel Reduction in Niger

Extremely wet week (11-18 Aug) with significant heavy rainfall leading to devastating Flood over many parts of Sahel.

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Consultation workshop for the establishment and operationalization of UIP DRR and Agriculture, Douala, Cameroon (July 23-25)

ACMAD, ClimSA and WMO support the operationalization and strengthening of the User Interfaces for Agriculture and DRR in Cameroon.

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ACMAD Hosts a Joint UN Mission to Strengthen Early Warning Systems and Disaster Risk Reduction in Niger

ACMAD had the pleasure of hosting a joint mission composed of representatives from the UNDRR Regional Office for Africa, AICS Headquarters, AICS Niger, African Union Commission, the Sahel Resilience Project Team (UNDP), and the WMO Regional Office for Africa to explore how to enhance Early warning system in Niger.

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Global Flood Partnership Meeting

ACMAD attended the Global Flood Partnership Annual Conference in Nairobi (July 24-26, 2024) focused on ” EW4ALL: Strengthening Resilience Against Flooding”

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The Seventeenth African Continental Climate Outlook Forum

ACMAD in collaboration with its partners organized the 17th African Continental Climate Outlook Forum (ACCOF17) from May 30-31, 2024, Addis Ababa

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Presass-11 Update: The Seasonal precipitation outlook from July to September 2024

Above normal rainfall expected over most parts of Sahelian countries from July to September 2024.

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The fourth ACMAD-ClimSA Project Steering Commitee Meeting

ACMAD organizes the 4th ClimSA project steering committee meeting on May 28, 2024 in ADDIS ABABA.

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Continental and regional workshop on Drought monitoring and Early warning

ACMAD in collaboration with ICPAC, JRC and the Meteo Rwanda is organizing a workshop on Drought monitoring and Early warning. The aim is to empower African institutions with vital tools like Africa Drought Monitoring and Advisory System and East Africa Drought watch

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PRESASS-11

ACMAD, in collaboration with the Regional Climate Centre for West Africa and the Sahel (AGRHYMET), and other partners are organising the seasonal rainfall Outlook Forum for the Sahelian and Sudanian zones of West Africa and the Sahel (PRESASS-11).

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PRESAC-18

ACMAD in collaboration with CAPC is organizing the the eighteenth forum on seasonal climate Outlooks in Central Africa (PRESAC-18).

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Ongoing global warming and rapid rising temperature is putting development objectives of Africa at stake.

Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise worldwide. In response, Africa is experiencing significant and ongoing warming, as evidenced by the rapid rise in temperatures.

Mean Temperature anomaly over Africa, 1950-2022, relative to the average for 1991-2020.
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