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A gender-responsive lens on climate and agriculture

Often, digital climate services are designed in a way that exclude women. These services do not fit women’s realities. There is a need to look at our climate services through a more gender-responsive lens.
This was exactly what Emma Feenstra from INCLUSA shared with us during a highly insightful workshop, where she also shared her own valuable experiences with smallholder farmers in Africa. Read more ›

COP30 delivered small steps on climate change adaptation

Last weekend, the UN climate conference COP30 in Belém, Brazil, concluded with slow progress on climate adaptation. Negotiators made only small steps toward advancing global adaptation and resilience.
A key outcome on adaptation was the international agreement on a list of indicators to track progress on climate adaptation. Until now, there has been no agreed standard for countries to measure adaptation efforts, which has hindered effective policy development and the allocation of funds for building resilience to climate impacts. Read more ›

Building the Gambia Webportal

In many African governments, data scarcity isn’t the problem — data access is. By creating the Gambia Webportal, a data-sharing Google Earth Engine application, multiple existing datasets can be shared and new ones can be easily created. Making valuable information easily accessible for different governmental departments can make their work more efficient and gives them the possibility to respond effectively. Read more ›

Climate Risk Analyses in South Sudan

South Sudan is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. That is why we support the development of climate adaptation strategies in the country by assessing risks and vulnerabilities to the agricultural and fisheries sectors. Read more ›

How are we putting essential weather information in the hand of every farmer?

This morning we showed our solution remotely at the Africa Climate Summit 2 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Our SAFE4ALL Africa partner Fitsum A. Gelaye, MCP, from Resilient Cities Network, hosted a 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄4𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 that looked into how the Triple A Framework (Analysis-Ambition-Action) can turn climate data into shared visions and scale local initiatives into systemic change. The video below, that presents Weather Impact’s agro-weather advisory chatbot, 𝐔𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚-𝐖𝐈, was played. Read more ›

Can a simple SMS change the way farmers respond to climate change?

Research among farmers in Tanzania reveals that many never check the weather forecast. And among the small group that does, most rely on the radio or turn to traditional methods and personal experience. This is concerning, especially as the effects of climate change and shifting rainfall patterns become increasingly evident – leading to frequent yield loss. Read more ›

Beyond the Buzzword: Making Co-Creation Real in Climate Services

Sometimes, a word becomes so common in our field that it starts to lose its meaning. Citizen sciencedeep learningco-creation. These terms get repeated so often that they risk becoming little more than crowd-pleasing buzzwords. But in developing digital tools for smallholder farmers facing the increasing pressures of climate change, we believe co-creation is not optional – it is essential. Read more ›

Fruitful consortium meeting SAFE4ALL in Ghana

In March 2025 the SAFE4ALL General Assembly took place in Accra, Ghana. Within the SAFE4ALL project project, we aim to provide localized, scalable climate information services to empower local actors in decision-making, thereby safeguarding African foodsheds and enhancing community resilience for three countries; Ghana, Zimbabwe and Kenia. Further development of the Uliza-WI chatbot and sustainable business models for multiple climate services have a focus in this project. Read more ›