Full-value chain Optimised Climate User-centric Services for Southern Africa: FOCUS-Africa

Informations projet

FOCUS-Africa

N° de convention de subvention: 869575

DOI

10.3030/869575

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 24 Avril 2020

Date de début 1 Septembre 2020

Date de fin 30 Novembre 2024

Financé au titre de

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Coût total

€ 6 973 017,50

Contribution de l’UE

€ 6 973 017,50

Coordonné par

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
Switzerland

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Livrables

Documents, reports (22)

Report on the multi-model and downscaling for seasonal forecasts, climate projections and decadal predictions
Mid-term report on the first series of the events

Midterm report on the first series of the events AB meetings stakeholders engagement workshop and Web portal and communication material

Final Report, wrapping up on the project outputs including cooperation activities, linkage with follow-up projects
Report on the selection and analysis of high-resolution climate projections of the region

Report on the selection and analysis of highresolution climate projections of the region

Report on the characterization of climate-ready rice and cowpea varieties
Report describing climate risk assessment on food security, water and energy nexus
Methodology to assess socio-economic impacts of climate services

Methodology to assess socioeconomic impacts of climate services

Communication and Dissemination Plan, style guide document

Communication and Dissemination Plan style guide document

Report on the analysis of the predictability of seasonal and decadal forecasts for the region and sectors of interest
Report on the regional extreme events identification and variability
Report on the verification of ECVs derived indices
Policy brief
Report to document the data required, and a set of guidelines, for all CS prototype development

Report to document the data required and a set of guidelines for all CS prototype development

Report on the verification of seasonal forecasts and the characterization of climate projections and decadal predictions
A data catalogue providing the complete genotypic, climatic, and phenotypic characterization of the rice and cowpea accessions used in CS3
Market analysis and SRA of the climate services
Report on the second series of the events

Report on the second series of the events AB meetings stakeholders engagement workshops and Web portal and communication material

Report on the introductory session on responsible research and innovation

Report on the introductory session on responsible research and innovation workshop materials and list of targeted actions for RRI implementation

Capacity Development needs and plan report
Update of Communication and Dissemination Plan
Final report on the project capacity development implementation and results
Report describing regional climate extremes

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Project Website
On-line courses and modules

Online courses and modules

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (8)

Detecting cyclones with seasonal forecasts? Development of a novel standardised Windstorm Index for the forecasting and impact-oriented analysis of extreme wind events

Auteurs: Federica Guerrini, Laura Trentini, Sara Dal Gesso, Marco Venturini, Sandro Calmanti, Marcello Petitta
Publié dans: Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology, Numéro 6, 2025, ISSN 2662-1495
Éditeur: Springer Nature Link
DOI: 10.1007/s42865-025-00098-x

Seasonal forecasts of the rainy season onset over Africa: Preliminary results from the FOCUS-Africa project

Auteurs: Zampieri M, Toreti A, Meroni M, Bojovic D, Octenjak S, Marcos-Matamoros R, Materia S, Chang’a L, Merchades M, Chaves Montero M, Rembold F, Troccoli A, Roy I, Hoteit I
Publié dans: Climate Services, 2023, ISSN 2405-8807
Éditeur: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100417

Important drivers of East African Monsoon variability and improving rainy season onset prediction

Auteurs: Roy I, Mliwa M, Troccoli A
Publié dans: Springer Link natural hazard, 2023, ISSN 1106-9023
Éditeur: Springer Link natural hazard
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-023-06223-3

A Novel Bias Correction Method for Extreme Events

Auteurs: Laura Trentini, Sara Dal Gesso , Marco Venturini, Federica Guerrini, Sandro Calmanti and Marcello Petitta
Publié dans: MDPI Climate, Numéro Volume 11, issue 1, 2023, ISSN 2225-1154
Éditeur: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cli11010003

Identifying climate extremes in Southern Africa through advanced bias correction of climate projections

Auteurs: Laura Trentini, Marco Venturini, Federica Guerrini, Sara Dal Gesso, Sandro Calmanti, Marcello Petitta
Publié dans: Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology, Numéro 6, 2025, ISSN 2662-1495
Éditeur: Springer Nature Link
DOI: 10.1007/s42865-025-00097-y

Supporting food security with multi-annual climate information: Co-production of climate services for the Southern African Development Community

