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Photographic Essay: Sink or Swim - Designing for a Sea of Change
Weather, Climate, Water, Environment, Floods, Oceans, Natural hazards
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
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Publish Date: 4 December 2015
Pabna, Bangladesh, 2010. The nongovernmental organization Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha runs a fleet of more than 50 floating schools and libraries in an effort to provide basic education in a severely...
China's Implementation of Impact and Risk-based Early Warning
Weather, Climate, Disaster risk reduction, Environment, Floods, Forecast, Natural hazards, Agriculture and food security, Drought, Information
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
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Publish Date: 3 December 2015
China is one of the countries most affected by meteorological hazards. From 1984 to 2014, on average per annum meteorological hazards caused 4 066 deaths and 192.2 billion Chinese Yuan...
Towards Substantially Reduced Disaster Risk in 2030
Weather, Climate, Disaster risk reduction, Climate services, Natural hazards, Water, Observations, Data exchange, Forecast, Drought, Floods, Partnership
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework) adopted on 18 March is the first major agreement of the 2015 agenda. Its seven global targets and four priorities for action are highly relevant to WMO. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is one of the seven priority areas of the Organization. Protecting lives, livelihoods and property is at the core of its mission – thus, WMO will support the Sendai Framework through a wide range of scientific and technical activities.
A Pathway to Climate Services for SIDS
Weather, Climate, Water, Natural hazards, Disaster risk reduction, Floods, Forecast, Drought, Climate services, Agriculture and food security
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
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Publish Date: 4 December 2015
Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Ocean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to hydro-meteorological hazards. In the coming years, climate change is likely to increase the frequency and severity...
Meteo Data Use Could Help Raise Level of Preparedness for Postal Services
Climate, Weather, Data exchange, Disaster risk reduction, Natural hazards, Climate services, Floods, Drought
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
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Publish Date: 3 December 2015
By Universal Postal Union and United States Postal Service “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”...