Climate change has been a slow-moving risk for some time now, but what is often missed, which this blog points out, is that there are immediate consequences affecting most people around the world, especially the most vulnerable. As the blog highlights, increasing weather variability is a challenge for most smallholder farmers, including in Uganda. At the same time, the ability to effectively forecast weather has remained low, which creates a circumstance of increasing risks since erratic weather patterns mean farmers are often caught off guard, damaging crops and reducing productivity. In response to this challenge, the activity focused on raising the value proposition and capacity of public goods resources related to weather forecasting.

By focusing on the value proposition of public investment and capacity in forecasting and communicating weather events, the activity is also shifting the system to provide ongoing improvements in weather forecasting. As the blog highlights, taking a systems thinking approach is critical to both dealing with the immediate issues, but also intervening in ways that catalyze ongoing improvements in how the system manages challenges going forward.