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The Impact of Climate Change: Migration and Cities in South America
Weather, Climate, Environment, Floods, Drought, Public health, Natural hazards, Water, Research
Bulletin nº Vol 63 (2) - 2014
Theme: Climate
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Publish Date: 3 November 2014
Cities – particularly megacities – are becoming focal points for climate change impacts. Rapid urbanization, accelerating demand for housing, resource supplies and social and health services, place pressure on already stretched physical, social and regulatory infrastructure, heightening risks and vulnerability. In South America, internal migration flows – as well as immigration – are mostly to cities.
Early Warnings of Coastal Inundation
Floods, Forecast
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
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Publish Date: 27 November 2019
Coastal inundation occurs along vulnerable coastlines. The combination of storm surges – typically from tropical cyclones or extratropical storms – and waves, with riverine flooding at various tidal states regularly leads to major loss of life. At least 2.6 million people are estimated to have drowned due to coastal inundation caused by storm surges over the last 200 years (Dilley et al., 2005).
Weather and Climate Services: An Increasing Range of Choice for the Public and Private Sectors
Weather, Climate services, Partnership
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
Theme: Weather
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Publish Date: 27 November 2019
Over the past decades, meteorological and hydrological services have seen a growing participation of the private sector in weather and climate services (WCS) 1 as a result of many interacting factors. Technical developments in observation technology, such as remote-sensing, and reductions in the unit cost of information and measurement equipment, have made observation capacity more affordable and accurate.
Integrated approach to Flood and Drought Management in the Volta Basin
Floods, Drought, Climate change
Bulletin nº Vol 69 (1) - 2020
Theme: Climate, Disaster risk reduction, Water, Weather
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Publish Date: 23 March 2020
The Volta River Basin covers a region of about 400 000 km2 with a population of approximately 29 million. The Volta Basin runs through the semi-arid to sub-humid areas of six countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo. The Basin is highly vulnerable to meteorological and hydrological events. Baseline socio-economic issues in the region are today exacerbated by considerable changes in the climate over recent decades – a reduction in precipitation and temperature increase.
Flash Flood Guidance System: Response to one of the deadliest hazards
Floods
Bulletin nº Vol 69 (1) - 2020
Theme: Environmental challenges
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Publish Date: 23 March 2020
Flash floods are among the world’s deadliest natural hazards. They cause more than 5 000 deaths annually and have severe social, economic and environmental impacts. Flash floods account for approximately 85% of all floods and have the highest mortality rate among all categories of flooding.
Climate risk early warning systems in Europe
Weather, Climate, Disaster risk reduction, Emergency, Forecast, Drought, Floods, Climate services
Bulletin nº Vol 65 (1) - 2016
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Publish Date: 21 March 2016
The setting up of Regional Climate Centres networks for early warning systems to anticipate climate anomalies and associated extremes is a priority for WMO.
The Future of the Weather Enterprise
Weather, Climate, Environment, Partnership, Forecast, Observations, Data exchange
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (1) - 2015
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Publish Date: 9 December 2015
By Jack Hayes 1 , Harinder Ahluwalia 2 and Jim Abraham 3 At a time when the impacts of weather and climate are still growing dramatically, it is important to...
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...
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...
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.”...