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The United Kingdom announces its support for the Jordanian government’s climate ambitions through the “Ready Project.” This initiative, which is part of the Climate and Refugee Relationship initiative launched by King Abdullah II at the COP27 conference, aims to build resilience against climate challenges in Jordan.
Officials from the UK Met Office will visit Jordan from April 28 to May 1 to discuss with the Jordanian Meteorological Office, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Water, and other partners how to issue weather-related warnings, weather forecasts, and longer-term climate predictions that are more beneficial to the various people who need and rely on them.
Jordan is a hotspot for climate risks and has one of the world’s scarcest per capita renewable water resources.
The Ready Project will focus on the best ways to use available data and predictions to provide people with the information they need in the most beneficial way and at the right time.
Different people need different types of forecasts. Governments and planning authorities need long-term climate change predictions to enable them to plan housing and infrastructure; farmers need long-term predictions to plan the use of their fields, medium-term predictions to plan their seasonal crops, and short-term predictions to enable them to plan for irrigation and harvesting. Those living in homes that may be flooded need a few days’ warning; and drivers need short-term forecasts that we all listen to daily, presented in a way that enables them to avoid problems as best as possible.
The project will also focus on solutions to mitigate predictable climate change effects, such as extreme heat, drought, floods, groundwater depletion, soil repair, and vegetation cover restoration to rehabilitate water catchments and agricultural production for host communities and refugees.
British Ambassador Philip Hall said, “We all need climate predictions and weather forecasts to plan our lives, and sometimes to take urgent action to avoid problems. I welcome the Ready Project, which will see British and Jordanian organizations working together to improve forecasts, predictions, and warnings.”