FRESH prospects may be on the card for the African countries seeking assistance to halt extreme weather incidents, necessitated by climate change, if statements made recently by delegates to the continent’s Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) are anything to go by.  Apparently bothered that Climate change will have serious and adverse consequences for many development sectors in Africa, and threatens the economies and livelihoods of many African countries, scientists and environmentalists are seeking investments in research and advisory services to develop and disseminate adaptation options, and scaling-up investments that build resiliency. For instance, floods, droughts and rising sea levels are just some of the environmental impacts of climate change on Sub-Saharan Africa.

The new development made African countries to agree recently to strengthen their meteorological services to reduce the impact of extreme weather events at a meeting of ministers in Cape Verde.

In a declaration adopted at the end of the five-day African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET), delegates recognized that “investments in weather and climate services help save lives and property, minimize economic losses and preserve the environment.”  Full Article

Source:  Nigeria Guardian News