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Alliance for Hydromet Development launched to unite efforts to close the capacity gap on early warnings and climate information by 2030
... assistance to developing countries came together at the UN Climate Change Conference today to launch the Alliance for ... forecasts, early warning systems, hydrological and climate services. Known for short as “hydromet” services, ... with the most reliable warnings and best available climate information services. Many developing countries are facing ...
Date: 12/10/2019
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Power to the farmers: Climate information and early warnings to save lives and build resilience in Uganda
... an ambitious mission to modernise its weather, water, and climate monitoring systems, in an attempt to forestall future ... the Ministry of Water and Environment, the Strengthening Climate Information and Early Warning Systems ( SCIEWS ) project in ...
Date: 06/19/2018
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Take care: unclear conditions ahead - New automatic weather stations advance climate information and early warning in Cambodia
... capacity to model and prepare for the impacts of climate change. Communities, however, have also benefited ... the upgrade, people are now able to access real-time information and seven-day forecasts at the Department ... importance of preparedness is increasing with the onset of climate change: Cambodian villagers report not just that ...
Date: 09/07/2018
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Weather ready, climate smart: Leveraging next-generation technologies, the Government of Liberia taps the private sector to build effective climate information and early warning systems
... communities face ever-increasing risks from climate change. For centuries, Liberians have relied on ... last half of the year, dry in the first. But a changing climate means extreme weather is making it harder to guess ... weather forecasts, early warnings and consistent climate information can mean the difference between life and death, ...
Date: 03/29/2018
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Informing action: Pacific nations unite on the environment
... Pacific islands may be among the smallest contributors to climate change, but they are on the frontline of its impacts. ... daily reality in the Pacific leaves little room for climate scepticism. Already, environmental impacts are ... planning and decision-making on credible environmental information,” Chief Scientist and Acting Director of UN ...
Date: 12/20/2017
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Information is power: Climate services reach over 9 million people
UNDP-supported climate information and early warning systems projects have reached ... most important tool in our global efforts to address the climate crisis. Across the globe, the United Nations ...
Date: 03/23/2020
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Climate change fuels fires: Protecting property, lives and the environment by promoting resilience to wildfires in South Africa
Climate change portends bigger wildfires that are more ... and intensity of uncontrolled wildfires – exacerbated by climate change - risk exceeding the biome’s recovery ... beautiful, important species for the planet. For more information on the project, please find the project ...
Date: 05/05/2017
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Weathering the uncertainties of climate change in The Gambia
... Jallow, a meteorologist and one of The Gambia’s leading climate change negotiators, says that climate change adaptation projects are vital in a country ... understand the changing climate, and arming them with information on how to adapt to it. With the support of the ...
Date: 03/12/2018
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When the rain comes: fighting climate change with forecasting in the Comoros
... and observation is helping the Comoros face a changing climate. The children playing in the school grounds in ... forecasts to help the country now, and gathering crucial information to predict its future. “We need data for more ... than 30 years to try and make reliable forecasts about climate change,” says Mohamed Hamid, the head technician at ...
Date: 10/24/2018
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Climate action needs green, not just red lights
... other big issues endangering the global commons, including climate change. Despite more than two decades of the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change , emissions have continued to rise – ... placed last year. Finally, opportunities abound to use information technologies to sharpen incentives for solving ...
Date: 04/28/2017
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GEF will provide US$3 billion for climate change financing
... drivers of environmental degradation; GEF will c atalyze climate finance to protect global commons and increase ... billion for financing actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change over the next four years. The newly completed ... to strengthen the hydro-meteorological and climate information services, allowing governments, private ...
Date: 09/23/2014
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Close to $1 billion approved for environment and climate action at GEF meetings
... help some of the Earth's most vulnerable people adapt to climate change - at two consecutive Global Environment ... the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) - which approved work programs ... their sustainable management on a global scale. For more information, see the 56th GEF Council event page Close to $1 ...
Date: 06/14/2019
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Virtual Leaders’ Climate Summit announced at GEF Assembly
... virtual summit to renew political momentum in tackling climate change, Hilda Heine, the President of the Marshall ... 22 nd , will bring together leaders of the 48-nation Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), which represents many of the ... from the GEF Live digital media studio. For more information and updates, visit the 6th GEF Assembly website . ...
Date: 06/27/2018
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Independent recovery efforts blossom into resilient climate action in Mexico
... practices and tree planting also helps to mitigate climate change by increasing carbon sequestration, improving ... – best adapted to local soils - as a way to adapt to climate change and defend their territories. This innovative, ... action and SDG 15 on life on land among others. For more information on the work of UNDP Mexico, please visit here . ...
Date: 02/01/2019
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Forests of Brazil: Strengthening public policies by using accurate and updated information on forest resources
... conservation. Building policies on the basis of reliable information is key in promoting the sustainable management of ... project, launched in 2011, aims to provide good quality information and analysis on forest resources and land use to ... forest management, and having positive impacts on forests, climate, biodiversity and local livelihoods. Forests of ...
Date: 07/19/2011
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New partnership on drought mitigation supports Cambodia's climate change preparedness efforts
... joined together to establish two new provincial drought information hubs and to train farmers and local communities in climate-resilient agriculture. The initiative marks another ... forged by UNDP under a project strengthening climate information and early warning systems in Cambodia . ...
Date: 02/04/2019
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Countries meet to discuss efforts to increase transparency around climate change commitments
... from donor and recipient countries met last week to share information about progress in meeting their Paris Climate Agreement commitments. The third annual Global ... CBIT community. Article 13 of the Paris Agreement on climate change mandates the reporting of greenhouse gas ...
Date: 05/30/2019
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Flood, drought and satellites: online tools boost climate cooperation
... collaborate across borders to fight the impacts of climate change It’s a cycle that is becoming all too common ... common, but more intense and less predictable. Climate change may be the major driver, but the impacts are ... two or more countries. With access to the right data and information, governments and water authorities can plan ...
Date: 09/07/2018
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Weathering the storm: Weather and climate updates cushion Zambian small-scale farmers from a dry spell
... know-how has become increasingly unreliable in the face of climate change, which has disrupted the seasons and led to ... ways of predicting the weather just don’t work. With climate updates, I now know that if it rains tomorrow I can ... and district agriculture officers through the Climate Information and Early Warning Systems Project to notify ...
Date: 07/13/2018
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IPCC Special Report reflects urgency of better land management to combat climate change
... report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that better land management is necessary to tackle climate change, raising urgency about the need for more ... the Congo basin, and dryland landscapes. For more information, see the 56th GEF Council event page . About ...
Date: 08/08/2019
Type: News