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Fig. 19.1 ( b ) Flood prone districts (as identifi ed by stakeholders in a climate early warning meet-
ing at UNEP, July 2013)
RANET is another technology-based initiative launched in Kenya and other
African countries with the goal to improve access of local and remote communities
to basic climate information and early warnings. It uses community radio and
Internet. RANET grew out of the regional COFs in the late 1990s as an initiative of
national hydro-meteorological services. The program is largely infrastructure-based,