Int'l climate services talks start today
THE third International Conference on Climate Services (ICCS) opens today, Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the Montego Bay Conference Centre in the second city. The event, which lasts until Friday...
View ArticleMoBay hosts International Conference on Climate Services
THE third International Conference on Climate Services (ICCS3) now underway in Montego Bay, is seeking to address current progress, challenges and opportunities in the implementation of climate...
View ArticleSix countries to form alliance on climate change
KARACHI, Dec 12: Experts representing six regional countries agreed to forge an alliance on climate change issues at a three-day conference, which concluded in a hotel here on Thursday. The conference...
View ArticleNorway contributes US$ 10 million to support climate services for adaptation...
(Source: WMO - World Meteorological Organization) Media centre Media centre > Press Release Press Release No. 982 For use of the information media Not an official record Norway contributes US$ 10...
View ArticleJamaica has made significant strides in disaster management — Arscott
MINISTER of Local Government and Community Development Noel Arscott says Jamaica has made significant strides in disaster management and continues to work assiduously to build disaster-resilient...
View ArticleImproved Weather and Climate Forecasting Saves Lives, Builds Climate...
(Source: World Bank Group) GENEVA, Switzerland, November 27, 2013 - Countries need to invest in well-equipped and fully staffed meteorological and hydrological agencies in order to better prepare for...
View ArticleCDEMA assisting in building resilient communities in the region (Government...
(Source: Government of the Bahamas) Lyndon Robertson, project coordinator, addressing the Climate Smarting Comprehensive Disaster Management Country Workshop, at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and...
View ArticleWorld Bank Grant Supports Improved Weather and Climate Services in Yemen...
(Source: World Bank Group) WASHINGTON, September 5, 2013 -A new World Bank project will support the delivery of reliable weather and water information to people throughout Yemen, especially the poor...
View ArticleJoint Press release WB-WMO-GFDRR - Improved Weather and Climate Forecasting...
(Source: WMO - World Meteorological Organization) Improved Weather and Climate Forecasting Saves Lives, Builds Climate Resilience GENEVA, Switzerland, November 27, 2013 - Countries need to invest in...
View ArticleThird International Conference on Climate Services (IRI - International...
(Source: IRI - International Research Institute for Climate and Society) Posted by Cathy Vaughan on November 20, 2013 The Climate Services Partnership is pleased to announce the third International...
View ArticleClimate change training forum tomorrow
Christopher Serju, Gleaner Writer JAMAICA IS hosting a climate change media training forum for journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean starting tomorrow and running until Tuesday, with...
View ArticleClimate Change and Population conference on Africa opens
The Regional Institute for Population Studies is holding a climate change and population conference, aimed at bringing the eminent security threats of global warming to the doorsteps of stakeholders....
View ArticleExecutive Council Discusses Climate Services, Extreme Weather (WMO - World...
(Source: WMO - World Meteorological Organization) Executive Council Discusses Climate Services, Extreme Weather The World Meteorological Organization's annual Executive Council meeting opened 18 June...
View ArticleFACT SHEET: Taking Action to Support State, Local, and Tribal Leaders as They...
(Source: President of the United States) The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 16, 2014 President Obama is focused every day on building on the progress America's...
View ArticleQ&A – Why care about CariCOF? (IRI - International Research Institute for...
(Source: IRI - International Research Institute for Climate and Society) Posted by Elisabeth Gawthrop on May 23, 2014 Next week, the Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (known as CariCOF) will kick off in...
View ArticleClimate Centre Being Demonstrated In Barbados (Government of Barbados -...
(Source: Government of Barbados - Office of the Prime Minister) Barbados is now one step closer to fully establishing a Regional Climate Centre (RCC). This will come about because the RCC is now in...
View ArticleLive from Kingston: It’s CariCOF (IRI - International Research Institute for...
(Source: IRI - International Research Institute for Climate and Society) Posted by Elisabeth Gawthrop on May 29, 2014 By Elisabeth Gawthrop, Mea Halperin, and Francesco Fiondella The Caribbean Climate...
View ArticleWork on adaptation, mitigation strategy could begin by year end
JAMAICA COULD by year end begin work on adaptation and mitigation strategy and action plans for the waste management, finance and transportation sectors in its ongoing efforts to bolster readiness for...
View ArticleWMO South America Regional Association: Focus on Improved Weather and Climate...
(Source: WMO - World Meteorological Organization) WMO South America Regional Association: Focus on Improved Weather and Climate Services WMO's Regional Association for South America has agreed on key...
View ArticleWMO calls for greater investments in weather and climate services in Small...
(Source: WMO - World Meteorological Organization) Press Release No. 1001 Apia, Samoa, 25 August 2014 - Recognizing that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are particularly vulnerable to climate...
View ArticleWMO/Oman International Workshop on Tropical Cyclone Forecasting (WMO - World...
(Source: WMO - World Meteorological Organization) WMO boosts collaboration with International Centre for Theoretical Physics Posted 8 October 2014 WMO and the Abdus Salam International Centre for...
View ArticleSouth East Europe Builds Resilience to Natural Hazards (WMO - World...
(Source: WMO - World Meteorological Organization) South East Europe Builds Resilience to Natural Hazards A new cross-border multi-hazard early warning system will be developed in the Western Balkans...
View ArticleUN conference aims to ‘bring women’s voices to the fore’ of climate change...
Print 5 November 2014 Aiming to develop more gender-sensitive services, a United Nations-led conference kicking off in Geneva today is spearheading a drive to ensure that weather and climate services...
View ArticleUN conference aims to ‘bring women’s voices to the fore’ of climate change...
