Enhancing Climate Information Systems for Resilient Development (Liberia CIS)

Building Liberia’s capacity to provide reliable, impact-based climate and weather information services that enhance disaster preparedness, inform planning and decision-making, and promote long-term climate resilience across key sectors.

Enhancing Climate Information Systems for Resilient Development

The Liberia Climate Information Systems (CIS) project, funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and implemented by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia, aims to build a resilient national framework for climate services. It focuses on strengthening Liberia’s hydro-meteorological capacity to generate, manage, and communicate accurate and timely climate information for disaster risk reduction, early warning, and climate-resilient planning. With a duration of 5 years and a total investment of over USD 11.4 million, the project seeks to establish a functioning, multi-hazard, impact-based forecasting and early warning system (MH-IBF-EWS).

Our Areas of Work

Enhance Disaster Risk Knowledge

Build a decision support system to collect, assess, and communicate hazard-related information at national and community levels. Activities include establishing geospatial platforms, conducting community consultations, and training local disaster response teams.

Improve Detection, Monitoring, and Forecasting

Establish climate-smart operational labs and automated systems within the Liberia Meteorological and Hydrological Services (LMS & LHS) to enable reliable weather and climate forecasting. This also involves expanding radar, lightning detection, and station networks.

Strengthen Warning Dissemination and Communication

Develop and implement effective communication strategies to ensure that climate information reaches vulnerable communities via appropriate, user-friendly channels, including TV, radio, and digital platforms.

Support Forecast-Based Financing and Legal Preparedness

Promote early action by setting up Forecast-based Financing (FbF) mechanisms and strengthening the legal frameworks and institutional mandates for climate information delivery and disaster response.

Coordinate Climate Service Delivery

Establish national coordination mechanisms across EPA, LMS, LHS, and the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) to ensure integrated service delivery and long-term sustainability of climate information systems.