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Meteoworld : September 2016
The WMO Regional Training Centre (CIMH/WMO-RTC) in Barbados organized a group training course on Instrument Maintenance and Calibration at the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) from 15 August...
Meteoworld : September 2016
A new version of the WMO Space-based Observing System Capability Analysis and Review tool (OSCAR/Space v2.0) is now available ( http://oscar.wmo.int/space ). It provides a wider range of information on...
Meteoworld : September 2016
Kees Stigter passed away on 20 May 2016 in Indonesia. He is survived by his wife Jaquie and his four children Joo-Yon, Fardo, Chaim and Tibor. As a husband and...
Meteoworld : September 2016
The energy sector has some of the most advanced users of weather and climate information, given the considerable effects of day-to-day weather and longer-term climate variability on energy supply, demand,...
Meteoworld : September 2016
Climate services are a critical tool for improving food security, particularly in Cameroon, which has been adversely affected by natural and man-made disasters for the past three decades. Training farmers...
Meteoworld : September 2016
The African Drought Conference, “Enhancing resilience to drought events on the African continent” in Windhoek, Namibia, from 15 to 19 August, concluded by adopting the Windhoek Declaration. Building on the...
Meteoworld : September 2016
In 2012, the Israel Meteorological Service (IMS) started providing free access to most of its real-time data and historical observations. This marked a dramatic change in policy for the organization...
Meteoworld : September 2016
WMO and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) have launched the Global Hydrometry Support Facility and Innovation Hub (GHSF). It brings together the World Hydrological Cycle Observing System...
Meteoworld : September 2016
The Republic of Vanuatu has launched a new Framework for Climate Services, making it the first Pacific Island nation to reach this milestone. The successful provision of climate information and...
Publish Date: 29 September 2016
Thirteen game-changing initiatives from around the world were announced today as winners of the UNFCCC's Momentum for Change climate change award. Winning activities include: A Google-led project that could catalyse the rooftop solar market for millions of people across the United States An ingenious net that harvests fog from the air to provide drinking water for people on the edge of Morocco’s Sahara Desert North America’s first revenue-neutral tax that puts a price on carbon pollution A project that has established the first women-specific standard to measure and monetize women’s...
