The project contributed to building resilience to weather- and climate-related hazards through capacity development on impact forecasting in the project countries. Key activities included: Training of climate information users in potential impact assessment, risk analysis, and application of outputs in planning and decision-making for resource and risk management; establishment/ enhancement of seasonal forums with multi-hazard scope in Fiji, PNG, and Samoa, facilitating potential impact assessments to inform seasonal planning; integration of earth observations from ESCAP’s regional drought mechanism in potential impact and risk assessments to guide seasonal planning in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka; development/ expansion of decision support systems to aid potential impact and risk analyses in the agriculture sector in Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Papua New Guinea to inform decision-making for managing risks/ resources; and capacity building of NMHSs to enable them to respond to user demands
Complete Programs Enhancing weather and climate resilience in RIMES Member States through capacity building on impact forecasting
The project contributed to building resilience to weather- and climate-related hazards through capacity development on impact forecasting in the project countries. Key activities included: Training of climate information users in potential impact assessment, risk analysis, and application of outputs in planning and decision-making for resource and risk management; establishment/ enhancement of seasonal forums with multi-hazard […]
Countries :
Cambodia Fiji Myanmar Papua New Guinea Samoa Sri Lanka
Date : February 2017 – December 2018
