Global firm advances climate-health integration with project
McEnies Global Communications is playing a pivotal role in Weather and Climate Information Services for Resilience (WISER) Health project, an initiative led by UK Met Office, NiMet, in partnership with
McEnies Global Communications is playing a pivotal role in Weather and Climate Information Services for Resilience (WISER) Health project, an initiative led by UK Met Office, NiMet, in partnership with UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and Rockefeller Foundation.
The project is to enhance quality, accessibility, and use of weather and climate forecasts and warnings by Nigeria’s health sector to better address climate-sensitive health challenges.
Aligned with Nigeria’s third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0), which calls for an integrated climate, health, and environmental early warning system in at least 18 states by 2030, McEnies works with key government agencies, including NiMet, Federal Ministry of Health, and National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA).
Together, they drive a national vision of climate-resilient health systems informed by timely, actionable data.
Dr. Omolaraeni Olaosebikan, chief executive of McEnies Global, is leading efforts to make meteorological data more usable for health-sector decision-makers. Through detailed community surveys in Nigerian states and collaboration with NiMet and other stakeholders, McEnies crafts strategies that prioritise needs of vulnerable populations in rural, urban, coastal, and informal communities.
McEnies is active in facilitating cross-sectoral workshops and community-level surveys, ensuring early warning services are people-led, inclusive, and meet local realities. This complements broader multi-agency collaboration driving Nigeria’s Early Warning Services for Health workshop and ongoing initiatives.
As climate change intensifies health risks as heat stress and vector-borne diseases, the project makes climate information usable for health agencies, ensuring timely, equitable, and locally relevant responses to emerging challenges. The project benefits from partnerships with global experts from te UK, Rockefeller Foundation, World Bank, and WHO, etc.
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“Climate information holds potential to transform health outcomes,” he said. “Our work with WISER Health is about making this data usable for health agencies, ensuring timely, equitable, and locally relevant responses. This is part of a larger national commitment to building climate-resilient health systems through partnership and innovation.”
This initiative builds on McEnies’ record from 2023, when it partnered UK Met Office and FCDO to develop and implement strategic communications to mitigate flooding risks in vulnerable communities. That project enhanced awareness and improved coordination, demonstrating the power of targeted, data-driven communication to save lives and protect livelihoods.
Leveraging the insight and relationships established through that work, McEnies is expanding its focus to integrate climate information with health sector planning, addressing threats like heat stress and vector-borne diseases with the same commitment to impact and inclusivity.
McEnies is committed to leveraging innovative communication solutions that foster resilience and sustainable growth in Nigeria and beyond.
