Boosting climate resilience and disaster recovery in Africa: The Africa Hydromet Program
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PRASHANT SINGHMAKOTO SUWAZIRRA BANU
When disasters strike, what options do African countries have? How prepared are people to tackle growing climate, weather and water risks—with more hostile climate environments, limited access to finances, and increased social and economic pressures, amidst a global pandemic?
For the past five years, the Africa Hydromet Program has worked to unite communities, countries, and the entire continent to tackle looming disaster risks. In its first phase, the initiative has dedicated $312 million to overcome these challenges, so much so that across Africa, 26 million people are benefitting from improved hydro-meteorological—hydromet—services with investments from the Africa Hydromet Program. The program protects the most vulnerable communities, connecting regional organizations in Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Africa with government agencies and local communities through projects in more than 15 countries. One of these projects is the Climate Resilience: Transforming Hydro-Meteorological Services project in Mozambique.