Use of Earth Observation data and Google Earth Engine monitoring and early warning of floods and droughts

A total of 24 participants were represented from 8 institutions (WARMA, ZMD, Ndola City Council, IAPRI, Mulungushi University, ZRCS, NRSC and ZAMSTATS). Technical experts introduced with a presentation on the potential application of flood and drought monitoring and early warning using geospatial data, tools and models including earth engine (EE). The various example presented to participants to get an understanding of the EE capabilities and how the training provides an opportunity to utilize the remote sensing products in a timely decision making process. Later the experts delivered a lecture on the basics of remote sensing and GIS to help understand the characteristics of remote sensing sensors and their capabilities in mapping and monitoring environmental issues

Bundled Solutions of Index Insurance with Climate Information and Seed Systems to manage Agricultural Risks (BICSA).

The anomaly index uses daily Soil Water Index to quantify the moisture condition at various depths in the soil. It is mainly driven by precipitation via the process of infiltration. The data is available at 10km resolution, based on SSM (Surface Soil Moisture) observations from MetOp-ASCAT satellite data provided by Copernicus Global Land Service

Technology and smallholders: helping farmers to future-proof crops with satellite data and high-tech seeds.

Over 750 million people in South Asia are vulnerable to natural disasters. Climate change - induced factors such as erratic rainfall and severe oods, extended droughts, tropical cyclones or saline water intrusion, are making the situation worse. Smallholder farmers are amongst the most vulnerable to climate shocks. Lack of education and technical skills, poverty, risks inherent to agricultural investments, limited assets and Financial capital are major reasons for low investments in enhancing adaptive capacity. Now, technology could be the key to improving smallholder resilience to disasters and their opportunities for recovery

How to scale up innovations to achieve transformative impact

ClimBeR Governance 4 Resilience (Work Package 4) developed a framework to scale innovations for transformative impact. The framework has four elements: 1) Changing the narrative, 2) Deepening the analysis, 3) Strengthening the alliances, 4) The process of change: applying lessons learned. This framework is being applied to ClimBeR research on governance in Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, Guatemala and the Philippines

Drought Monitoring and assessment using earth observation data for Zambia

This study attempts to identify the spatial-temporal extent of the agricultural drought in Zambia using remote sensing data and crop production. IDSI is superior in terms of its performance and drought detection capability and is characterized by better representation of drought severity. Also VCI, IDSI and SPI indices were found to be very useful in monitoring the spatial-temporal extent of agricultural and climatic drought in the country. To validate the VCI and SPI based estimates, the correlation between VCI-CYA and SPI-CYA was analyzed and shown to have a strong positive correlation r2 0.72 and 0.68 respectively. The findings of drought hazard analysis could prove to be extremely useful in promoting integrated drought risk management strategies to mitigate the potential impact of drought on the agricultural sector and accelerate adaptation actions. In addition, it provides a robust foundation for decision-makers to recommend disaster preparedness and mitigation measures to minimize the effects of future droughts

GEE Training Manual on Use of Earth Observation data and Google Earth Engine monitoring and early warning of floods and droughts in Zambia

This training manual supported participants in learning the pre-processing tool to provide the user with enhanced time-series processing capabilities and access to various open-source satellite data, learning basic scripts in Google Earth Engine for activities related to floods and drought in showcasing the application of water resource management. Specifically, the experts will give more focus to Google’s Earth Engine platform to showcase large- and small-scale scientific analysis and visualization of geospatial datasets. The codes and step by step procedure are given in the manual

Understanding climate change adaptation governance and building resilience among local communities in Senegal A Review

In this literature review, we examine climate change adaptation governance and resilience building among communities in Senegal. We examine existing policies, governance structures, and decision-making processes in climate change adaptation issues at different governance levels for food related sectors (agriculture, natural resource, including forestry, water and energy). Second, we identify key programmes/projects, knowledge gaps, social inclusion and equity gaps in climate change adaptation issues at different governance levels for food related sectors. Third, we unravel the challenges and opportunities in climate change adaptation issues at different governance levels for food related sectors. Lastly, we identify bottom-up approaches on climate adaptation and system transformation processes in Senegal

Institutional Effectiveness for Drought Early Warning, Early Action and Early Finance in Kenya

This case study focuses on drought conditions to analyse the early warning, early action and early finance initiatives required to reduce disaster impacts in Kenya. It particularly follows the ongoing multi-season Horn of Africa drought (2014-2022) where Kenya is located. The case study further investigates the effectiveness of governance and institutional arrangements in place, such that socially inclusive systems and processes for responding to climate change can be developed and implemented

Polycentrism: A case study on water access and management in community-based water tenure in Makopa and Simukale villages

The objective of this study is to map community solutions to deal with climate variability and how information is mobilized into or interfaces with the next layer of government interventions that brings new perspectives in understanding how local solutions can be better mobilized into external solutions to climate change adaptation through horizontal and vertical integration processes, with a focus on living community-based water tenure in rural Zambia. This study intends to highlight access rights and management to community water resources and land in rural areas of two low-income communities. This is achieved by comparing bottom-up living integrated customary land and water tenure and vertical and horizontal decision-making processes at different levels of governanc