Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS"
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Africa Regional Workshop on Environmental Disasters: Workshop Report
(2003)The Africa Regional Workshop On Environmental Disasters, held from 28 to 30 July 2003 at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters in Nairobi, provided a forum for interactive dialogue between experts on the ... -
Angola: Ecosystem-based Adaptation 2016-2020
(2020)This UNEP project is seeking to help climate-vulnerable coastal communities by using ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) – a type of ‘nature-based solution’ that uses ecosystem services to reduce the negative impacts of climate ... -
Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape: Current Progress on Three Key Capacities for Climate Resilience
(2017-05)The briefing paper then discusses the challenges – both conceptual and data-related – that this type of assessment faces and suggests ways of overcoming them. While gaining a better understanding of progress under the ... -
Bamyan: Building community based resilience to climate change and natural disasters
(2015-06)This Fact Sheet summarizes the pilot field demonstrations Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEP) and UNEP are conducting in Bamyan province. The work aims to build community-based resilience and ... -
Daikundi: Building adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change
(2015-06)This Fact Sheet summarizes the pilot field demonstrations Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEP) and UNEP are conducting in Daikundi. The work aims to build environmental adaptation and resilience of ... -
Early Warning Systems: A State of the Art Analysis and Future Directions
(2012)At a time of global changes, the world is striving to face and adapt to inevitable, possibly profound, alteration. Widening of droughts in southern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, an increasing number of disasters, severe ... -
Gambia: Early Warning Climate Forecasting
(2019)UN Environment is helping the government of Gambia to build adaptation through the project "Strengthening of the Gambia's Climate Change Early Warning System: Phase I & Phase II". The project's 1st phase built climate ... -
Lightning for Climate : A Study by the Task Team on Lightning Observation For Climate Applications (TT-LOCA) Of the Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC) - GCOS-227
(2019)This study summarizes the work done by TTLOCA and covers key aspects of lightning observations for climate applications. It explains the relevance of lightning observations for climate, describes the current status of ... -
Port Early Warning and Alert Systems: Desk Study
(2010)The objective of this desk study is to analyse existing early warning / alert systems and practices for shipments suspected of containing hazardous wastes/substances in ports. -
Proceedings of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum at its Ninth Special Session
(16/03/2006)The ninth special session of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum was held at the Dubai International Convention Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from ... -
Rwanda: Early Warning Climate Forecasting 2010-2015
(2019)UN Environment is helping the government of Rwanda to build the climate resilience of people living near the Gishwati area through the project "Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and ...