East Africa

East Africa has a diverse terrain and climate with a wide range of vegetation landscapes. The substantial increase in climate impacts coupled with rapid urbanization represents a key challenge in the region. Given the growing concentration of people and assets in high-hazard areas, the region’s exposure to a slew of natural hazards is also continuously growing.

Fragility/Conflict status:	One country’s social and institutional fragility
Programme type:	Regional multi-year
Funding:	$ 7 million
Duration:	2022 – 2026
Status:	Ongoing

Key goals

Improved regional services to support countries to provide effective early warning systems.
Strengthened regional coordination and cooperation for effective early warning systems and climate services.
Enhanced capacity of national meteorological services to provide forecasts and warnings.
Development of knowledge products and awareness programmes.
Improved integration of gender and vulnerable groups across early warning-early action value chain.

Progress to date

Creation of 5 beta versions of national Climate and risk information repository
Initiated work to improve coverage of impact-based early warning services across Lake Victoria and surrounding communities.
Exchange repositories was completed to inform tailored training and technical assistance planned for 2023 and 2024 to improve national climate and disaster risk data ecosystems.

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