IPCC-East Africa should get ready for Global warming

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As the year progresses, come December this year, scientists said East Africa will face severe risks from changing disease patterns to extreme weather events, reports NaijaAgroNet

In respect to this, scientists from the United Nations-affiliated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) haveadvisedmillions of people in East African nations to bracket themselves for intense weather events related to climate change.

The experts, NaijaAgroNet reports went on to say that global warming is no longer an issue of argument because since the 1950s a lot of the observed changes have been dramatic.

Guled Artan who joined officials representing the membership of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) at the conference represented the director of the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC), said the challenges on east Africa due to climate change is grave.

“The problem in East Africa is serious,” Artan said.” When there’s rain, the rain will be more intense, so there will be floods. The dry spells will be wider, so there will be more droughts. That’s the risk so, increased likelihood of floods, increased likelihood of drought; and two extremes:  too much water, too little water.”

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African countries agree to co-operate on weather prediction

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African countries in the horn region of the continent has agreed to come together and share ideas that will help scientists and researchers in climate change factor, such as flood and drought, reports NaijaAgroNet.

This was part of communique from the Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook forum in Nairobi, where they concluded that regional approach is the best way to make stronger weather predictions.

Kenya’s Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Richard Lesiyampe advised participants to partner with the regional metrological services to always adapt modern technologies in order to enhance weather predictions as effective weather predictions will help tackle climate change.

"Effective weather prediction will enhance our capacity to plan for the future because the Horn of Africa region has suffered due to inability to predict extreme weather,” said Lesiyamp.

Executive Secretary,Intergovernmental Authority on Drought (IGAD) MahboubMaalim, also said at the forum that donors have pledged new financial promises to improve metrological infrastructure in the Horn of Africa.

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