FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE SERVICES (ICCS5)
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ENHANCING
CAPACITY OF LDC NMHS TO CONTRIBUTE TO
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
Ari Davidov [email protected]
Cape Town, South Africa - 28 February 2017
Climate Challenges According to IPCC Reports
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Unmet Global Need to Raise Weather Awareness
Agriculture
Emergency
Operations
Transportation
Offshore/Shipping
Energy
Billions of people and key economic sectors
lack access to quality weather forecasts & warnings
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Early Warning Systems
Partnerships across Sub-Saharan Africa
Guinea, Liberia, Sierra
Leone Severe Weather
Early Warning System
Pilot Project in Severe Weather
Nowcasting in Lake Victoria Region
Aviation Severe Weather
Early Warning System
Early Warning System
Project in Mozambique
Nearly 100 Base Stations in 25 Countries and Growing
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Innovative Public Private Partnership to Enhance
NMHS Infrastructure, Capacity and Sustainability
Co-Investment in
EWS Infrastructure
Guaranteed Ongoing
Operation of EWS
Joint Go-To-Market
Shared Cost Recovery
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Sustainable Critical Infrastructure
Tower Based Observations – Cloud Computing – Web/Mobile Platforms
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Technology That Is Proven to Work in Challenging Environments
Senegal
Mali
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
Conakry
Sierra
Leone
Key:
Earth Networks Dangerous
Thunderstorm Alert (DTA)
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Validated at US NOAA/NWS for Use in CAP by NMHS
• Real-Time Weather Hazard Alerting
• Avg. 50% More Lead Time than Radar
• A fraction of Investment Needed
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Enhancing Capacity for Last Mile Communication
• Daily use weather apps enhance
community engagement and
connection
• Enable distribution of
information direct from
government agencies
• Delivery of live weather
observations, forecast and
severe weather alerts
• Localized and distributed via
partnerships with MNOs
Note: Illustrative Mockup of
Upcoming Program Extension
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Widespread Dissemination via SMS/IVR Platforms
Malawi
Mozambique
• Local language content that is Actionable, Affordable, Detailed, and Accessible
• Earth Networks provides information for automated real-time updates of HNI’s
321 Service weather category using local weather content generated by the PPP
• BASIC LEVEL SERVICE: Region-based, up-to-date conditions, forecasts, and
storm alerts (heavy rains, high winds, hail, flash flood potential, etc.)
• ADVANCED LEVEL SERVICE: Location-based, up-to-the-hour weather
information combined with agricultural meteorological advisories
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LDC NMHS Training and Capacity Building
• NMHS Management
Sensitization – Introduction
and continued engagement incountry and in United States
• Network Field Engineering
Training – Train-the-trainer
and professional development
of technical staff
• End-User / Forecaster Training
– Multiple engagements
enhancing skills in real-time
operational severe weather
monitoring and alerting
USTDA Training at EN HQ in United States (Oct ‘15)
Hands-on Installation and
Training in Uganda
Forecaster Training at
UNMA NFC Uganda
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Enhancing Capacity to Meet WMO Obligations
• WMO Integrated Global
Observing System (WIGOS)
• Global Telecommunication
System (GTS)
• Global Framework for Climate
Services (GFCS)
• CIMO Guide on Instrumentation
• Commission for Basic Systems
(CBS)
• WMO/WWRP Expert Group on
Nowcasting
• Multi-Hazard Early Warning
Systems (MHEWS)
• Implementation Plan for
Strategy on Service Delivery
• WMO Disaster Risk Reduction
Strategy
• Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
• Aeronautical Meteorological
Services Cost Recovery
• Role of the Private Sector in
Meteorology WMO Congress 17 Resolution
9.6/1 (Cg-17)
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Cost-Recovery with Industries and NGOs
Sourcing Advanced Weather Information
• Enables commercialization of data
and value added products
• Creates sustainable operational
environment
• Leverages private sector
technological innovations
• Supports and enables a wide array
of industries
• Provides long term funding to
sustain NMHS
• Benefits a variety of international
CCA and DRR programs
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Innovative Partnerships to Increase Capacity of
NMHS Contribute to Climate Resilience
Realistic
Sustainable
Cost effective
Scalable
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THANK YOU
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS?
Providing Technical Assistance to National
Hydro-Meteorological Services of LDCs e.g. Africa
• Build and operate innovative weather and
lightning detection (proxy radar) networks
• Focus on high-impact weather monitoring,
alerting, and disaster risk management
• Global coverage including 25 African
countries (many LDCs) and ASECNA
• Under UNDP CIEWS programs: contracted
by NMHS of Uganda, Sierra Leone, Liberia
• Co-lead of a USAID/SIDA Global Resilience
Partnership (GRP) team project in Uganda
• Infrastructure and VAS partnerships with
mobile network operators in LDCs
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Challenges Facing National Met Agencies in LDCs
• Government budgets
are very limited
• Sporadic donor
funded programs
• Inability to deliver
services
• Lack of credibility
• Uniformed vulnerable
communities
• Limited technical
skills and resources
• Lack of professional,
empowered staff
Budgets
People
Services
Technology
• Technology mismatch
with capacity
• Basic operational
constraints
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International Development Efforts:
Changing or Perpetuating the Status Quo?
• Investments in climate information vs.
real-time monitoring/alerting
• Emphasis on specialized, unintegrated
observing and modeling systems
• Procurement of unsuitable technologies
• Closed systems that offer little value to
stakeholders
• Time lag between program design and
implementation
• Grants going into NMHS with limited
absorptive capacity and human resources
• Mixed record on ensuring sustainability
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Private-Public Partnership Enables
Sustainable Delivery of Met Services
Total Operating Cost of Weather Observing Networks
Operations &
Maintenance
Agriculture
Petroleum
Energy
Infrastructure
Investment:
• Staffed sites
• Instrumentation
• Installation
• Electricity
• Communications
• Data centers
Public Model
Insurance
Tourism
NGOs
Burden Shared by Many
COST
Donors/Gov’t Bear Entire Burden
Aviation/Transportation
Donor/Government
Partnership Model
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Innovative Public Private Partnership to Enhance
NMHS Infrastructure, Capacity and Sustainability
NMHS
Public Private
Partnership
Framework
Earth
Networks
Local
Industries
•Ownership of observation network equipmt
•Data license and review/approval of weather
information communication
•Increased capacity to fully utilize the Early
Warning System (EWS)
•Shared data creates sustainability model
•Implementation and operation of EWS
•Contractually defined data access
•Development of end user services and
“last mile” content delivery
•Sales and marketing with revenue sharing
for cost recovery to sustain the EWS
•Purchase data and services developed by
Earth Networks , Partner and Met Agency
•Industries: Insurance, Aviation, Electrical,
Agriculture, Mining, Petroleum, Mobile,
and many others
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Rapid
Deployment
Public
Services
Ongoing
Operation
Early Warning
System
IMPACTS
Capacity
Building
Sustainability
Plan
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