This initiative, part of the Climate-Refugee Nexus Initiative
launched by King Abdullah II at COP27, aims to build resilience
for in Jordan.
Officials from the UK Meteorological Office visited Jordan 28
April to 1 May to discuss with the Jordan Meteorological Office,
Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Water
and other partners how to deliver weather warnings, weather
forecasts and longer term climate predictions most usefully to
the people who need them.
Jordan is a climate risk hotspot and has one of the scarcest
renewable water resources per capita in the world.
The project will focus on how best to use available data and
forecasts to deliver the information which people need, in the
way and at the time most useful to them.
Different people need different types of
forecasts. Governments and planning authorities need long
term climate change predictions to enable them to plan housing
and infrastructure; farmers need long term predictions to plan
their field use, medium term forecasts to plan their seasonal
crops, and shorter term forecasts to enable them to plan their
irrigation and harvesting. Those in housing which might be
flooded need a warning a few days in advance; drivers need the
very short term forecasts we all listen to daily, delivered in
the way that best enables them to avoid problems.
The project will also focus on solutions to reduce the impacts of
the climate change which can be predicted, such as extreme heat,
drought and flooding, ground water depletion and restoration of
soil and vegetation to rehabilitate watersheds and agricultural
production for host and refugee communities.
The British Ambassador said:
All of us need climate predictions and weather forecasts to plan
our lives and, sometimes, to take urgent action to avoid
problems. I welcome the Jahez (Ready) Project which will
see British and Jordanians organisations working together to
improve predictions, forecasts and warnings.
