Currently many areas of New Zealand are experiencing severe drought. Could the impacts of drought have been minimized with an effective long-range warning system (LRWS)? Three-stage warning systems that conduct short, medium […]
Satellite based early-warning system to bolster drought risk reduction
Published by Click Carrot The South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS) and its newly launched online portal was demonstrated at a regional workshop held in New Delhi today. The SADMS expected to provide […]
Preparedness key to tackling El Niño
Ida Sem Fossvik|Published 05. Nov 2017 The last El Niño phenomenon brought droughts and floods that increased humanitarian needs around the world. NORCAP experts have worked in some of the hardest hit […]
Farmers get SMS tool to check on weather
The UK government has launched a project in the Rift Valley and Western in which farmers will get updates on weather through the SMS. The platform known as Western Wiser Project is […]
Continuing El Niño drives increased food insecurity across many regions
Summary October 8, 2015 The strong El Niño of 2015 has contributed to suppressed rainfall over northern East Africa and Central America and the Caribbean (Figure 1), significantly limiting agricultural and pastoral […]
El Niño Early Warning Systems (EWSs)
Monitoring and Early Warning Systems Related to the EI Niño Phenomenon Many countries, especially those in ENSO affected areas can now use seasonal climate variability predictions for timescales up to about two […]
EWS, DRR and CCA
El Niño, DRR & CCA Using El Niño as a bridge between DRR and CCA allows for a partnership between the two, not a horse and rider relationship, but one that is […]