African leaders will be focusing on boosting the continent’s resilience to natural hazards like the widespread flooding in Southern Africa.

Leaders and ministers across the region will attend the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) from the 13 to 14 February 2015 in Cape Verde, to discuss the use of weather and climate services that will help the continent cope with shocks caused by extreme weather and climate change.

“The global warming trend continued in 2014, resulting in heat-waves, flooding and droughts. The first weeks of this year have been marked by flooding in Malawi and Mozambique and a deadly tropical cyclone in Madagascar,” said World Meteorological Organization (WMO) secretary-general Michel Jarraud.

“Africa is extremely vulnerable to the increasing impacts of climate change, which will worsen food insecurity and water stress for the continent’s growing population.”  Full Article

Source: CNBC Africa