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CIMO Provisional Edition
CIMO-16 approved the Provisional 2014 Edition of the CIMO Guide
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Climate Adaptation and Resiliency News

SpaceNews
NOAA also needs to consider the implications of its actions to the intergovernmental data sharing policy, known as World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Resolution 40. While all nations don't adhere to WMO Resolution 40, most of the nations with ...
 
The Guardian
Displaced people walk though a dust storm in drought-stricken southeast Ethiopia in early 2000. In August, the UN estimated that 4.5 ... parts of the world. Meteorologists and aid professionals say a global agency could fill the gaps and save millions ...
 
 

Climate Change in Africa

Zambia Daily Mail
In a statement recently, Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development (now Minister of Mines and Minerals Development) Christopher Yaluma said Zambia's electricity deficit rose to 985 megawatts (MW) in September from 560MW in March as water ...
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NTV Uganda
According to the Uganda National Meteorology Authority Executive Director, Paul Isabirye, the Central, East and some parts of Northern Uganda will be the most affected areas. Farmers from the prone areas who cannot afford silos to store their produce ...
 
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
African Meteorologists under the auspices of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology – AMCOMET want the inclusion of Weather and Climate Change within the Specialized Technical Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture, Water and Environment ...
 
The Age
On Thursday the Bureau of Meteorology warned its impact is likely to intensify in the months ahead stoking the risk of drought and bushfire. This El Nino is so strong it has been described as "Godzilla" and much of the ... Liberia, Sierra Leone and ...

Tanzania closing hydropower plants

All hydropower plants in Tanzania are being switched off because of falling water levels in dams as the country suffers from chronic power shortages.
 
The Maravi Post
He notes that since climate change became an issue Malawi has been experiencing higher temperatures and changing rainfall patterns, which has led to the increase in vector-borne diseases and macroparasites,as well as the emergence of new diseases.
 
Christian Science Monitor
Climate change is drying out the Horn of Africa at an alarming rate, say scientists. Paleoclimatologists examined past moisture trends and found that the current drying trend is extreme, according to a paper published Friday in the journal Science ...





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