National Observatory on Climate Change (Cameroon)
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The National Observatory on Climate Change (NOCC) is a governmental organisation in Cameroon responsible for monitoring and evaluating the socioeconomic and environmental impact of climate change in the country.
History
The creation of the NOCC was first announced in a speech by the Head of State Paul Biya at the UN General Assembly in New York in 2009.{{Cite web |last=Yann |date=17 November 2015 |title=Cameroun : opérationnalisation d'un observatoire national sur les changements climatiques |url=http://french.china.org.cn/foreign/txt/2015-11/17/content_37080128.htm |website=french.china.org.cn}} The organization was created in December 2009 by decree number 2009/410 of December 10, 2009.{{Cite web |last=Tsala Tsala |first=Emile |date=3 October 2014 |title=UN Convention Implementation On Climate Change In Cameroon – The Green Vision |url=https://www.greenvision.news/un-convention-implementation-on-climate-change-in-cameroon/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=December 2009 |title=Decree no. 2009-410 of 10 december 2009: on the establishment, organization and functioning of the national observatory on climate change |url=https://minepded.gov.cm/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/LEGAL-TEXTS-COMPILATION-OF-12-12-18-corrected-1.pdf |website=minepded.gov.cm |page=364}} It was later reorganized in 2019 by decree number 2019/026 January 18, 2019.{{Cite book |last=ONACC |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340930735 |title=Economic assessment of the impact of climate change on food crop yields in the Centre, East, Far North and South West regions of Cameroon. |publisher=ONACC / NOCC |year=2019 |language=fr |doi=10.13140/RG.2.2.32042.98242}}
Missions
The mission of the NOCC is to monitor and evaluate the socio- economic and environmental impact of climate change and proposing measures to prevent alleviate and/or adapt to the adverse effects and hazards related to climate change.{{Cite web |title=Missions - ONACC {{!}} Observatoire Nationalsur les Changements climatiques |url=https://onacc.cm/index.php |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=onacc.cm |language=fr}}
As such, the observatory is in charge of:
- Monitoring climates trends, providing meteorological and climatological data to all the relevant sectors of human activity and drawing up Cameroon's annual climate reports;
- Initiating and promoting studies aimed at highlighting; the indicators, impacts, and hazards related to climate change
- Drawing up relevant climate indicators to monitor environmental policy
- Conducting prospective analyses aimed at proposing a vision on the short, medium and long term climate trends
- Collecting and analysing reference data on climate change in Cameroon and providing such data to public and private decision-makers as well as the different national and international Bodies
- Initiating any sensitization activity and preventive information on climate change
- Proposing to the government the preventive measures to reduce the release of greenhouse gases, as well as measures to prevent and/or adapt to the adverse effects and hazards related to climate change.
Organization
The observatory functions under the technical supervision of the Minister in charge the environment. It has two bodies: The executive board and the Management. The executive board is presided by Enoh Peter Ayuk and the Director is Amougou Joseph Armathé.{{Cite web |title=Team - ONACC {{!}} Observatoire National sur les Changements climatiques |url=https://onacc.cm/index.php |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=onacc.cm |language=en-us}}
Publications
- Climate Outlook for 2019, ONACC, Yaoundé, 2019
- Economic assessment of the impact of climate change on food crop yields in the Center,East, Far North and Southwest regions of Cameroon, ONACC, Yaoundé, 2019
- Atlas des Pertes du Couvert Forestier, ONACC, Yaoundé, 2021
References
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