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Climate Services: Power in Numbers
Many countries and organizations are already investing in climate services, says IRI’s Steve Zebiak. Until recently, what has been missing is a central platform for capturing experiences and sharing best practices. Enter the Climate Services Partnership, an informal alliance of climate information providers, users and others who want to advance the state of climate services around the world. Zebiak explains the new partnership in the last of a series of video interviews with climate and development experts.

Our partners at CCAFS also have a summary of our joint efforts to bring weather information to farmers in the Sahel, where extreme weather and climate events could be detrimental to agricultural production. This post features an interview with Robert Zougmoré, who leads the CCAFS West Africa Regional Program, in which he talks about coping with climate variability and change in West Africa.
Health and Climate
Looking for updates from the health and climate community? You’ll definitely want to download the latest issue of our Climate Information for Public Health Action (CIPHA) Newsletter. It comes in three flavors: English, French and Spanish!
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