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Working Group 1
Climate and Disasters
• Major Topics
– El Niño Monitoring
– Tracking Information Flow
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Institutional
Spatial
Temporal
Mechanisms
– Climate Change
• Varying the Risk - Impacts on Vulnerability
Effects of a Changing Climate on Frequency of Extreme Events
National to
Local Scale
Regional
Scale
Global
Scale
Scientific & Technical
Analysis & Prediction
Global Analysis
& Prediction
Centres
Social & Economic
Actions
Global
Synthesis
International
User
Organizations
Regional
Climate
Centres
Regional
Synthesis
Regional
User
Organizations
National
Climate
Centres
National/
Local
Synthesis
National
& Local
Users
Global
Scale
European Centre
for Medium Range
Weather
Forecasts
International
Research Centre
for Climate
Prediction
ICRC
WFP
Regional
Scale
Social & Economic
Actions
African Centre for
Meteorological
Applications for
Development
Regional
Climate
Outlook
Forums
APEC
SADC
MERCOSUR
PAHO
National to
Local Scale
Scientific & Technical
Analysis & Prediction
National
Climate
Centres
National/
Local
Synthesis
National
& Local
Users
CLIMATE CHANGE
• Changing pattern of climate extremes
– impact of ENSO is through extremes
• Changing pattern of ENSO?
– Exacerbate impact of climate change
• Climate variability and change
– common issues of impact and response
– common scientific and technical infrastructure