(Source: UN - United Nations) UN conference aims to 'bring women's voices to the fore' of climate change solutions The impact of disasters is different for women and men due to social constructs....
View ArticleGender conference empowers women in provision and use of weather and climate...
(Source: WMO - World Meteorological Organization) Press Release No. 1006 Geneva 4 November, 2014 (WMO) - The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is spearheading a drive to ensure that weather and...
View ArticleGov't reports rebound in agriculture
PRODUCTION of domestic food crops in the first three months of the year have bounced back from major declines in 2014, giving government signs of hope for the agricultutre sector in spite of the...
View ArticleTOR for Legal and Regulatory Framework (DHM - Department of Hydrology and...
(Source: DHM - Department of Hydrology and Meteorology of Nepal) Terms of Reference for PROVIDING CONSULTING SERVICES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR DHM OPERATIONS (Contract...
View ArticleOne Size Fits None: Drought forecasting in the Caribbean (IRI - International...
(Source: IRI - International Research Institute for Climate and Society) Posted by Elisabeth Gawthrop on April 1, 2015 This post contains excerpts from the full version on our Medium account. Most...
View ArticleTOR to Provide Consulting Services for Development of Legal and Regulatory...
(Source: DHM - Department of Hydrology and Meteorology of Nepal) Terms of Reference Providing Consulting Services for Development of Legal and Regulatory Framework for DHM Operations Department of...
View ArticleCaribbean to increase resilience to climate change through US$10-m grant
WASHINGTON, DC, USA (CMC) - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says Caribbean countries will increase their resilience to climate change by enhancing the adaptive capacity across the region...
View ArticleDrought Monitoring And Planning Workshop (Government of Barbados - Office of...
(Source: Government of Barbados - Office of the Prime Minister) Managing water issues across the region will be the topic of discussion at a workshop being hosted by the Caribbean Institute for...
View ArticleMitigating the risk of drought in Central and Eastern Europe (WMO - World...
(Source: WMO - World Meteorological Organization) South East Europe meeting on climate services Posted 24 November 2014 A regional consultation in South East Europe has discussed how to pool knowledge...
View ArticleWorry over prediction of a drier 2015 for Caribbean
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — Stakeholders from across the Caribbean have described as "frightening" and "serious" the announcement on Monday that drier than normal conditions are expected across the...
View ArticleLooking back: A year of forecasts, partnerships and climate information (IRI...
(Source: IRI - International Research Institute for Climate and Society) Posted by IRI on March 5, 2015 by Manon Verchot In 2013, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society teamed up...
View ArticleRegional Climate Services Take A Step Forward (Government of Barbados -...
(Source: Government of Barbados - Office of the Prime Minister) Information on climate, including climate change, came in for discussion recently, when representatives from six regional climate...
View ArticleUnified Caribbean Voice and Approach Needed in Building Resilient Societies...
(Source: Government of the Bahamas) NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Regional concerns about a sustainable approach to the resilience of climate change was the topic of discussion on November 30th at the Opening...
View ArticleClimate Change Degrading Land, Eroding Development Gains, Speakers Say, as...
(Source: United Nations General Assembly) Terrorism and climate change go hand in hand in delaying, and in some cases destroying, development gains, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) heard...
View ArticleFederal Agencies, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Governments Host Major...
(Source: EPA Region 2) Release Date: 11/17/2015 Contact Information: Puerto Rico: Ileana Baez Bravo - (787) 354 - 8811 ibaez@fortaleza.pr.gov U.S. Virgin Islands: Kimberly Jones, (340) 693-4361...
View ArticleTOR for DHM Institutional Framework Development (DHM - Department of...
(Source: DHM - Department of Hydrology and Meteorology of Nepal) d640ff9d57bbe06f958fac.pdf Terms of Reference DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF DHM (Contract ID...
View Article24th General Assembly of Ministers and High Level Authorities on Housing and...
(Source: Office of the Prime Minister of Jamaica) Statement by the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, ON, MP, Prime Minister of Jamaica, to the Security Council Debate on the Peace and Security...
View ArticleTOR for NFCS (DHM - Department of Hydrology and Meteorology of Nepal)
(Source: DHM - Department of Hydrology and Meteorology of Nepal) 922aa529-b427-4906-ae97-7cccc5a0dc3d.pdf Terms of Reference CONSULTANCY SERVICE SUPPORT TO DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR CLIMATE...
View Article$128-b climate change bill
EXTREME weather events associated with climate change have cost the country in excess of $128 billion in damage over the decade between 2002 and 2012. Minister of Land, Water, Environment and Climate...
View ArticleSymposium On Sahara Dust Research (Government of Barbados - Office of the...
(Source: Government of Barbados - Office of the Prime Minister) Published on October 15, 2015 by Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (NASA) This year marks the 50th anniversary of the...
View ArticleBarbados Launching First Climate Partnership (Government of Barbados - Office...
(Source: Government of Barbados - Office of the Prime Minister) Published on November 25, 2015 by Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology Participants attending the national workshop on...
View ArticleTOR for DHM Institutional framework (DHM - Department of Hydrology and...
(Source: DHM - Department of Hydrology and Meteorology of Nepal) 872bfb61-f1b4-477f-9128-655835252c52.pdf Terms of Reference DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF DHM...
View ArticleDrought Relief At Start Of Hurricane Season (Government of Barbados - Office...
(Source: Government of Barbados - Office of the Prime Minister) (Stock Photo) The drought conditions which have affected the region since late 2014 are expected to subside by the start of the 2016...
View Article
