Browsing Publications and Documents by Subject "EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS"
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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 ... -
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. -
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 ...