Simbogj/climate-challenge-week0

African Climate Trend Analysis # African Climate Trend Analysis ## Overview This project analyzes historical climate data (2015–2026) for five African countries — Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, and Nigeria — using data from the NASA POWER database. The goal is to identify climate trends, variability, and extreme events to support data-driven insights for climate policy discussions ahead of COP32. --- ## Setup Instructions ### 1. Clone the repository ```bash git clone cd climate-challenge-week0 ``` ### 2. Create and activate virtual environment ```bash python -m venv venv venv\Scripts\activate # Windows ``` ### 3. Install dependencies ```bash pip install -r requirements.txt ``` --- ## Project Structure ``` ├── notebooks/ # EDA notebooks per country ├── src/ # reusable scripts ├── scripts/ # helper scripts ├── tests/ # test files ├── data/ # local datasets (ignored in Git) ├── requirements.txt └── README.md ``` --- ## Key Tasks * Data cleaning and preprocessing * Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) * Cross-country climate comparison * Climate vulnerability ranking * (Optional) Streamlit dashboard --- ## How to Run * Open notebooks in the `notebooks/` folder to explore analysis * Run Python scripts from `src/` if available --- ## Notes * Dataset is excluded from GitHub (`data/` is in `.gitignore`) * Missing values (`-999`) are handled during preprocessing --- ## Author Simbo Getachew