Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
UN Launches Climatic Change Prediction Efforts
UN launches global effort to predict climatic changes
4 February 2008 - The United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) today kicked off a drive to improve the ability to forecast changes in climate and cope with extreme weather patterns, such as desertification and drought.
Over 20 organizations are convening in Geneva to take part in a three-day meeting to discuss how to bolster prediction capacities to improve global responses to the impacts of global warming.
"We can better help the planet respond to the threat of climate variability and change by improving forecasts of temperature and rainfall patterns, as well as other climactic parameters, and then effectively delivering this information to governments, businesses, farmers and end-users in many other sectors," said WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud.
The Geneva gathering is the first meeting of the International Organizing Committee of the World Climate Conference-3 (WCC-3), which seeks to promote disaster risk reduction and sustainable development.
ENDS
Latest World News | Top World News | World Digest | Archives | RSS
Carbon Market Watch: Going For Green - Is The Paris Olympics Winning The Race Against The Climate Clock?
New Zealand Defence Force: NZDF Working With Pacific Neighbours To Support Solomon Islands Election
UN News: Ceasefire The Only Way To End Killing And Injuring Of Children In Gaza
ICHRP: US-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Summit Makes The Philippines A Battlefield For US-China Conflict
East West Center: Environmental Journalist Alexander Kaufman Receives East-West Center’s Inaugural Melvin M.S. Goo Writing Fellowship
Compassion in World Farming: Octopus Farm Must Be Stopped, Say Campaigners