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FEICOM, NOCC cooperation to tackle climate change imminent.

FEICOM DG, Camille Philippe Akoa, (R) shaking hands with Prof Amougou after deliberations

The Special Council Support Fund for Mutual Assistance, FEICOM, and the National Observatory on Climate Change, NOCC, are exploring ways through which decentralized collectivities could get involved in the tasks of monitoring climate trends, evaluating the socio-economic impacts of the phenomenon and proposing adaptation and or mitigation measures.

This was the subject of discussions when the management of FEICOM received a delegation of NOCC at its Mimboman Head office on Wednesday, 25 March.

Talking to reporters after the meeting, the Director General of FEICOM, Camille Philippe Akoa, said he and the NOCC delegation, led by Prof Amougou Joseph, the Director General, explored ways to formalize a framework of cooperation between their two institutions.

He said their exchanges were fruitful as they allowed them to review the main areas for structuring their partnership, including the exchange of information and data, support for the development and implementation of projects, capacity building, as well as support for the mounting of projects to be submitted to technical and financial partners.

According to the FEICOM boss, these levers appear essential to effectively address climate change challenges and promote sustainable and resilient development, especially at the level of decentralized collectivities that work at the grassroots.

Family photo of officials after deliberations

For Prof Amougou, NOCC is in charge of monitoring climate trends, providing meteorological and climatological data to all the relevant sectors of human activity and drawing up Cameroon's annual climate reports.

NOCC is also responsible for initiating and promoting studies aimed at highlighting the indicators, impacts, and hazards related to climate change.

The climate observatory is 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.

Even more, NOCC is charged with 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.

This article was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3743 of Friday March 27, 2026