There is growing interest about how climate information can be used to better inform decision-making across a range of sectors and socio-political and environmental settings. To investigate this across sub- Saharan Africa, the Department for International Development (DFID) through the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) commissioned four pilot case studies in different countries to elicit the current and potential future use of weather and climate information in policy and planning. This report presents the findings from the Malawi case study that focused on national level policies, policy makers and decision making processes.
The report addresses the need to to review the medium- and long-term decision-making process and institutional framework at the national level in Malawi across social protection, food security and disaster risk management sectors; to highlight the existing use of weather and climate information in Malawian policy-making; to identify the potential application of weather and climate information in Malawi’s national planning and decision-making, taking into account the science that is currently available, as well as a “wish list” to direct scientific development; and to assess how this pilot project’s findings support other ongoing initiatives in Malawi, namely the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) development, and the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) project to improve the quality and quantity of climate services.
