47th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF-47)

The main objective of the forum is to develop consensus regional climate outlook for the October to December 2017 rainfall season and to formulate mitigation strategies to the implications of the consensus regional seasonal climate outlook on the critical climate sensitive sectors of the region. It will also provide a regional interaction platform for the policy makers, climate scientists and research scientists as well as users of climate information. In addition, the forum will review lessons / experiences from the use of the products provided in the previous regional climate outlook forums.

The GHACOF-47 will be followed by a one-day IGAD DRM Technical Advisory Committee meeting to present the implementation progress and the 2017/2018 planned activities of the DRM projects " Building Disaster Resilience Through Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation"