Working Group 1 Climate and Disasters

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Working Group 1Climate and Disasters

• Major Topics
• El Niño Monitoring
• Tracking Information Flow
• Institutional
• Spatial
• Temporal
• Mechanisms
• Climate Change
• Varying the Risk - Impacts on Vulnerability

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Effects of a Changing Climate on Frequency of
Extreme Events
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Scientific Technical Analysis Prediction
Social Economic Actions
Global Analysis Prediction Centres
International User Organizations
Global Synthesis
Regional Climate Centres
Regional User Organizations
Regional Synthesis
National Climate Centres
National/ Local Synthesis
National Local Users
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Scientific Technical Analysis Prediction
Social Economic Actions
International Research Centre for Climate
Prediction
European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts
ICRC WFP
Regional Climate Outlook Forums
APEC SADC MERCOSUR PAHO
African Centre for Meteorological Applications
for Development
National Climate Centres
National/ Local Synthesis
National Local Users
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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