Commission for Climatology

Symposium on
Climate Risk Management

Guayaquil, Ecuador, 10-12 October 2011

Resolution 6 of CCl-XV (Antalya, Turkey, 19-24 February 2010) on Climate Information for Adaptation and Climate Risk Management (CRM) recognized the needs of decision-makers for limate information and products for use in risk management and longer-term adaptation strategies of key socio-economic sectors.  CCl recognized a need to develop the concept of Climate Risk Management, to identify good practices and to develop a strategy to assist WMO Members to effectively support CRM. 

In that context, a Symposium on Climate Risk Management was organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Guayaquil, Ecuador, from 10 to 12 October 2011, in collaboration with “Centro Internacional para la Investigación del Fenómeno de el Niño” (CIIFEN) http://www.ciifen-int.org/

On the basis of the proceedings of this Symposium, participants, along with members of the CCl Task Team on CRM, developed a report that has been published as a chapter: Improving Climate Risk Management at Local Level – Techniques, Case Studies, Good Practices and Guidance for World Meteorological Organization Members (Chapter 21) in a book by InTech: Risk Management – Current Issues and challenges (Edited by Nerija Banaitiene, ISBN 978-953-51-0747-7, Hard cover, 584 pages, 12 September 2012).

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

SYMPOSIUM PHOTOS

INPUT DOCUMENTS FOR THE SYMPOSIUM                                                                   

• CONCEPT NOTE
• PROGRAMME
• INFORMATION NOTE
• CCl-XV, final report (Reference)

SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS                                                                                        top   

	The Commission for Climatology and its Panels Rodney Martinez, CIIFEN
	The Global Framework for Climate Services: Overview and current status Leslie Malone, WMO
	Key issues* related to defining CRM: setting the stage Deborah Hemming (UKMO)
	Climate Risk Management: perspectives from South America Rodney Martinez (CIIFEN)
	Climate Risk Management: perspectives from Africa Mohammed Kadi (ACMAD)
	Climate Risk Management: perspectives from Asia G. Srinivasan (RIMES)
	Regional and global CRM activities for development: Ecuador Pilot Project Bermudez_Nury (UNDP)
	Regional and global CRM activities for disaster risk reduction and resilience Jennifer Guralnick (ISDR)
	Climate Risk Management: Use of Climate Change Knowledge, Information and tools Habiba Gitay (World Bank)
	Climate Risk Management and the World Food Programme Ian Robinson (WFP)
	Regional and global CRM activities for health Alexander von Hildebrand (WHO)
	Strategy for climate and health within the Climate Change Adaptation framework in Ecuador Dr Mercy Borbor (Vice Minister of Environment, Ecuador)
	Climate Risk Management in Plantations under the Humid Tropics Prasada Rao (India)
	Methods for engaging stakeholders in develop climate risk management systems – Lessons learned by the Southeast Climate Consortium Keith Ingram (USA)
	Climate Risk Management in Agriculture and Water Sectors in West-Africa, through rainy season monitoring and Early Warning Abdou Ali (Niger)
	Preliminary advances in Climate Risk Assessment in China Meteorological Administration Gao Ge (China)
	Climate Risk Management through Structural Adjustment and Regional Relocation: A Case of Rice Industry in Australia Shabbaz Mushtaq (Australia)
	Managing Climate Risks on the Colorado River Balaji Rajagopalan (USA)
	Use of climate information in agriculture: example of dialoguing with farmers around seasonal forecasting products : Kaffrine in Senegal Ousmane Ndiaye (Senegal)
	Heat and human health in a climate risk management framework Glenn McGregor (NZ)
	Early warning and climate services: Informing CRM in changing environments Roger Pulwarty (USA)

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