OVERVIEW

Following the SADC DRR Conference in 2018, the continental and regional hydromet forums (2017-2021), the World Bank will host the SADC Hydromet Forum in partnership with the Southern African Development Community, European Union, World Meteorological Organization and others on June 22 - 23, 2021.

The Forum will convene national governments, development partners, and other key stakeholders, to collectively identify the need for strengthening hydromet services for sustainable development, and disaster and climate resilience. It will emphasize the critical role of hydromet and early warning services in economic sectors, such as agriculture, marine services and urban planning and highlight innovations in observation, forecasting and service delivery to communities. In plenary sessions, the status of hydromet services and way forward for strengthening them through regional collaboration will be discussed.

Due to the COVID-19 precautions, the forum will be conducted in a virtual format.

For more information click on SADC  HYDROMET  FORUM 

The Twenty Third Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-23) 

The Twenty Third Annual Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-23) was held in Luanda, Angola from 28th to 30th August 2019 to present a consensus outlook for the 2019/2020 rainfall season over the SADC region.  The forum was preceded by a Climate Experts Meeting on 19-27 August 2019, hosted by the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica (INAMET), for climate scientists from the SADC National Meteorological and Hydrological Services to formulate this Outlook. The full statement and early warning advisory are available at the links below:

 SARCOF-23 Statement [1.2Mb]

 Climate Early Warning Advisory Note [1.1Mb]

Other documents from the forum are available at the following link:

 ftp://cscftp.sadc.int/sarcof23

Climate Experts Meeting, 19-27 Aug.2019	Official opening by Hon. Mininister of Telecommunication & Information Technology of Angola, Dr Jose Carvalho da Rocha	Media address by the Director General of the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica (INAMET) of Angola, Mr. Domingos Jose do Nascimento

The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), through the SADC Climate Services Centre (CSC) held the Twenty-fourth Southern African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-24), virtually, on 27 to 28 August 2020. This year, SARCOF-24 process was a collaborative effort between the SADC Climate Services Centre, with funding from the Intra-African Caribbean Pacific (Intra-ACP) Climate Services and related Applications Programme funded by the 11th European Development Fund (EDF), and other partners.  

The SARCOF meetings were being conducted virtually as follows:

• Climate Experts Meeting (pre-SARCOF-24): 10 to 26 August 2020; and
• Dissemination of the SARCOF-24 products: 27 to 28 August 2020.

Documents from the Forum are available from the links below:

Statement from the SARCOF-24  [EN]  |   [FR]

Climate Early Warning Advisory Note

The Southern African Development Community (SADC), through the SADC Climate Services Centre (CSC), is organizing the Twenty Third Southern African  Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-23), at the Hotel de Convenções de Talatona (HCTA), Talatona, Luanda, Angola, from 28 to 30 August 2019. The objective of the Forum is to disseminate the seasonal rainfall and temperature forecast/advisory for the upcoming seasons (October - December 2019, January to March 2020) . The theme for this year is “Understanding the Earth System to build resilience against recurring extreme weather and climate events in SADC region”. Delegates are kindly requested to register in the Forum Registration Form on the link below.

Further information is provided in the official announcement and related documents below:

 SARCOF-23 Full Announcement  [480kb]

 Draft Programme - SARCOF-23 Forum [480kb]

 Official Opening Ceremony Programme [157kb]

 SARCOF-23 Information Note [400kb]

  Forum Registration Form