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Regional Workshop on Climate Services at the National Level for the LDCs in Asia
8-10 October 2012, Bangkok, Thailand
Vision
This workshop aims to bring together experts
from the National Meteorological and Hydrological
Services (NMHSs) and the key decision-makers, and
practitioners from the agriculture and water sectors
from different LDCs in Asia. A guidance document
on the provision of climate services at the national
level will be circulated ahead of the workshop to all
the participants. Representatives from WMO, ADB and
FAO will facilitate the discussions during the workshop
and help develop appropriate recommendations for
implementation at the national and local levels for
the provision of improved climate services. |
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Objectives:
• To review the current status of generating climate
information in the LDCs in Asia and assess their
needs for climate services in the agriculture, food
security and water user sectors at the national
and local levels;
• To assess the current status of interactions of
the climate service providers with the users in
the priority sectors and identify the major areas
for improvement;
• To discuss and recommend improved arrangements
for national observation networks, enhanced
research focus on national and local climate
problems, better access to climate predictions,
sustained operational mechanisms that facilitate
the flow of climate information from global and
regional scales through the national and local
scales, and effective user interface mechanisms
at the national scale;
• To articulate the capacity building needs of LDCs,
in terms of mandates, infrastructure as well as
human resources, in all the components of the
GFCS;
• To identify and propose ways to promote community
understanding of climate variability and change
along with the associated risks and opportunities
for improved climate risk management and raise
user awareness of climate products and services.
Last Update
07-Jan-2013
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