‘WISE-UP to climate’ is a project that demonstrates natural infrastructure as a ‘nature-based solution’ for climate change adaptation and sustainable development. The project will develop knowledge on how to use portfolios of built water infrastructure (eg. dams, levees, irrigation channels) and natural infrastructure (eg. wetlands, floodplains, watersheds) for poverty reduction, water-energy-food security, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience.

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is carrying out hydrological modeling of the Tana Basin. It needs improved rainfall datasets for this modeling exercise. FutureWater supports IWMI in preparing improved rainfall forcing based on the CHIRPS dataset. This dataset has daily rainfall data starting in 1981 to near-present, based on high-resolution satellite imagery and in-situ station data, and consists of gridded rainfall time series for trend analysis and seasonal drought monitoring.