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Ten-year project modernizes Haiti’s meteorological and hydrological service
News
Climate, Forecast, Disaster risk reduction, Hurricanes, Capacity development, Partnership, CREWS
Publish Date: 14 April 2022
A successful ten-year project in Haiti has demonstrated the challenges, opportunities and benefits involved in rebuilding and modernizing a national meteorological and hydrological service in an LDC which is regularly hit by extreme weather and climate change impacts.
Drought tightens grip in Eastern Africa
News
Drought, Agriculture and food security, Africa
Publish Date: 13 April 2022
Eastern Africa is facing the very real prospect that the rains will fail for a fourth consecutive season, placing Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia into a drought of a length not experienced in the last 40 years. Humanitarian agencies have issued urgent appeals for support to prevent widespread famine.
No Member Left Behind - Part 1: A developing country perspective on data exchange in meteorology
Capacity development, Observations, Data exchange
Bulletin nº Vol 70 (2) - 2021
Theme: Observations
8
Publish Date: 8 October 2021
A defining characteristic of meteorology is its fundamentally global nature from both the scientific and operational perspectives.
Forecast of good rains for Greater Horn of Africa coupled with caution
News
Drought, Climate, Forecast, Agriculture and food security, Africa
Publish Date: 17 February 2022
A new seasonal forecast for the drought-stricken Horn of Africa shows higher chances of a strong rainy season in many parts of the region. But this is coupled with caution and warnings that stakeholders should still prepare for “worst case scenarios.”
Leadership and Management Programme for Senior Management
Capacity development, Education and Training
Meteoworld : October 2021
The WMO and the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) have jointly organized a third annual Leadership and Management Programme for senior management...
NiMet goes to the grassroots
News from Members
Agriculture and food security
Publish Date: 7 December 2021
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development – Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises- Niger Delta (IFAD-LIFE ND) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural...
Education and Training in a period of rapid change
News
Education, Education and Training, Capacity development
Publish Date: 26 November 2021
New advances in technology and meteorological, hydrological and climate science, along with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, have accelerated long-term changes in the content and delivery of training services. This demands a concerted and coordinated response.
South-East European Multi-Hazard Early Warning Advisory System
Regional Projects
Disaster risk reduction, Capacity development, Data exchange, Natural hazards, Partnership
The SEE-MHEWS-A project will benefit the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services of WMO Members from the region - that is Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Republic of Türkiye and Ukraine. The Project Steering Committee, composed of the Directors of the NMHSs of the WMO Member States listed above, will manage the advisory system developed under the project.
Afghanistan Early Warning System Project
National Projects
Capacity development, Water, Disaster risk reduction
Years of insecurity have hampered development in Afghanistan, a country that is extremely vulnerable to hydrometeorological hazards. In the period from 1980 to 2015, the country lost nearly 15 000...
Hydromet Investments save lives and make economic sense
Press Release
Observations, Partnership, Meteorology, Capacity development, Climate change
Publish Date: 8 July 2021
An estimated 23,000 lives per year could be saved potential annual benefits of at least US$ 162 billion could be realized by improving weather forecasts, early warning systems, and climate information – known as hydromet, according to a new report.