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GCOS, 119. Report of the Implementation Strategy Meeting for Central America and the Caribbean
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Council for Science (ICSU); et al. - WMO, 2008 (WMO/TD-No. 1424)Ecosystem Management Series, 5. The Ecosystem approach : learning from experience
IUCN, 2008This book follows applications of the Ecosystem Approach over a 5-10 year period in five locations. Key findings include the vital importance of a full stakeholder analysis, of market analysis and of the promotion of institutional evolution.
The SIDS-Caribbean Project: Preparedness to Climate Variability and Global Change in Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean Region
The Finnish Government and the World Meteorological Organization officially launched the SIDSCaribbean Project in November 2000. The Project, initially planned to last three years, was based on the campus of the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology in Barbados and included Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands.
The aim of the project ...Prediction of the diurnal change using a multimodel superensemble, Part I. Precipitation
Modeling the geographical distribution of the phase and amplitude of the diurnal change is a challenging problem. This paper addresses the issues of modeling the diurnal mode of precipitation over the Tropics. Largely an early morning precipitation maximum over the oceans and an afternoon rainfall maximum over land areas describe the first-order diurnal variability. However, large variability in phase and amplitude prevails even within the land and oceanic areas. This paper addresses the importance of a multimodel superensemble for much improved prediction of the diurnal mode as compared to wh ...
WMO and the PROMMA Project in Mexico: a success story
The socio-economic growth of Mexico and the well being of its people have been closely tied to water resources availability and development. Considering the recent rapid growth in population and economic activity, as well as the increasing difficulties in developing new water resources –a large part of the country is either arid or semi-arid– Mexico will continue to be confronted with major critical challenges in the management of its water resources. To address some of these challenges, the Modernization of Water Resources Management Programme (Programa de Modernización del Manejo del Agua – ...Up in smoke? Latin America and the Caribbean the threat from climate change to the environment and human development
New Economics Foundation, 2006This report is an in depth analysis of the impacts of changes wrought by climate change and anthropogenic factors in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and the responses of the communities, organisations and governments to these changes. Data on the economic and social impact of climate associated natural disasters such as hurricanes and droughts is presented for countries affected. Besides the negative impacts however, numerous case studies are shared in which local success stories are demonstrated. The overall theme of the document is one of adaptation with strong emphasis on the need for ...Water en Mexico
CONAGUA, 2006The National Water Program puts forward the present status of Mexico’s water resources, reviewing the historical evolution of aspects such as water quantity, quality, uses, and their effects. It also analyzes possible long-term scenarios, and defines the vision of the water sector we aim to achieve, the objectives and goals to be met during this period, and the strategies and lines of action that will allow us to progress towards concrete and positive results.
AGM, 09. Strengthening Operational Agrometeorological Services at the National Level : proceedings
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Motha Raymond P.; Sivakumar Mannava V.K.; et al. - WMO, 2006 (WMO/TD-No. 1277)
La OMM y el Proyecto PROMMA en México: historia de un éxito
El crecimiento socioeconómico de México y el bienestar de su población han estado estrechamente ligados a la disponibilidad y al desarrollo de sus recursos hídricos. Teniendo en cuenta el reciente y rápido crecimiento de la población y de la actividad económica, así como las crecientes dificultades para el desarrollo de nuevos recursos hídricos –una gran parte del país es árida o semiárida–, México deberá seguir afrontando importantes desafíos críticos en la gestión de tales recursos. Con el propósito de abordar algunos de estos desafíos de México, el Programa de Modernización del Manejo del A ...El agua en México
CONAGUA, 2006El ProgramaNacional Hidráulico plante a la situación actual que guardan los recursos hídricos en México, revisando la evolución histórica que han tenido los aspectos de cantidad, calidad, usos y sus efectos; se analizan posibles escenarios de largo plazo, se define la visión del sector que queremos alcanzar; los objetivos y las metas a lograr en el periodo, así como las estrategias y líneas de acción que permiten avanzar hacia resultados concretosNational Climatic Data Center - 1973-1998 : WMO0018-WMO0043
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA, 2006An introduction to climate change : a Canadian perspective
This report is an introduction to the science of climate change summarizing our understanding of the issue and the Canadian response. The report also examines the many possible impacts that a warmer climate will have on Canada and the World.
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