Listen in as we share FCFA’s ground-breaking climate change research and hear stories on the impact of climate change on Africa and how communities can better adapt to allow for a more climate-resilient future. Listen to the trailer episode here and keep a lookout for the other episodes that will be released soon.

The 2019 October-December rains over East Africa were one of the wettest seasons on record, with many locations receiving more than double the climatological rainfall, leading to floods and landslides across the region. This above average rainfall led to favourable vegetation characteristics for locusts, contributing to the ongoing locust plagues across East Africa, one of the worst ever recorded. The rainfall also made a sizable contribution to a rise in Lake Victoria’s water level, which combined with above average rainfall during March and April 2020 led to record-breaking water levels in Lake Victoria, flooding homes and infrastructure. A new paper describes the season and factors associated with the wet conditions, describing how these link to man-made climate change. Read more here.

HyCRISTAL at 56th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum 

Online journalist training on climate change reporting 

Future Climate for Africa, together with leading experts from BBC Media Action and NECJOGHA, hosted an online climate change journalist training on 5, 7 and 9 October for African journalists. The aim of the training was to increase journalists’ understanding of climate change and their capacity to report on climate change issues in Africa. There was an overwhelming response to the training with over 200 journalists from across Africa applying. This high demand indicates the great need and interest for capacity development activities for journalists on climate change and as a result, FCFA is planning to host a few repeat trainings to ensure wider reach.