Meteorological Administration

• Mr. Xin Baoan, Chairman of GEIDCO and Executive Chairman of State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), attended the event and delivered a welcome speech.
• The thematic event features a research report release by GEIDCO entitled Inclusive, Just, Resilient Energy Transition: GEI Solution and Practices, and practical case sharing by SGCC on the development of new power systems.
• Since its inception, GEIDCO has participated in the UN Climate Change Conference for many consecutive times, held several thematic events, and released multiple research results.
• During COP28, GEIDCO and WMO also held a thematic event with the theme of "Energy Transition and Clean Energy Development".

• The "Japan Power Rental Market - Strategic Assessment & Forecast 2023-2029" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
• The government is taking necessary actions for disaster management, which prompts the demand for power equipment in the Japan power rental market.
• This will likely create demand for rental power equipment in Japan.
• The key players in the Japan power rental market are Kanamoto, Nishio, Aggreko, Caterpillar, Atlas Copco, Cummins Inc., and KOHLER Power.

• SHENZHEN, China, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HUAWEI CLOUD announced that a paper about its breakthrough Pangu Weather AI model has been published by Nature, one of the world's top scientific journals.
• Pangu-Weather is the first AI prediction model to demonstrate higher precision than traditional numerical weather forecast methods.
• Pangu-Weather challenges the previously held assumptions that the accuracy of AI weather forecast is inferior to traditional numerical forecasts.
• The model, developed by the HUAWEI CLOUD team, is the first AI prediction model with higher precision than traditional numerical prediction methods.

Nigeria is one of the most flood-prone countries in west Africa. Many areas experience annual flooding. This happens during heavy rainfall and one of the reasons is poor drainage systems. The country therefore needs to make improvements. As researchers who have specialised in meteorology for about two decades we believe there are several ways it can do this. The key interventions needed are:
These actions are necessary to build resilience to floods. The Nigeria Meteorological Agency and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency have predicted severe flooding this year. And recent devastating flooding incidents are still fresh in the minds of Nigerians.

Flooding in Nigeria

• Nigeria is increasingly prone to them.
• There are many predictors of floods, chief of which is increasingly heavy rains over the west African Sahel.
• In recent decades parts of Nigeria have experienced summer rainfall extremes that are more intense than before.
• Thirdly, flooding in Nigeria is made worse by the poor management of drainage systems.

Building resilience against floods

• These initiatives will reduce the speed of water flow and reduce the impact of floods.
• Another easy intervention is the process of risk mapping, assessment and planning for floods.
• Capacity building is required to improve the reliability of forecasting in the country.
• Access to the funding depends on having systems for data collection, recording and reporting of loss and damage finance needs.

Avoiding a repeat of disaster

• The Nigerian Emergency Management Agency) estimated a total economic loss to be about US$16.9 billion.
• In 2022, the flooding caused over 600 deaths and affecting an estimated 3.2 million people across 34 of the country’s 36 states.
• As a matter of urgency, states should set up local disaster management committees to assist in creating awareness and relocating communities living in flood-prone areas.