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Weather and climate resilience

Rogers, David P, Tsirkunov, Vladimir V

2013

Overview

The importance of weather, climate, and water1 information is rising because of the need to serve more elaborate societal needs, minimize growing economic losses, and help countries adapt to climate change. Weather, climate, and water affect societies and economies through extreme events, such as tropical cyclones, floods, high winds, storm surges, and prolonged droughts, and through high-impact weather and climate events that affect demand for electricity and production capacity, planting and harvesting dates, management of construction, transportation networks and inventories, and human health. The key players are the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs), which are the backbone of the global weather and climate enterprise. By international agreement under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), they are the government's authoritative source of weather, climate, and water information, providing timely input to emergency managers, national and local administrations, the public, and critical economic sectors. The report underscores the urgent need to strengthen NMHSs, especially those in developing countries, and provides cost-benefit estimates of the return that countries can hope to achieve. It also offers a recommended approach that has been tested and implemented in Europe, in Central and South Asia, and countries in other regions. The NMHSs make a significant contribution to safety, security, and economic well-being by observing, forecasting, and warning of pending weather, climate, and water threats.

• Publisher: THE WORLD BANK,World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: agriculture / Air / Air Quality / assessments of climate change / assessments of climate change impacts / atmosphere / Centre for Research on the Epidemiology / Climate / climate adaptation / climate change adaptation / climate data / climate disasters / climate events / climate hazards / Climate Information / climate investment / climate practitioners / climate prediction / climate predictions / climate related health problems / Climate Resilience / Climate Resilience- Weather- National Meteorological Services- Natural Hazards- Multi Hazard Early Warning- Operating models for NMHSs- Modernization of NMHSs- Disaster mitigation- National Hydrological Services - Financing NMHSs- Legal and regulatory frameworks for NMHSs- Weather Forecasting- World Meteorological Organization- Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery- Guidelines / climate simulations / climate variability / climate variations / Climate-Related Hazards / climate-sensitive diseases / Climatic changes / colors / Cyclone / Damages / dates / Development Network / Disaster / disaster management / Disaster Reduction / Disaster Risk / Disaster Risks / droughts / dry season / Early Warning / early warnings / earthquake / earthquakes / electricity / Emergency management / Emergency management -- Planning / emergency managers / emergency operations / emergency preparedness / emergency response / Emergency responses / Environment / Environmental Policy / Environmental Sciences / Evacuation / explosion / extreme events / extreme temperatures / extreme weather / extreme weather events / Farmers / flood / flooding / floods / food security / Framework Convention on Climate Change / gauge / geophysical sciences / Global Climate / Global Climate Observing System / Global Environment / Global Environment Facility / global level / Global Network / global population / global scale / hazard / Heavy rain / Hurricane / hurricanes / Hydrological Cycle / hydrological data / hydrological information / Hydrological Services / hydrological system / Hydrology / hydrometeorology / impact events / impact of climate / Information System / information systems / international cooperation / international obligations / International Strategy for Disaster Reduction / lightning / local climate / Meteorological Administration / Meteorological Authority / Meteorological Data / meteorological disasters / Meteorological Organization / Meteorological Satellites / Meteorological services / meteorological stations / Meteorology / National Climate / National Meteorological Service / National Meteorological Services / Natural Catastrophes / natural disaster / Natural Disasters / natural hazards / oceanic conditions / oceans / POL028000 - POLITICAL SCIENCE / POL044000 - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Predictability / Public Policy / Public Sector Development / rain / rainfall / rainy season / Regional Climate / resilience to climate change / risk reduction / Safety / scientific information / scientific study / Severe Weather / storm / storm surges / storms / Surface Water / thunderstorms / tornado / Tropical Cyclone / tropical cyclones / Twinning / Warning System / Warning Systems / water cycle / Water Quality / weather extremes / Weather Forecasting / weather forecasts / weather hazards / Weather Information / weather patterns / weather prediction / Weather Services / weather stations / winds / WMO / World Bank
• ISBN: 9781464800269, 9781464800276, 146480026X, 1464800278