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Analyzing climate risk models on AWS to prevent future food insecurity in Nigeria

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The article discusses how the Climate Risk Research Foundation's Sustainable Africa Initiative (SAI) is using data and tools on AWS to empower agricultural experts in Nigeria to analyze climate risk models and develop strategies to prevent future food insecurity.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Background on the Climate Risk Research Foundation's chairman, Brendan Reilly, and his journey into the climate sector.
  • Potential climate-related risks that could lead to food insecurity in Nigeria, including transition risk from reducing oil exports and physical risks from climate change.
  • How SAI is partnering with 10 universities in Nigeria to run hackathons where students analyze data and develop adaptation strategies for Nigeria's agricultural sector.
  • The role of AWS, including providing Amazon EC2 compute resources and Amazon S3 storage for geospatial data, climate models, and analysis results.
  • Plans to expand the initiative to other African countries like Kenya and disseminate data, tools, and strategies to entrepreneurs across Africa.
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