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WMO fellowships supported by the UK Voluntary Co-operation Programme - Case study : Capacity development through education and training
Weku Shilenje Zablon - The Met.Office, 2013
WMO fellowships supported by the UK Voluntary Co-operation Programme - Case study: Capacity development through education and training
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Published by: The Met.Office ; 2013
Notes: A dissertation submited in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of MSc in Weather, Climate and Modelling.
Supervisor: Alan O’NeillLanguage(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copyTags: Voluntary Cooperation Programme (VCP(ES)) ; Capacity development
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The geography of poverty, disasters and climate extremes in 2030
The Met.Office, 2013This report examines the relationship between disasters and poverty. It concludes that, without concerted action, there could be up to 325 million extremely poor people living in the 49 countries most exposed to the full range of natural hazards and climate extremes in 2030. It maps out where the poorest people are likely to live and develops a range of scenarios to identify potential patterns of vulnerability to extreme weather and earthquakes – who is going to be vulnerable and why. These scenarios are dynamic: they consider how the threats may change, which countries face the greatest risk ...
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Available online: http://preventionweb.net/go/35147
The Met.Office (United Kingdom) ; Overseas Development Institute (United Kingdom) ; Risk Management Solutions (RMS)
Published by: The Met.Office ; 2013This report examines the relationship between disasters and poverty. It concludes that, without concerted action, there could be up to 325 million extremely poor people living in the 49 countries most exposed to the full range of natural hazards and climate extremes in 2030. It maps out where the poorest people are likely to live and develops a range of scenarios to identify potential patterns of vulnerability to extreme weather and earthquakes – who is going to be vulnerable and why. These scenarios are dynamic: they consider how the threats may change, which countries face the greatest risk and what role can be played by disaster risk management (DRM).
The report argues that if the international community is serious about eradicating poverty by 2030, it must address the issues covered in this report and put DRM at the heart of poverty eradication efforts. Without this, the target of ending poverty may not be within reach. Key messages include: (i) extreme weather linked to climate change is increasing and will likely cause more disasters, especially drought, which can be the most important cause of impoverishment, cancelling progress on poverty reduction; (ii) up to 325 million extremely poor people will be living in the 49 most hazard-prone countries in 2030, the majority in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa; (iii) the 11 countries most at risk of disaster induced poverty are Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda; (iv) disaster risk management should be a key component of poverty reduction efforts, focusing on protecting livelihoods as well as saving lives; and (v) the post-2015 development goals must include targets on disasters and climate change, recognising the threat they pose to the headline goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030.Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Capacity development ; Climate change ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) ; Cyclone
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Climate: observations, projections and impacts
The Met.Office, 2011Understanding the potential impacts of climate change is essential for informing both adaptation strategies and actions to avoid dangerous levels of climate change.
But assessing the impacts is scientifically challenging and has, until now, been fragmented. To date, only a limited amount of information about past climate change and its future impacts has been available at national level, while approaches to the science itself have varied between countries.
In April 2011, we were asked by the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to begi ...
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Available online: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/research [...]
Published by: The Met.Office ; 2011
Understanding the potential impacts of climate change is essential for informing both adaptation strategies and actions to avoid dangerous levels of climate change.
But assessing the impacts is scientifically challenging and has, until now, been fragmented. To date, only a limited amount of information about past climate change and its future impacts has been available at national level, while approaches to the science itself have varied between countries.
In April 2011, we were asked by the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to begin a project to compile scientifically robust and impartial information on the physical impacts of climate change for more than 20 countries.
A report on the observations, projections and impacts of climate change has been prepared for each of those countries.Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Observations ; Climate projection ; Impact studies ; Argentina ; Australia ; Bangladesh ; Brazil ; China ; Egypt ; France ; Germany ; India ; Indonesia ; Italy ; Japan ; Kenya ; Mexico ; Peru ; Republic of Korea ; Russian Federation ; Saudi Arabia ; South Africa ; Spain ; Türkiye ; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ; United States of America
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Effects of climate change in developing countries : latest science from the Hadley Centre
Future climate change will affect water supplies and food production. There will also be a wide range of other impacts, such as coastal flooding, increased heat related mortality, and loss of important ecosystems. In this report we present several new results.
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Available online: http://cedadocs.badc.rl.ac.uk/249/1/COP12.pdf
Published by: The Met.Office ; 2006
Future climate change will affect water supplies and food production. There will also be a wide range of other impacts, such as coastal flooding, increased heat related mortality, and loss of important ecosystems. In this report we present several new results.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Scenario ; Developing countries
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Climate change, rivers and rainfall : recent research on climate change science from the Hadley Centre
The Met.Office, 2005The global average temperature for 2004 was around 0.75 °C above that at the end of the 19th century, making it the fourth warmest year on record. There is now strong evidence that extremes of rainfall over land have changed during recent decades. However, some areas do experience changes opposite to the global average trends. There is evidence that human Activity is changing river flows, both directly through global warming and through the effect of increasing carbon dioxide on plant behaviour.
Predictions from Hadley Centre climate models show that further increases in temperature an ...
Climate change, rivers and rainfall: recent research on climate change science from the Hadley Centre
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Available online: http://cedadocs.badc.rl.ac.uk/248/1/COP11.pdf
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (United Kingdom)
Published by: The Met.Office ; 2005The global average temperature for 2004 was around 0.75 °C above that at the end of the 19th century, making it the fourth warmest year on record. There is now strong evidence that extremes of rainfall over land have changed during recent decades. However, some areas do experience changes opposite to the global average trends. There is evidence that human Activity is changing river flows, both directly through global warming and through the effect of increasing carbon dioxide on plant behaviour.
Predictions from Hadley Centre climate models show that further increases in temperature and rainfall are expected during the 21st century. Temperature is expected to increase almost
everywhere but with rainfall the pattern of change is more variable — it will increase in some areas but decrease in others.Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free) (ill., charts, maps)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Global warming ; Region I - Africa
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Met Office - Annual Report
The Met.Office, 2009-[...]The Annual Report and Accounts provides a review of our main activities and performance against key measures, information on our plans for the future and our accounts for the relevant financial year.
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Met Office: weather and climate
"The Met Office is the UK's National Weather Service.
We have a long history of weather forecasting and have been working in the area of climate change for more than two decades."
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