According to the fifth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change has altered precipitation patterns, led to rising sea levels, shifts in temperature, and melting sea caps, among others. The livelihoods in these main climate zones differ quite significantly. While Mediterranean areas will be affected by floods, decrease in rainfall and dust/sand storms affecting urban areas and rural peripheries. The aim is eventually to better understand how climate change and climate risks affect livelihoods and food security in each livelihood zone in order to inform strategic decision-making and programming. IMPACT has also solid experience with typical data formats used to distribute climate datasets like netCDF, HDF, GRIB, ASCII and others.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 10, 2021 02:37 UTC