The 10th EUMETSAT user forum in Africa: Statement by CARLOS LOPES UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA

Abstract

This Statement delivered by Carlos Lopes ECA Executive Secretary and UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of ECA at the 10th EUMESAT user forum in Africa. Mr. Lopes,on his remarks highlighted that, The 10th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa is a significant milestone and it is quite appropriate that it is taking place here in Addis Ababa, Africa’s diplomatic capital. This User Forum symbolizes the important role that partnerships can play to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. This is evident from the successful collaboration between ECA’s African Climate Policy Centre, the African Union Commission, the Ethiopian National Meteorology Agency and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Metrological Satellites (EUMETSAT) to organize this event. Africa has not been spared from climatic events that have left a trail of disasters and exacted a heavy toll on lives and property. A key objective of ClimDev-Africa is to scale up capacities and improve climate related data and information in the continent, which explains why we welcome the collaboration with EUMETSAT. The African Climate Policy Centre, the policy arm of ClimDev-Africa, will enhance partnership with EUMETSAT particularly to implement the Global Framework for Climate Services.