Topics
Sorted by (Issue date descending, Date of update descending, Date of creation descending, Number of collection descending) Add the result to your favourites Refine your search
![]()
Проект нового здания штаб-квартиры Всемирная Метеорологическая Организация, авеню де ля пэ, женева
BMO, 1995
Assessing a precious resource ... water
This brochure, a contribution to World Water Day 1994, focuses attention on the central role of water in any developmental process and emphasizes the need for long-term systematic measurements and appropriate institutional arrangements for water-resources assessment, flood forecasting and the development of policies and plans for sustainable water use.
Observing the world's environment: weather, climate and water
Written for the non-specialist, the booklet documents the importance placed by world leaders at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro) on reliable national and global observational systems for the key components of the environment. It emphasizes the achievements of WMO programmes but also points out some shortcomings, particularly as regards measuring variations and changes in a global climate system under stress. New cooperative initiatives within the United Nations family such as the Global Climate Observing System and the World Hydrological Cycle Observing Sy ...
A decade against natural disasters
Prepared as a contribution to the UN World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction (Yokohama, Japan, May 1994) which marked the mid-point of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, this brochure outlines the different types of natural catastrophes that threaten various regions of the world and describes how WMO and national Meteorological and Hydrological Services are working to minimize the destructive effects of natural phenomena such as floods, tropical cyclones and drought.
Add tag 