Auteurs: Carlos Delgado-Torres, Sara Octenjak, Raül Marcos-Matamoros, Núria Pérez-Zanón, Eulàlia Baulenas, Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes, Markus G. Donat, Leila M. Lwiza, Nadia Milders, Albert Soret, Sam Whittlesey, Dragana Bojovic
Publié dans: Science of The Total Environment, Numéro 975, 2025, Page(s) 179259, ISSN 0048-9697
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179259

Southern Hemisphere baroclinic activity in seasonal forecasts

Auteurs: Laura Trentini, Sandro Calmanti, Alessandro Dell’Aquila, Sara Dal Gesso, Marco Venturini, Marcello Petitta
Publié dans: Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology, Numéro 5, 2025, ISSN 2662-1495
Éditeur: Springer Nature Link
DOI: 10.1007/s42865-024-00074-x

Verification of ERA5 and ERA-Interim precipitation over Africa at intra-annual and interannual timescales

Auteurs: Jessica Steinkopf, Francois Engelbrecht
Publié dans: Atmospheric Research, Numéro 280, 2024, Page(s) 106427, ISSN 0169-8095
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106427

Other (8)

Training for climate services in Tanzania and Southern African Countries

Auteurs: Alberto Troccoli
Publié dans: 2024
Éditeur: WEMC

Important drivers of southeast African Monsoon variability: is early Monsoon Onset prediction and planning possible?

Auteurs: Roy I, Mliwa M, Boorman P, Troccoli A
Publié dans: 2022
Éditeur: WEMC
DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2018.05.003

Response of the global ITCZ to different ENSO phases and how the ITCZ determined from the maximum precipitation compares with the surface tropical winds convergence

Auteurs: Teke Solomon Ramotubei, Willem Adolf Landman, Mohau M Mateyisi, Shingirai S Nangombe, Asmerom F Beraki
Publié dans: 2024
Éditeur: Authorea, Inc.
DOI: 10.22541/au.171386942.26720940/v1

Tech Blog – Bridging the Weather Divide: DARAJA Project Empowers Tanzanian Communities with the Teal Tool

Auteurs: Alberto Troccoli
Publié dans: 2023
Éditeur: WEMC

Tech Blog: The upcoming rainy season for 2023: When will the rains begin in South-East Africa?

Auteurs: Alberto Troccoli
Publié dans: 2023
Éditeur: WEMC

Atmospheric drivers affect crop yields in Mozambique

Auteurs: Robel Takele, Roberto Buizza, Matteo Dell'Acqua
Publié dans: Frontiers in Climate: Climate Services for Africa, 2023
Éditeur: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fclim.2023.1214703

Tech Blog: Important drivers of southeast African Monsoon variability: is early Monsoon Onset prediction and planning possible?

Auteurs: Alberto Troccoli
Publié dans: 2023
Éditeur: WEMC

Enhancing Tanzania’s Hydropower Production Through Advanced Climate Services

Auteurs: Alberto Troccoli
Publié dans: 2024
Éditeur: WEMC

Book chapters (2)

Projections of Future Climate Change in Southern Africa and the Potential for Regional Tipping Points

Auteurs: Francois A. Engelbrecht, Jessica Steinkopf, Jonathan Padavatan, Guy F. Midgley
Publié dans: Ecological Studies, Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change, 2024, Page(s) 169-190
Éditeur: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-10948-5_7

The Climate Change Landscape for Rural Southern Africa

Auteurs: Mohau J. Mateyisi, Shingirai S. Nangombe, Malebajoa Anicia Maoela, Vincent Chenzi
Publié dans: Sustainable Development Goals Series, Climate Change Resilience in Rural Southern Africa, 2024, Page(s) 15-29
Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-73600-1_2

Conference proceedings (1)

Predictability of inter-annual variability in the Southern Hemisphere subtropics

Auteurs: Francois Engelbrecht, Thando Ndarana
Publié dans: EGU22, the 24th EGU General Assembly, held 23-27 May, 2022 in Vienna, Austria and Online., 2022
Éditeur: EGU General Assembly
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12010

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Can teleconnections help to improve the seasonal prediction over the Southern African Development Community Region?

Auteurs: Chihchung Chou, Raül Marcos-Matamoros, Nube González-Reviriego, Albert Soret Miravet
Publié dans: Science of The Total Environment, Numéro 951, 2024, Page(s) 175397, ISSN 0048-9697
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175397