UK Minister for Development Anneliese Dodds during a session in COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 15, 2024/ HANDOUTKenya is set to receive Sh660 million to uplift the Weather and Climate Information Services (WISER). This is after the UK Minister for Development Anneliese Dodds announced a £ 30 million (Ksh4.8B) WISER Africa program out of which Kenya will pocket the Sh660m. The new funding for WISER Kenya will go towards adaptation to climate hazards such as droughts, floods and storms. The project has previously worked with local communities such as Kibera to co-design weather information using radio and SMS. “Weather and climate services help us all to prepare better.

Source: The Star November 15, 2024 14:02 UTC