Early warning

The Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dao Xuan Hoc said the Ministry is working with relevant national and local departments to enact a law on disaster risk prevention and reduction, clearly defining the roles of the Government and to assure that citizens had access to information on disaster risks.

'Il est certain que si l’on ne se prépare pas, les coûts et les dommages seront alors bien supérieurs' a prononcé Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, ministre, lors de la présentation du plan français d’adaptation au changement climatique, le premier plan de cette ampleur dans l’Union européenne...

'Coordination among different sectors is crucial in releasing early warnings,' said Zheng Guoguang, the head of the China Meteorological Administration at a press conference, stating that presently 85 percent of the population has access to early warning information...

This poster describes the setting for the Caribbean drought of 2009-10 and its impacts. It provides lessons learned that include a need for improvements in rainfall forecasting and monitoring and a coodinated effort between multiple stakeholder to

'We don't have good meteorological services here - the elders also do their calculations and what they tell us is not good news,' said Ephrem Ombosho, head of one of several Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency offices in Borena in a report by IRIN...

The Automated Weather Station is capable of measuring rainfall, wind speed, air pressure, wind direction, relative humidity, air temperature and other weather parameters that will help provide accurate weather forecasts. It will also help in monitoring flood and typhoons reports PIA...

'We must do everything possible to build the resilience of the people and communities to the negative impacts of floods, windstorms, ocean surge, diseases among others' said Alhaji Sani-Sidi, Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency. Flooding has spread across the country since the start of the rainy season, reports Vanguard...

El director del Observatorio de la Sostenibilidad en España ha señalado a Europa Press que frente al cambio climático hay que apostar en primer lugar por políticas de mitigación y de reducción de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, para posteriormente ejecutar políticas de adaptación...