ForPAc Project

NERC and DfID funded SHEAR project, ForPAc: Towards Forecast Based Preparedness Action. Led from @SussexGeog Working on #ForecastBasedAction

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

Paper alert ⬇️Evaluation and validation of TAMSAT‐ALERT soil moisture and WRSI, for taking drought early action. As @vlboult says, this work is testament to huge collaborative effort w/ @UniofReading @KenyaRedCross, @ndmakenya @icpac_igad @MeteoKenya @SussexGeog

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

Our latest paper shows the potential & challenges in moving towards more anticipatory approaches for drought risk management in Kenya & lessons learned for mainstreaming FbA. Big team effort to write this! #coproduction @AnticipationHub @SHEAR_Programme @SHEAR_SSC @SussexGeog

[Olivia Taylor @otaylor9426]

So pleased our new @ForPAc_SHEAR paper led by @Buinah is out! It provides a C/S of Kenya's 🇰🇪drought management system & how it could become more anticipatory - helping to fill the knowledge gap about mainstreaming Forecast-based Action. Open access👀https://t.co/5uBZ3TL2pt

[Olivia Taylor @otaylor9426]

Join us at 10.10 GMT / 11.10 CET to talk about aligning EWS, building capacity and long term sustainability in anticipatory action, drawing from research in @ForPAc_SHEAR @LANDSLIP_NERC @FATHUM_NERC Link here: https://t.co/hFt5ybrRmS

[Emmah Mwangi @Buinah]

I will be talking on the contribution of @ForPAc_SHEAR's research in advancing forecast-based action in Kenya.

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

Starting bright and early this morning with 2-weeks of training with KMD @MeteoKenya on producing SPI & Tamsat soil moisture forecast products

[TAMSAT @TAMSAT_Reading]

We're kicking-off a busy week here at @TAMSAT_Reading, starting with @vlboult delivering training on TAMSAT-ALERT soil moisture forecasting to @MeteoKenya! @ForPAc_SHEAR's Prof Martin Todd begins by introducing the context of the training.

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

@Buinah presenting ForPAc research on scaling up anticipatory action for drought management in Kenya. See our latest research & evidence https://t.co/fO7Gy8ni9z #AfricaDP

[Kenya Red Cross @KenyaRedCross]

Scaling Up Anticipatory Action

Emmah Mwangi of KRCS will join other speakers from 3 PM at the Africa Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action to discuss experiences from 'Towards Forecast-based Preparedness Action Project.'

Register to join: https://t.co/ufmUNUWahG

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

Our latest briefing now online about co-production within ForPAc & the many benefits of building partnerships between forecast producers and users, especially for FbA #casestudy
@SHEAR_Programme
Read here: https://t.co/92JKr11TP3

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

Busy morning's zoom workshop with colleagues in UK & Kenya! @SHEAR_Programme

[TAMSAT @TAMSAT_Reading]

Kicking-off the week with a workshop-filled Monday! First up, @vlboult @emily_black3 are joining the @ForPAc_SHEAR team to deliver training on forecast-based action for @NDMA_Kenya's County Drought Coordinators

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

@Buinah doing a wonderful job in presenting lessons learned from our Kitui case study #GHACOF54 Working with existing drought early warning system has been key to our approach @SHEAR_Programme

[Katharine Vincent @katharinevincent.bsky.social @katharine_v]

Lovely analogy from Emmah Mwangi @ForPAc_SHEAR @KenyaRedCross on change-‘you don’t go into someone’s house and move the furniture without understanding why it is like that’ #GHACOF54

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

⚠️🌦️A super working paper from @Buinah @ICHA_Intl @SHEAR_Programme on integrating forecast-based early action into an existing early warning system with a C/S of our work in Kitui Available on our website: https://t.co/T1Y6M49dXL and here: https://t.co/Kh5mONsbxL #actionresarch

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

Some highlights from our annual meeting last week in Kenya with wonderful colleagues @SHEAR_Programme @icpac_igad @ICHA_Intl @MeteoKenya @ndmakenya @SussexGeog @metoffice @OxfordPhysics @AtmosScience

[Olivia Taylor @otaylor9426]

Back to work after wonderful @ForPAc_SHEAR @SHEAR_Programme mtg last week. We spent time learning from stakeholders & reflecting about what worked & what didn't in our forecast pilots in Nairobi & Kitui last yr. We've got a lot to say & do in 2020! #climatescience #actionresearch

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

@Buinah @ICHA_Intl making an awesome presentation about the Forecasts in FbF! ForPAc research on longer lead, skill assessed & seamless forecasts for Kenya are improving our ability to make early action decisions based on forecasts #ResearchHighlight

[SHEAR @SHEAR_Programme]

Happening now!!! Emmah Mwangi @ICHA_Intl @ForPAc_SHEAR presenting results of research check at #GDP19 https://t.co/CNxGAG0oti

[Olivia Taylor @otaylor9426]

@FATHUM_NERC @LANDSLIP_NERC @ForPAc_SHEAR @SHEAR_Programme SHEAR PhD students, postdocs & researchers have made it to the end of #GP2019Geneva Busy & productive week!

[SHEAR @SHEAR_Programme]

This afternoon, Martin Todd from #SHEAR @ForPAc_SHEAR will be presenting at an ignite session to 300 participants, sharing the role of SHEAR in #EWEA research:

Enhancing the Link between #EWEA through Impact-Based Forecasts
Today 14:30-16:00 Salle Obasi

https://t.co/wi5PLQFk40

[ICPAC @IGAD_CPAC]

Our first Summary for Decision Makers is out. Impacts and Advisories for the coming 🌧️ rainfall season 👉🏿 https://t.co/rLIZZFV9go

#ClimateServices #ClimateInformation #DRM

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

ForPAc & @ICHA_Intl report on a recent training workshop held in Nairobi for county stakeholders is now online at https://t.co/xRfrDAXSvg All about probabilistic forecasts for heavy rain & the actions that can be taken in advance based on these - what % would you act on? 💦⚠️

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

End of a very productive meeting for the team in sunny Kenya! @SHEAR_Programme #collaboration #actionresearch

[Olivia Taylor @otaylor9426]

Over past 2 days @ForPAc_SHEAR  team pieced together 2 years of work on forecast skill assessment, institutional mapping & stakeholder engagements to plan how we can introduce forecasts to drought planning in Kenya. Best day on the job #timeforatusker

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

Colleagues from @KenyaMetService & @icpac_igad having a productive research visit to the @MetOffice_Sci this week. Working together on understanding and forecasting high impact flood events #research #collaborate via @SHEAR_Programme

[Rutger Dankers @RutgerDankers]

Changes in temperature and precipitation extremes in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania @ForPAc_SHEAR https://t.co/QqsvA7gXGa

[ForPAc Project @ForPAc_SHEAR]

New open access paper from ForPAc team on the the extreme rainfall event in Nairobi during MAM rainy season this year. Brings together strengths across the project from climate science to risk management #interdisciplinarity @SHEAR_Programme @SussexGlobal https://t.co/DUHcpUe9yg