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.
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.[1] The organization was created in December 2009 by decree number 2009/410 of December 10, 2009.[2][3] It was later reorganized in 2019 by decree number 2019/026 January 18, 2019.[4]
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.[5]
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.[3]
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.[6]
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
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