How the first cohort trained.

The 2025 program brought together meteorologists and agricultural specialists from six countries to work through the full AI-forecasting workflow — from running models to designing farmer-facing services.

Highlights

Five days in Abu Dhabi.

🎬 Highlights from the 2025 program in Abu Dhabi — press play to watch.

The 2025 program in numbers

What the first cohort represented.

Meteorologists & agricultural specialists

Countries across Africa, Asia & Latin America

Tracks · Weather & Agriculture

Pre-training modules

🇨🇱 Chile🇳🇬 Nigeria🇰🇪 Kenya 🇪🇹 Ethiopia🇧🇩 Bangladesh🇦🇪 UAE

In the news

Featured in the press.

Coverage of the 2025 program from the partner institutions.

MBZUAI

Weather forecasting training program brings the power of AI to low- and middle-income countries

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University of Chicago

Weather forecasting training program brings the power of AI to low- and middle-income countries

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AIM for Scale

AI weather training: supporting low- and middle-income country governments to better serve farmers

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In pictures

Moments from 2025.

Meet the 2025 cohort ↓

The 2025 team

Who led the program.

Welcoming remarks

Opening the program.

Invited speakers & facilitators

Guest experts from partner institutions.

Specialists from NCM, WMO, ECMWF, MET Norway, G42, Google, TAHMO, Rhiza Research, AfriClimate AI and others joined the 2025 program.

The 2025 cohort

Participants.

Twenty meteorologists and agricultural specialists from six countries, across the Weather and Agriculture tracks.

Weather trackAgriculture track