World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme (WCDMP)

Submitted by JulianneBG on Thu, 2010-06-24 01:44
Summary:

The World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme (WCDMP) is a program of the World Climate Programme that facilitates the effective collection and management of climate data and the monitoring of the global climate system, including the detection and assessment of climate variability and changes.

Moroccan Coastal Management: Building Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change through Sustainable Policies and Planning

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency:
    CCAA, IDRC, DFID
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    National School of Forestry Engineering (ENFI), Sale, Morocco, Interdisciplinary Centre for Environmental Research (CIRSA), University of Bologna, Italy, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany, Université de Moncton, Faculté des Sciences de l'Education, Canada, Université Mohamed V (UM5), Rabat, Morocco, The Coastal Union, Leiden,The Netherlands (EUCC),Direction de la Météorologie Nationale (DMN), Casablanca, Morocco
    Summary:

    The provinces of Nador and Berkane on the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Morocco near the Algerian border are home to a number of traditional rural enclaves where residents depend on fishing, farming, and livestock raising for their livelihoods. Development pressures, such as tourism, are destroying wetlands, including three protected by the Ramsar Convention. These act as natural buffer zones against flooding and erosion. As climate change brings more severe and frequent storms and rising seas, the very assets that attract tourists and investment are threatened.

    Project Components:

    Researchers led by Morocco's Ecole Nationale Forestiere d'Ingenieurs (ENFI) are working to provide the information necessary for planning by pooling their knowledge of climate data analysis, coastal dynamics,and social research to produce a range of possible scenarios that can inform planning choices.

    Expected Outputs:

    1. Residents know how their environment is going to change and how to adapt

    2. Research has established social economic and environmental safe limits and these are respected by decision makers in their pursuit of sustainable development

    Contacts:

    Abdellatif Khattabi
    a_khattabi@gmail.com
    http://www.accma.un.ma

    CCAA Program Officer, Guy Jobbins
    gjobbins@idrc.org.eg
    http://www.idrc.ca/ccaa

    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Communities in the Nador and Berkane Regions of northern Morocco
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA)
    Department for International Development (DFID)
    International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
    Cofinancing Total:
    n/a
    Total Amounts:
    883,945