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  • Type of Research or Publication: Report
Author(s):
World Meteorological Organization
Year:
2007
City:
Geneva
Pages:
44
Summary:

WMO strategies are designed to respond to a number of challenges related to weather, climate and water issues. Climate change and its impacts, one of the most serious problems facing sustainable development globally, is of great concern to humanity and is being addressed by several global, regional and national organizations and institutions. Even if mitigation actions such as greenhouse gas emission reductions can help to slow the rate and the magnitude of climate change, it is widely acknowledged that climate change is now inevitable, and adaptation, through a range of technical, regulatory and behavioural changes, is one of the key methods available to the society for dealing with climate change. WMO, in collaboration with its Members comprising a global network of NMHSs, plays an infrastructural role in weather and climate observation, monitoring, scientific understanding of climate processes, the development of clear, precise and user-targeted information and climate predictions, and in providing sector-specific climate services, including advice, tools and expertise to meet the needs and requirements of adaptational strategies as well as decision-making.

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WMO Climate information for adaptation and development needs - 2007
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