POLICY DIALOGUE DAY ON

THEME:“Disaster Resilience for adaptation to Climate Change in Africa”

Dates: January 28, 2019

Venue: Niamey, Niger (Soluxe Hotel)

The need for improved understanding/ prediction of the climate system, provision and use of climate information to increase resilience in vulnerable sectors of society and economy is recognized as a major challenge in the process to combat climate change.

The SAWIDRA Project builds capacity of Regional Centresto provide weather services for Disaster Risk Management.

When, where and who?

The Policy Dialogue Day on the Disaster Resilience for adaptation to Climate Change in Africa held from 28 January 2019 in Niamey-Niger.

About 60 people are expected to attendincluding high level officials and international organizations in Niger.

What’s on the agenda?

The Policy Dialogue Day on the Disaster Resilience for adaptation to Climate includes:

1.State of climate in Africa for 2018;

2. Panel discussion on investments to strengthen warnings in National Meteorological Services

3. Interactions with participants

4. Perspectives

Why Attend?

The Policy Dialogue Day aims to strengthen Europe-Africa Cooperation on policies strategies programme to combat climate change

The meeting will provide unrivalled opportunity to strengthen regional cooperation on climate services. It is, hence, a must-attend event for the identified participants active on climate services or wanting to gain unique insights on the priority investments on climate services and warning systems.

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