Democratic Republic of the Congo

Climate risk indicators

In this project an analysis of long historic time series of precipitation and temperature for East Congo is executed. This results in a description of the climate of East Congo and more specifically the surroundings of Virunga NP, and the suitability of the climate to sustainably grow high-quality oil palm. The project was executed for Solidaridad, and international civil society organization. Within this project, we aimed to answer the following questions:

An analysis is made of long historic time series of precipitation and temperature for East Congo. We research the occurrence of trends in historic and future precipitation climatology, for the latter climate change projections are considered. Main project activities performed:  Climate data analysis based on several sources of long-term precipitation and temperature records, Crop characteristic identification, development of climate suitability maps.

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