ℹ️ Official #GHACOF69 Release! 🔔 ☀️🌦️ Below-normal rainfall expected over most parts of the Greater Horn of Africa for March-April-May (MAM) 2025 season. The season is critical for the equatorial part of the region. Full press and technical statement 👇

ℹ️ The 69th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (#GHACOF69) has commenced in #AddisAbaba, #Ethiopia 🇪🇹. ✍️ Key takeaways from the opening remarks include: 🗨️ “The #IGAD region has experienced alarming climatic extremes over the past year. We faced cyclones, extreme heatwaves, devastating floods, and heightened rainfall, only for this to transition into prolonged dry spells and below-normal rainfall across most parts of the region. These patterns of volatility highlight the increasing uncertainty in our climate and the urgent need for robust systems to anticipate, respond to, and mitigate these impacts,” said Dr. Abdi Fidar, ICPAC’s Officer-in-Charge, on behalf of IGAD Executive Secretary @DrWorkneh.

📢 Announcement!! The 69th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (#GHACOF69) for the March to May (MAM) 2025 Season will be held from January 20-21, 2025, in #AddisAbaba, #Ethiopia 🇪🇹. Theme: "Climate Services for Closing the Early Warning Gap Together" More information ➡️ bit.ly/4i4zZMj

The 3rd #IGAD ClimSA high-level meeting on mainstreaming climate services in policies, development plans & programming kicked off this morning, focusing on the importance of climate services for the region. Today, technical experts are meeting ahead of tomorrow’s ministerial session with finance ministers from the #IGAD member states, where the conversation will be around the integration of #climateservices into national policies and development plans.