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Displaying 15 of about 38 resultsThe 11th annual climate prediction applications science workshop (CPASW) will convene in Logan, Utah, and focus on “Climate Information for Natural Resource Management.” This theme will integrate broad aspects of climate information applications in water, land, forest, wildlife, habitat, energy, and other natural resources management. Climate is a cross…
Adaptation Can’t Wait is a message that will resonate through the Global Adaptation Institute’s (GAIN) 2012 Annual Meeting & Scientific Convening High-level presenters and panelists from AECOM, Baker & McKenzie, PepsiCo, Ernst & Young, Swiss Re, The World Bank, The Kresge Foundation and other prominent organizations as well as ministers of e…
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…
The preparation of this Local Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-2013 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.The progress report mainly assesses the trans-boundary issues and the status and progress in the implementation of disast…
OXFAM Purpose: To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering
Team purpose: To act with poor people as a force for change in addressing the causes of poverty, suffering and injustice and alleviating their symptoms
Job purpose: To develop and lead on Oxfam's EFSL work in the LAC region. This includes developing Oxfam’s preparedness and response…
To enhance St. Kitts and Nevis’ agricultural adaptive capacity to extreme weather, the International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) commissioned Taiwan Technical Mission to work with the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis in implementing the Enhancing Agricultural Adaptive Capacity to Climate Variability Project. From February of this year…
The report analyses the effects of climate change on U.S. agriculture on the basis of research needs categorized within a vulnerability framework addressing specific actions that would improve understanding of the exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity to: (i) improve projections of future climate conditions, including extreme temperatures, precipi…
Reducing tillage for some Central Great Plains crops could help conserve water and reduce losses caused by climate change, according to studies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Research leader Laj Ahuja and others at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Agricultural Systems Research Unit at Fort Collins, Colo., superimposed climate proj…
By Katherine O'Konski
As the US Drought Monitor recorded more than 70% of the country as Abnormally Dry or, worse, under Moderate, Severe, Extreme, or Exceptional Drought conditions this month, the House Science Committee held a hearing to examine the role of the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) in drought planning. While federal…
The Argentina National Space Activities Commission (CONAE) launched a new Earth observation satellite that will support disaster management efforts. SAOCOM 1A is the first of a constellation of two radar satellites. The remote sensing mission aims to provide timely information for disaster management as well as monitor…
This case-bound book draws upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives, through climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies. In this book, over 100 authors are relating their work in weather, climate and water services at international, regional, national and local lev…
Thu, November 29, 2018, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST
Access to relevant climate services for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa has increased substantially over the years, yet uptake and integration in decision making remains highly variable. Many crop farmers, but fewer livestock farmers and pastoralists, with access to climate services act on the information. Wh…
This research discuses that despite the robust, positive trends in crop yields in recent decades, and the remarkably successful plant breeding programs across the world, poor weather still negatively affects the growth of crops and the production of their desired products, such as seeds, roots or tubers, and fibers, on a regular basis. That poor weather…
This brochure stresses that adapting food systems to climate change is essential for promoting food security and poverty alleviation, as well as for the sustainable management and conservation of natural resources. It also presents how the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) supports countries in addressing climate change, with…
By Diego Arguedas Ortiz
Decision-makers in Central America lack the scientific information they need to incorporate into climate change mitigation programmes, especially those designed to help small farmers.
This is the main finding of an online survey of 105 public officials — from project officers to ministers — conducted by researchers fr…