Managing weather and climate risks to agriculture in North America, Central America and the Caribbean: In Weather and Climate Extremes, October 2015

Shannon Harlan D; Motha Raymond P. - Elsevier, 2015

This paper focuses on the weather and climate aspects of risk and uncertainty in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. It provides an overview of the weather and climate risks to agriculture in the region and identifies the extreme episodic events that most often threaten agriculture. Examples of these extreme episodic events are documented, quantifying impacts on local agriculture.

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 Managing weather and climate risks to agriculture in North America, Central America and the Caribbean: In Weather and Climate Extremes, October 2015

  Available online: http://preventionweb.net/go/46543

Harlan D Shannon ; Raymond P. Motha

Published by: Elsevier ; 2015

This paper focuses on the weather and climate aspects of risk and uncertainty in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. It provides an overview of the weather and climate risks to agriculture in the region and identifies the extreme episodic events that most often threaten agriculture. Examples of these extreme episodic events are documented, quantifying impacts on local agriculture.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)

Tags: Agroclimatology ; Region IV - North America, Central America and the Caribbean Add tag

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The Disaster-Knowledge Matrix – Reframing and evaluating the knowledge challenges in disaster risk reduction: In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 13, September 2015

Elsevier, 2015

This study identifies and addresses key challenges concerning monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for climate change adaptation (CCA).

It documents good practices and good practice principles on the development, selection, and use of indicators used in the M&E of adaptation interventions. The study also looks at the steps and contexts M&E personnel should consider when formulating, selecting, adjusting, and/or using indicators. The study also identifies common themes in the literature and gaps in data – including the role of learning in an adaptation M&E system and the identificatio ...

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 The Disaster-Knowledge Matrix – Reframing and evaluating the knowledge challenges in disaster risk reduction: In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 13, September 2015

  Available online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420915300091/pdfft?md5=71d [...]

Published by: Elsevier ; 2015

This study identifies and addresses key challenges concerning monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for climate change adaptation (CCA).

It documents good practices and good practice principles on the development, selection, and use of indicators used in the M&E of adaptation interventions. The study also looks at the steps and contexts M&E personnel should consider when formulating, selecting, adjusting, and/or using indicators. The study also identifies common themes in the literature and gaps in data – including the role of learning in an adaptation M&E system and the identification of linkages (or lack thereof) between indicators and policy formulation and decisions.

It argues that CA M&E has a central role to play in shaping the future of adaptation planning, activities, and policy and that the lessons can help orient the strategic direction of adaptation funding/development assistance, and can be integrated into national action plans and shared directly with beneficiaries.

This report was prepared by Climate-Eval, a community of practice hosted by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Independent Evaluation Office.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)

Tags: Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) ; Adaptation ; Vulnerability Add tag

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Challenging disparities in capacity development for disaster risk reduction: In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 3, March 2013

Elsevier, 2013

This report summarizes lessons learnt from the Y Care International supported Sierra Leone YMCA project to carry out a disaster risk reduction (DRR) pilot project in two urban slum communities of Freetown in 2012. The project is a good example of youth participation in DRR, collaboration with other agencies, and learning through research on youth volunteerism. The aim of this pilot project was to learn the best ways of reducing the risk of disasters such as flooding and cholera in urban slum communities of Freetown through involving young people in preparing for, carrying out activities to red ...

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 Challenging disparities in capacity development for disaster risk reduction: In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 3, March 2013

  Available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2012.11.001

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Published by: Elsevier ; 2013

This report summarizes lessons learnt from the Y Care International supported Sierra Leone YMCA project to carry out a disaster risk reduction (DRR) pilot project in two urban slum communities of Freetown in 2012. The project is a good example of youth participation in DRR, collaboration with other agencies, and learning through research on youth volunteerism. The aim of this pilot project was to learn the best ways of reducing the risk of disasters such as flooding and cholera in urban slum communities of Freetown through involving young people in preparing for, carrying out activities to reduce the risk of, and responding to, such disasters.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)

Tags: Natural hazards ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Add tag

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Climate science and services - Providing climate information for adaptation, sustainable development and risk management: In Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 4, Issue 1

Asrar Ghassem R.; Ryabinin V.E.; Detemmerman Valery; et al. - Elsevier, 2012

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), sponsored by WMO, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and the International Council for Science (ICSU), is focussing its efforts on providing science support to the design and implementation of the Global Framework for Climate Services and addressing the ICSU Grand Challenges for Future Earth initiative. The multitude of international field experiments, analysis and re-analysis of observations, Earth system models, climate prediction and projection projects, and scientific synthesis and assessments need to be coordinated and i ...

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 Climate science and services - Providing climate information for adaptation, sustainable development and risk management: In Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 4, Issue 1

  Available online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2012.01.003

Ghassem R. Asrar ; V.E. Ryabinin ; Valery Detemmerman ; World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)

Published by: Elsevier ; 2012

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), sponsored by WMO, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and the International Council for Science (ICSU), is focussing its efforts on providing science support to the design and implementation of the Global Framework for Climate Services and addressing the ICSU Grand Challenges for Future Earth initiative. The multitude of international field experiments, analysis and re-analysis of observations, Earth system models, climate prediction and projection projects, and scientific synthesis and assessments need to be coordinated and integrated with other relevant information to enable practical application of fundamental climate science of direct relevance, benefit and value to society. User feedback is essential in driving the climate research towards addressing climate services requirements for adaptation planning, risk management and sustainable development. Providing tailored climate information in a timely and effective manner on global, regional, and national levels, and in response to the needs of different economic sectors such as agriculture and food production, water resources management, disaster risk management, and human health, energy and transport, among others, is key to the success of the Future Earth and GFCS initiatives. We describe in this paper the WCRP strategy and approach for addressing these challenges and opportunities.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free) (ill., charts, maps)

Tags: Climate ; Climate services ; Capacity development ; Sustainable development ; Adaptation ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) ; World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Add tag

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Weather and Climate Extremes

Sivakumar Mannava V.K. - Elsevier

Weather and Climate Extremes provides academics, decision makers, international development agencies, nongovernmental organizations and civil society with publications on different aspects of research in weather and climate extremes, monitoring and early warning systems, assessment of vulnerability and impacts, developing and implementing intervention policies, effective risk management and adaptation practices to address local and regional needs and circumstances, engagement of local communities in the adoption of these practices to cope with extremes, and information and communication strate ...

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 Weather and Climate Extremes

  Available online: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/weather-and-climate-extremes

Mannava V.K. Sivakumar

Published by: Elsevier

Weather and Climate Extremes provides academics, decision makers, international development agencies, nongovernmental organizations and civil society with publications on different aspects of research in weather and climate extremes, monitoring and early warning systems, assessment of vulnerability and impacts, developing and implementing intervention policies, effective risk management and adaptation practices to address local and regional needs and circumstances, engagement of local communities in the adoption of these practices to cope with extremes, and information and communication strategies.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)

ISBN (or other code): Weather and Climate Extremes

Tags: Extreme weather event ; Early warning systems ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Add tag

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