DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Weather & Climate Service Partnership (WCSSP) Kenya - Met Office

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Description

Extreme weather and climate change is an area of concern for Kenya and the southern African region, and in the coming decades many regions are expected to become hotter and drier. Kenya may also experience more extreme weather, such as droughts and floods. Working collaboratively to address the challenges presented by extreme weather and climate will help safeguard lives and livelihoods across southern Africa, especially in the most vulnerable communities and help reduce the costs of disaster recovery and adaption for the Kenyan government. Outputs from this activity are being translated into products and services to assist governments, businesses and communities in decision-making around weather and climate resilience and adaptation. Through tackling challenges in multiple sectors including water, energy, health and food security, these services will help inform disaster risk-reduction strategies within Kenya and the wider African continent.

Objectives

New programme albeit at scoping stage in this first year. WCSSP comprises projects designed to address the challenges presented by extreme weather and climate will help safeguard lives and livelihoods across southern Africa, especially in the most vulnerable communities and help reduce the costs of disaster recovery and adaption. MO have engaged with the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) and have started an FCDO-funded programme (WISER) in Kenya this year to look at final mile service delivery. From these discussions it was felt that there is the appetite for a science partnership with KMD (and possibly other agencies) to look at Kenya-specific weather and climate issues to support capacity building and the science to services development in Kenya. In terms of the delivery model, it will be very similar to the other WCSSP programmes in that the science scope will be jointly set by a Kenya/UK executive committee, with joint work packages to investigate specific scientific areas. Initially WCSSP Kenya will be focussed on Kenya, but it may be that in time the programme develops to be more of an East African regional programme and/or combines with WCSSP South Africa as, whilst individual countries have specific priorities, weather and climate is also a regional issue. The small amount of £300k for FY24/25 will cover MO staff time and travel to engage with KMD to develop the programme scope, set up governance, and develop the joint science plan and work packages in preparation for the start of science delivery on 1 April 2025 – a considerable amount of work to understand in-country priorities and engage with all the key stakeholders. Looking ahead, post SR, MO plan to use South Africa as a model, forecasting this Kenya programme through to the end of FY27/28 at around £1.4m plus inflation. This is the scale at which meaningful work and impact to address in-country priorities can be achieved. MO will revisit future years' scale during the course of this FY.

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Location

The country, countries or regions that benefit from this Programme.

Kenya

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