Water the Heart of Climate Action in South Sudan: Accelerating and scaling up water action to reduce risks and increase climate resilience This project addresses climate change and water related risks in Uganda around 5 main technical focus areas:
1. Water-related risk knowledge and governance
2. Observations, monitoring and forecasting of weather and water-related hazards
3. Water specific early warning systems dissemination and communication
4. Anticipatory Action and Locally Led Adaptation and
5. Crosscutting activities Exceptionally severe floods in 2019 and subsequent years of high rainfall were a stark reminder of the country’s vulnerability to natural hazards. By the end of 2022, floods had affected 1.1 million across 39 counties. More frequent and extreme flooding is expected in many parts of the country. Even more so, due to changing climatic conditions, South Sudan has been warming at a rate that is two and a half times greater than the global average air temperature change (0.4°C per decade), putting additional pressure on the already scarce water resources and the agricultural sector on which most of the population depends. While there have been high investments in DRR and water management in South Sudan, there is still a significant amount of progress to be made in integrating hazard, exposure, vulnerability and climate data to harness these investments in reducing disaster risks at national and local level. The current climate change and water crisis in Africa are inextricably linked together and require systemic changes. This project drives that change using an integrated climate and water approach to deal with increasing exposure to water related risks, bringing together different disciplines in the water, climate and disaster management sectors. It fosters  collaboration of global, national and local partners that traditionally have been working separately around the 5 broad technical focus areas specified above. Communities most at risk for climate change and water-related crises In drougth and flood prone areas of South Sudan, located Kapoeta and Jonglei States