Weather and Climate Resilience : Effective Preparedness through National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
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 tr...
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agriculture Air Air Quality assessments of climate change assessments of climate change impacts atmosphere CA 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 simulations climate variability climate variations Climate-Related Hazards climate-sensitive diseases Co 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 managers emergency operations emergency preparedness emergency response Emergency responses 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 stations Meteorology National Climate National Meteorological Service National Meteorological Services Natural Catastrophes natural disaster Natural Disasters natural hazards oceanic conditions oceans Predictability 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 Rogers, David P. Tsirkunov, Vladimir V. Weather and Climate Resilience : Effective Preparedness through National Meteorological and Hydrological Services |
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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. |
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okr-10986-159322021-04-23T14:03:27Z Weather and Climate Resilience : Effective Preparedness through National Meteorological and Hydrological Services Rogers, David P. Tsirkunov, Vladimir V. agriculture Air Air Quality assessments of climate change assessments of climate change impacts atmosphere CA 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 simulations climate variability climate variations Climate-Related Hazards climate-sensitive diseases Co 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 managers emergency operations emergency preparedness emergency response Emergency responses 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 stations Meteorology National Climate National Meteorological Service National Meteorological Services Natural Catastrophes natural disaster Natural Disasters natural hazards oceanic conditions oceans Predictability 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 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. 2013-09-30T20:14:06Z 2013-09-30T20:14:06Z 2013-09 978-1-4648-0026-9 10.1596/978-1-4648-0026-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15932 en_US Directions in Development--Environment and Sustainable Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research |