FP002
Scaling up the use of Modernized Climate information and Early Warning Systems in Malawi
Scaling up the use of Modernized Climate information and Early Warning Systems in Malawi
Protecting lives and livelihoods in Malawi from climate-related disasters by providing early warning weather and climate information systems and improving the resilience of vulnerable communities.
Malawi faces more intense and frequent climate-related disasters including floods, droughts, and extreme weather events that threaten loss of life, assets, and food security. Vulnerability to climate change impacts is high, with shifts in the rainfall season, longer dry seasons, and reductions in the growing season already occurring. 85% of the population lives in rural areas, with over half in poverty and most engaged in smallholder agriculture.
The project will expand the meteorological network, instal automatic weather stations, hydrological monitoring stations, and lake-based weather buoys, as well as increase the capacity to identify risks and forecast impacts. Resulting information will be better disseminated through mobile, ICT, and radio channels targeting vulnerable farming communities, as well as fishing communities around Lake Malawi. Flood modelling for river systems will be improved, increasing warning times from 6 hours and under to 24- 48 hours. The private sector, including telecoms and micro and small enterprises will be engaged.
People need to know what to do with this enhanced weather information, and the project will work with affected communities to undertake awareness raising and risk reduction in flood disaster prone areas. The capacity of local communities, district councils, and national agencies to respond to emergencies will be strengthened through training and improved emergency services.
The project has an estimated lifespan of 6 years.
Project timeline
Pipeline
31 Mar 2015 - 220 days
Concept note received
31 Mar 2015
Funding proposal received
29 Jul 2015
Approved
05 Nov 2015 - 602 days
Approved by GCF Board
05 Nov 2015
Cleared by iTAP
05 Nov 2015
Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval
25 Feb 2016
FAA executed
10 May 2017
Under implementation
28 Jun 2017 - 2,706 days so far
FAA effective
28 Jun 2017
Disbursement - USD 2,377,039
31 Aug 2017
Annual Performance Report
23 Mar 2018
Disbursement - USD 3,332,276
14 Dec 2018
Annual Performance Report
01 Mar 2019
Disbursement - USD 2,540,848
12 Nov 2019
Disbursement - USD 1,379,029
13 Oct 2020
Disbursement - USD 1,235,906
30 May 2022
Disbursement - USD 1,429,447
15 Dec 2022
To be completed
30 Jun 2024 - -145 days to go
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Financing
- Private sector
- Public sector
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Size
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
GCF financing100% disbursed
| Instrument | Amount |
|---|---|
| Grant | USD 12,295,000 |
| Total GCF Financing |
|---|
| USD 12,295,000 |
Co-financing
| Co-financer | Instrument | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Co-Financing | Grant | USD 2,170,000 |
| Co-Financing | Grant | USD 1,800,000 |
| Total Co-Financing |
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| USD 3,970,000 |
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Entity
United Nations Development Programme
Executive Coordinator, ad interim (A.I)
304 East 45th Street, FF-9th Floor, New York, United States
Principal Advisor Environmental Law and Policy
304 East 45th Street, FF-9th Floor, New York, United States
More contacts
National Designated Authority
Environmental Affairs Department
Director
Environmental Affairs Department Private Bag 394 Lilongwe 3, Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi
Documents
News + Stories
Protecting Malawi with climate information and early warning systems
11 Nov 2021 / The lives of many people in Malawi, where 85 percent live in the countryside, are increasingly buffeted by climate effects. The introduction of climate information and early weaning systems, however, is helping them better prepare, and therefore avoid, weather disaster. A major aim of this GCF-funded initiative is to avoid past calamities, such as when the flooding of Lake Malawi killed hundreds.
Scaling Up Climate Information and Early Warning Systems in Malawi
04 Dec 2019 / GCF is working with UNDP to protect lives and livelihoods in Malawi from climate-related disasters by providing early warning weather and climate information systems and improving the resilience of vulnerable communities.
Improving climate information systems in Malawi
30 Nov 2019 / Increasingly frequent climate-related disasters threaten the development gains of the most vulnerable communities in Malawi. The Green Climate Fund (GCF), together with UNDP, is modernizing climate information systems in the country to strengthen people's resilience to natural disasters.
Lightning strikes: How installing a modern lightning detecting system in Malawi is saving lives and livelihoods
01 May 2019 / As another year of devastating events unfolds, including Cyclone Idai - one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the Southern Hemisphere – natural disasters are a constant reminder to us that whatever progress we have been making in reducing disaster risk, we need to do more.
