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Harnessing Earth System Science, Technology and Services to reduce Disaster Risk – WMO contributions
Bulletin nº Vol 71 (1) - 2022
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
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Publish Date: 21 March 2022
Over the past 50 years, (1970-2019), a weather, climate or water-related disaster has occurred on average every day – taking the lives of 115 people and causing US$ 202 million in losses daily.
The Global Multi-Hazard Alert System Framework – Supporting alerting capacities of Members in the climate crisis
Bulletin nº Vol 71 (1) - 2022
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
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Publish Date: 21 March 2022
The number of weather, climate and water related disasters increased five-fold between 1970 and 2019 . During this 50-year period, 11 000 disasters were reported as resulting from hydrometeorological events...
Risk to Resilience: Climate change, disasters and the WMO-UNDRR Centre of Excellence
Bulletin nº Vol 71 (1) - 2022
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
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Publish Date: 21 March 2022
Climate change is increasing the frequency, intensity, spatial extent, duration and timing of adverse weather and climate events in all areas of the world. Interconnected and globally-networked energy, water, health,...
Gender equality in the context of multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk reduction
Bulletin nº Vol 71 (1) - 2022
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
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Publish Date: 21 March 2022
The impacts of severe hydrometeorological events are not gender neutral. Gender, along with class, race, age and other intersecting social identities, contributes to shaping the roles, power and resources available...
Stepping Up Support to the UN and Humanitarian Partners for Anticipatory Action
Bulletin nº Vol 71 (1) - 2022
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
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Publish Date: 21 March 2022
The High-Level Humanitarian Event on Anticipatory Action: A Commitment to Act Ahead of Crisis in New York in September 2021 gathered senior officials from the United Nations, humanitarian and donors...
Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Risk Reduction: Opportunities, challenges, and prospects
Bulletin nº Vol 71 (1) - 2022
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
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Publish Date: 21 March 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI), in particular machine learning (ML), is playing an increasingly important role in disaster risk reduction (DRR) – from the forecasting of extreme events and the development of...
Foreword
Bulletin nº Vol 71 (1) - 2022
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
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Publish Date: 23 March 2022
Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to present this issue of the WMO Bulletin as a complement to the theme of World Meteorological Day “Early Warning and Early Action Hydrometeorological...
Communicating for Life-saving Action: Enhancing messaging in Early Warnings Systems
Bulletin nº Vol 71 (1) - 2022
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
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Publish Date: 21 March 2022
Hazards can be natural or technological (or man-made), and multi-hazard conditions are common. When hazards cascade, they can lead to a large-scale disaster. For example, a severe rainstorm can cause...
Regional trends in extreme events in the IPCC 2021 report
Bulletin nº Vol 71 (1) - 2022
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
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Publish Date: 21 March 2022
This summary is based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 contribution to the 6th Assessment Report (AR6): “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis.” Around...
After Action Reviews – learning from experience to improve systems and partnerships and to connect with finance
Bulletin nº Vol 71 (1) - 2022
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
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Publish Date: 21 March 2022
Figure 1. Track and intensity of Tropical Cyclone Idai, 4–16 March 2019: Idai tracked back and forth from Mozambique to Malawi to Mozambique then out to sea then back to...