South Sudan launches climate early warning system

JUBA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan's environment ministry, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the regional bloc IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) on Monday launched a 10-million-U.S.- dollar project to establish the national climate early warning system.

The climate early warning system is a predictive modeling system using geospatial applications to provide climate information services and risk communication for South Sudan.

Joseph Africano Bartel, the undersecretary for Environment in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, said the two-year project aims at strengthening the capacity of the government and communities in South Sudan to adapt to the impacts of climate change.