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Climate Change Resilience

Title: Africa Regional Centres of Excellence - ArcX: Climate Change Resilience.

Main Objective: Strengthen the climate change and disaster resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa, by improving scientific and technological capacities of the Regional Centers of Excellence, their co-ordination and capacity to contribute to policy and decision making.

Starting Year: 2026
Implementation Duration: 48 Months

Areas of Impact: Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction; Digital Transformation and AI Innovation; Climate Information Systems Strengthening; Research and Knowledge Generation; Capacity Development and Partnerships

Target Groups: African Regional Climate Centres (RCCs); National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs); Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMCs); African Union Commission (AUC); Disaster Risk Reduction agencies; Water basin authorities; Agricultural advisory services; Climate planners; Early warning Systems; Academia and research institutions

ArcX Partners: to be defined

Component Coordinator: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

Leading Regional Centre of Excellence (RCoE): to be defined

Scientific and Technical Support from EC - DG JRC: JRC Unit D6 (Nature Conservation and Observations); JRC Unit E1 (Disaster Risk Management).

Available Resources
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Global mining footprint
Mining has major economic, environmental and societal consequences, yet knowledge and understanding of its global footprint are still limited. These polygons represent the global mining land use detec...
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Rainfall erosivity change projections
This dataset provides projections of global rainfall erosivity changes, a critical metric representing the erosive force of rainfall that drives worldwide soil and nutrient loss. These maps serve as e...
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Urban Areas
Africa is projected to have the fastest urban growth rate in the world — by 2050, Africa’s cities will be home to an additional 950 million people. Urban planning and management are essential developm...
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Tree Cover Loss
Forests worldwide are in a state of flux, with accelerating losses in some regions and gains in others. Given the recognized importance of forest ecosystem services, quantification of global forest ex...
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Average annual precipitation (1981-2017)
Increasing water scarcity and water quality issues are serious constraints, especially for Northern Africa. A comprehensive assessment of spatial and temporal precipitation frequency is the initial st...
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Tropical Moist Forests - Transition map
Tropical moist forests have a huge environmental value. They play an important role in biodiversity conservation, terrestrial carbon cycle, hydrological regimes, indigenous population subsistence and ...
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Tropical Moist Forests - Degradation year map
Tropical moist forests have a huge environmental value. They play an important role in biodiversity conservation, terrestrial carbon cycle, hydrological regimes, indigenous population subsistence and ...
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Tropical Moist Forests - Undisturbed tropical moist forest
Tropical moist forests have a huge environmental value. They play an important role in biodiversity conservation, terrestrial carbon cycle, hydrological regimes, indigenous population subsistence and ...
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Coral bleaching Hotspots
Healthy coral reefs provide a home for millions of aquatic species. They protect coastal homes from storms and support commercial and subsistence fisheries as well as jobs and businesses through touri...
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Sea Surface Temperature Trend (SSTT)
Monitoring of sea surface temperature (SST) provides fundamental information on the global climate system and for the study of marine ecosystems. For example, it helps estimating heat stress conducive...
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Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (SSTA)
Monitoring of sea surface temperature (SST) provides fundamental information on the global climate system and for the study of marine ecosystems. For example, it helps estimating heat stress conducive...
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Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
Ocean temperature is related to ocean heat content (the energy absorbed by the ocean), an important topic in the study of global warming. Monitoring of sea surface temperature (SST) from earth-orbitin...
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Daily Coral Bleaching Heat Stress Alert Area
Healthy coral reefs provide a home for millions of aquatic species and numerous ecosystemic services. Yet they are severely threatened. When stressed, corals expel the symbiotic algae living in their ...
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Flood hazard (100-year return period)
River floods are recognized as one of the major causes of economic damages and loss of human lives worldwide. Quantifying flood hazard is an essential component of resilience planning, prevention meas...
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Fires last 72 Hours
The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) uses satellite observations to detect active fires and thermal anomalies. They d...
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