Project:
Conducted Intra-ACP (African, Caribbean, Pacific Group of States) assessment for the Pacific SIDS Region, which involved identifying priorities for key climate-affected sectors, including GFCS priority sectors for water, agriculture, health, energy and disaster risk management in 15 Pacific SIDS.

Client:
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)

Participants:
Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, and WMO Regional Office.

Timeframe: 2020

What the project involved:
The Intra-ACP Climate Services and Related Applications project was sponsored by the European Union, with the WMO managing its Pacific component. The project aimed to improve the production of, access to, and use of climate information, services and applications by decision-makers. It fostered sustainable development through the prevention of desertification, the preservation of ecological biodiversity and the sustainable management of water resources in ACP countries.

In her previous role as co-Director of PSS, ClimateABILITY’s director Amanda Amjadali served as a consultant for the Pacific region. She drafted the report template that was adopted as the assessment tool for the WMO-led project.

The project unfolded over several stages, culminating in the preparation of a draft assessment template and a draft report, which, once approved, became the final assessment tool. A desktop analysis was carried out for each of the 15 countries, regions and sub-regions, producing reports that highlighted key findings and priorities, identified where common techniques and technologies were in use, and made recommendations around best practice.

Amanda and her team were engaged by the WMO to conduct the Intra-ACP assessment for the Pacific SIDS region. They had identified priorities for key climate-affected sectors, including the GFCS priority sectors of water, agriculture, health, energy and disaster risk management, in all 15 Pacific SIDS.

Their work enabled the WMO to support structured interactions among users, researchers and climate service providers across ACP regions by contributing to the development of user-interface platforms (UIP) such as PICOF. These platforms allowed providers and users of climate services to co-design tailored sectoral offerings. In particular, the WMO led the conception and development of UIPs; supported regional partners in establishing or strengthening regional UIPs for selected priority sectors; and helped national partners to establish or strengthen national UIPs.