Regional Climate Outlook Forums: highlights: Info brief

Abstract

Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs) and the pre-RCOFs taking place before the RCOF, convene experts from national and international climate centers who bring their relevant knowledge and climate information products to predict temperature and rainfall patterns across Africa. During the pre-RCOF, predictions are merged to form a consensus-based, user relevant, real-time climate outlook which is used by practitioners and decision makers to reduce climate-related risks. The RCOF then brings together climate scientists, researchers, users from key socio-economic sectors, governmental and non-governmental organizations, development partners, decision-makers, and civil society stakeholders among others.