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Displaying 15 of about 297 resultsThis report explores how advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (a pairing referred to the report simply as “AI”) are tools uniquely positioned to help manage the complex issues brought about by climate change. Three areas of application are particularly relevant: Mitigation, adaptation and resilience, and fundamentals. AI’s unique capacity to g…
Working together in Europe and the Mediterranean for the prevention of disasters, preparedness and response:
The objective of this plan is to provide a political and technical instrument containing priorities and guidelines for the action of the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) for the next five years, improving its effectiv…
An increasing number of research programs seek to support adaptation to climate change through the engagement of large-scale transdisciplinary networks that span countries and continents. While transdisciplinary research processes have been a topic of reflection, practice, and refinement for some time, these trends now mean that the global change resear…
This special water edition of the WMO Bulletin draws attention to the programmes and activities of WMO in helping Member States and Territories to find solutions to the problems they face across the entire water resources value chain. The contents will provide the reader with an appreciation of the depth of commitment being made by WMO hydrological and…
This article uses a case study approach to describe how the original LTACs were established, the benefits obtained from the LTAC system, and the expansion of the system to areas outside Colombia. Agriculture is highly sensitive to variations in both weather and climate. Farmers face uncertainty in the weather patterns over the short term, and climate ov…
Reducing disaster risks and adapting to climate change are ever more important policy goals in Europe and worldwide. The commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and complementary multilateral frameworks, including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, has galvanized pursui…
Climate change impacts are already being felt around the world and they seriously threaten the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. With climate impacts playing out in endlessly varying combinations, policymakers need effective systems for learning what sort of adaptation works. This briefing shows how governments will need to think differe…
This is the eighth edition of Consorseguros Digital Magazine. This issue includes a main cover article on the importance of data in disaster risk reduction, while other contributions include articles on flood management, flood insurance, and the role of insurance in climate change adaptation.
This magazine is available online in English and Spanis…
This annual Statement on the State of the Global Climate provides authoritative scientific information about the global climate and significant weather and climate events occurring around the world.
Extreme weather claimed lives and destroyed livelihoods in many countries in 2017. Fuelled by warm sea-surface temperatures, the North Atlantic h…
This Modernisation Plan aims to support the development of climate resilience in Honduras by improving climate, meteorological and hydrological services and by strengthening early warning systems regarding hydrometeorological and climate risk and the management of water resources.
The plan is based on an analysis of the gaps that exist between the…
This publication has been developed as part of the DFID-funded Weather and Climate Services for Africa (WISER) programme. Co-produced climate services are increasingly recognised as a means of improving the effective generation and utilisation of climate information to inform decision-making and support adaptation to climate change, particularly in deve…
This article assesses the feasibility of small grains as an adaptive strategy to climate change in the Mangwe District in Zimbabwe. The change in climate has drastically affected rainfall patterns across the globe and in Zimbabwe in particular. Continuous prevalence of droughts in Zimbabwe, coupled with other economic calamities facing the Southern Afri…
Understanding whether we are on track to climate change adaptation at the global scale is critical to validate the “well below +2°C” mitigation target as a sustainable objective for humankind over the 21st century and beyond. In substance, the 2015 Paris Agreement suggests countries to be in charge of assessing and reporting their own adaptation progres…
Climate variability and change impacts are manifesting through declining rainfall totals and increasing frequency and intensity of droughts, floods and heatwaves. These environmental changes are affecting mostly rural populations in developing countries due to low adaptive capacity and high reliance on natural systems for their livelihoods. While bro…
This paper aims to provide inspiration and direction for the stakeholders and actors involved in, and in a position to enable better information and knowledge management (IKM) to meet the challenge of the global climate change and sustainable development agendas. Specifically, it targets:
Donors, to contribute towards significant societal benefits ma…