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At #COP29 in Baku, the Italian Air Force Meteorological Service hosted a dynamic panel on “Education, Specialization & Training,” showcasing approaches to building skills and knowledge in meteorology and climatology. The session highlighted contributions from leading Italian institutions, including the University of Naples ‘Parthenope’, the University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, […]
The Monthly Bulletin produced by droughtcentral.it General Situation According to Copernicus data, September 2024 was the second hottest September on record globally since 1979, following closely behind September 2023, based on the 1991-2020 reference period. However, it is crucial to consider these records in the broader context of a consistent […]
Le mois d’Aout 2024 a été caracterisé par une forte montée des eaux du Fleuve Niger culminant le 21 aout 2024 avec un pic de débit de 2438 m3/s (hauteur d’eau 672 cm). Après une baisse qui a ramené le niveau du fleuve Niger à Niamey sous le seuil de vigilance […]
Le fleuve Niger a connu au cours du mois d’août 2024, une importante montée des eaux au Niger. Les importantes précipitations enregistrées dans le bassin du fleuve Niger au Burkina, au Mali et dans le sud-ouest du Niger constituent les causes principales de cette montée des eaux. C’est la période […]
Date: 24-28 June 2024  Venue: University Campus, Conegliano Veneto (I) The increasing frequency of extreme weather events due to climate change represents a severe threat to agriculture. The long-lasting socio-economic costs of extreme events pose serious challenges for the farmers and the communities. Agricultural Meteorology, through the development of new […]

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Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) for Africa
NEW INITIATIVE

WMO RTC Italy at COP28

Compound-event analysis in non-stationary hydrological hazards: a case study of the Niger River in Niamey

This study examines compound hydrological hazards in a non-stationary context, specifically focusing on the Niger River in Niamey. The hazard results from the confluence of local Sahelian and more remote Guinean tributaries, displaying seasonal floods. The study first investigates whether Niamey’s annual flood hazard is a compound result of Sahelian and Guinean flows, and then assesses the value of a compound hazard approach versus traditional flood analyses in this region.

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Geospatial Capacity Building for Flood Resilience in the Sahel: the SLAPIS project case study

This study focuses on the development of a people-centred early warning system (EWS) against floods in the Sirba River basin between Niger and Burkina Faso. This densely populated area has witnessed an increase in extreme flooding events in recent years. Several flood forecasting systems in the Sahel exist, although there is no EWS that integrates the four components of people-centred EWSs, namely risk knowledge, monitoring and warning service, dissemination and

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Comparative Trend Analysis of Precipitation Indices in Several Towns of the Sirba River Catchment (Burkina Faso) from CHIRPS and TAMSAT Rainfall Estimates

The increasingly frequent pluvial flood of West African urban settlements indicates the need to investigate the drivers of local rainfall changes. However, meteorological stations are few, unevenly distributed, and work irregularly. Daily satellite rainfall datasets can be used. Nevertheless, these products often need to be more accurate due to sensor errors and limitations in retrieval algorithms. The problem is, therefore, how to characterize rainfall where there is a need for

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Edited by Vladimír Šucha, Marta Sienkiewicz, JRC
Edward R. Carr, Rob Goble, Helen M. Rosko, Catherine Vaughan & James Hansen
Bruna De Marchi
Werner Krauß
Vaughan, C.; Dessai, S.
Thomas NOCKE, Till STERZEL, Michael BÖTTINGER and Markus WROBEL
Aznar-Crespo P, Aledo A, Melgarejo-Moreno J, Vallejos-Romero
Vaughan, C, Hansen, J, Roudier, P, Watkiss, P, Carr, E.
L’Astorina, A. & Mangia, C. (eds)
Bruce C. Glavovic, Timothy F. Smith & Iain White

CNR-IBE
Climate services

WHAT ARE CLIMATE SERVICES?

Climate services are products supplied with continuity over a reasonably long horizon for a particular category of users. Climate services differ from simple climate information because delivered regularly. They differ from meteorological information and services, such as forecast, data, observations both by the time scale and the added value (specific user, specific sector).

CLIMATE SERVICES: WHY THEY MATTER

The awareness of the economic and social impacts of climate change is increasing. A proactive approach can support the reduction of these impacts: it is better to prepare for such events than react. From this perspective, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) strongly encourages the implementation of Climate Services to meet the needs of the different stakeholders.

The CNR-IBE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH

Over the last 20 years, scientific research reached excellent results in the forecasts at different temporal and spatial scale. Researchers investigated to what extent human actions have consequences on climate change. Research findings underlines the advantage of the synergy between producers and users of climate information together with the development of operational tools.

The IBE Climate Services have reached different degrees of maturity. Some are already declared operational.

Others are under development or are operational for supporting internal research.

Agrosat

Agriculture 4.0, interoperable, free, open and collaborative. Supporting agriculture ecosystem to increase its potential.

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MedGold

Turning climate-related information into added value for traditional MEDiterranean Grape, OLive and Durum wheat food systems

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Training activities and programs
WMO RTC ITALY

CLIMATE KNOWLEDGE

“Worldwide impacts and costs of adverse climatic events like droughts, storms and floods can be significantly reduced through greater global cooperation and sharing of expertise and data. This calls for a new global “framework” to organize the efficient flow of climate information to all those who need it.”

Experience and mission

CNR IBE has an acknowledged experience in conceiving, organizing and delivering training on climate disciplines both in presence and online. RTC Italy’s aim is to contribute to the widespread of climate information and knowledge. So to help governments, organizations or individuals to better cope with climate risks.

TRAINING FOCUS

The RTC Italy training programs focuse on the impact of climate change on natural resources and agriculture. They also focus on sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasting and prediction to manage water resources and agriculture. RTC Italy organises specific training sessions and workshops for international projects in African countries.
Capacity-building initiatives on advanced Meteorology, Climatology and Climate change.
Training operational Packages for Climate Services. A joint initiative of WMO and CNR-IBE, with the collaboration of IC-CNR.

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A shared set of online resources to enhance knowledge in seasonal forecasting and operational use of seasonal climate forecasts.

Integrated
Projects

Research and Action

Integrated Projects are complex initiatives integrating multiple components including operational services, capacity building activities and research. Bilateral and multilateral integrated projects are sponsored by funding agencies such as the Italian Cooperation, WMO, EU and often co-funded by IBE-CNR.

Slapis Sahel

SLAPIS SAHELProject Système Locale d’Alerte Précoce pour les Inondations au Sahel Slapis Sahel A Training and Research for Development Project The increase in the frequency

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Anadia 2.0

Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Prevention and Agricultural Development for Food Security. A training and research project contributing to the development of sustainable agriculture, through the adaptation of production systems to climate change.

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Open Data

Data as a Service

IBE ClimateServices provides full, open and free-of-charge access to data and information, consistent with the international data sharing principles.

The aim is to provide opportunities for the research and the stakeholder community to create a shared sustainable growth to cope with global challenges.

IBE commitment is to foster compliance with OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) data standards and web services and improve access to data, with a view towards long-term data stewardship.

Henri Poincaré, theoretical physicist

“The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful it would not be worth knowing, and life would not be worth living.”

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Shafer, M. (2008).

“Do we, as scientists, need to concern ourselves with whether or how the information is used?”