Collaborations

Our Partners

PEOPLE recognizes the need to include actors from diverse communities and integrate their knowledge into the design and development of early warning systems. To do so, it has established a series of partnerships with projects and organizations that share the same vision.

Resilience and Preparedness to Tropical Cyclones over Southern Africa (REPRESA)

(2023 – 2026)

REPRESA focuses on the impacts of landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs) in Madagascar, Malawi, and Mozambique. Through knowledge sharing from different perspectives, REPRESA aims to leave a long-term legacy of improved in-country capability in multi-hazard impact-based forecasting, improved community-level early warning communication and improved resilience to tropical cyclones.

Focal point: Elizabeth Kendon

UNESCO UT City CoLab

(2025 – 2028)

The UT and UNESCO City CoLab is an innovative, community-centric, partnership platform to develop tools, data products, and a localized understanding of how weather extreme forecasts, and information can be used by the community and stakeholders with a particular focus on cities. The project was successfully developed and piloted for the City of Austin and has been endorsed and funded by the City of Austin, and the University of Texas at Austin.

Focal point: Dev Niyogi

Weather and Climate Information Services (WISER): Early Warnings for Southern Africa (EWSA)

(2023 – 2025)

The WISER EWSA team of meteorologists, academics, economists, and user engagement specialists from South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique and the UK will work with disaster risk management agencies and non-governmental organisations, focusing on women and people with disabilities to reduce disaster risk through the co-production of new satellite based nowcasting information and services for early warnings.

Focal point: Douglas Parker

WWRP Working Group on Societal and Economic Research Applications (SERA)

SERA aims to advance the science of the social and economic applications of weather-related information and services. SERA has the responsibility for the entire range of timescales and societal and economic research and applications associated with the WWRP. SERA brings the knowledge of how to co-design and implement research projects between physical and social scientists to achieve more useful information for society.

Focal point: Carla Mooney

If you are interested in partnering with us, please feel free to fill out the application for endorsement with the World Weather Research Programme, indicating links to PEOPLE:

Application for Endorsed/Partner Projects, proposals or events