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Developing climate services: the role of the energy sector...............162
Laurent Dubus and Sylvie Parey, EDF Research and Development/Atmospheric
Environment and Applied Meteorology, France
The use of seasonal climate forecasts to inform decision-making
and management in the renewable energy sector of Samoa ..................165
J. A. Smith, E. Thompson and A. Amjadali, Australian Bureau of Meteorology;
S. Seuseu, Samoa Meteorological Service and W. J. Young, Electric Power Corporation
The Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia:
providing climate services to businesses.........................................170
Professor David Griggs, Megan Argyriou and Scott McKenry, ClimateWorks Australia
Enhancing cooperation in climate services through
the sub-regional virtual climate change centre...............................174
Milan Daci
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, Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia
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Climate services for large engineering projects in China.................180
Song Lianchun, Chao Qingchen, Zhou Botao, Xu Hongmei, Chen Xianyan, Xu Ying
Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration
Building resilience to future climate change in ports:
Terminal Marítimo Muelles el Bosque in Colombia........................183
Jean-Christophe Amado and Richenda Connell, Acclimatise
Exploiting the changing global climate...........................................186
Chihito Kusabiraki, President, Representative Managing Director, Weathernews
Climate services to support development:
the Qatar Meteorological Department............................................188
Ahmed Abdullah Mohamed, Director, Qatar Meteorological Department
Climate change adaptation: when there is a will,
there is a rail way! .........................................................................191
Alexander Veitch and Camille Bailly, Sustainable Development Unit,
International Union of Railways
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Indigenous stories and climate services..........................................196
David Griggs, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University; and
Lee Joachim, Yorta Yorta Nation
Adaptation to climate change in the mountain
forest ecosystems of Armenia.........................................................199
Anahit Hovsepyan, Head of Climate Research Division, Armenian State
Hydrometeorological and Monitoring Service; Levon Vardanyan, Director, Armenian
State Hydrometeorological and Monitoring Service; Aram Ter-Zakaryan, Task
Leader, Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts in Mountain Forest Ecosystems of
Armenia, UNDP & GEF-SPA Project, UNDP Armenia
Understanding climatic processes on Earth:
the invaluable contribution of satellites..........................................203
Volker Liebig, Director Earth Observation, European Space Agency
Development and field testing of a carbon dioxide
sonde and column densitometer....................................................206
Kensaku Shimizu, Mamoru Yamaguchi, Kenji Yamaguchi and Toshiaki Morita,
Meisei Electric Co Ltd; Yutaka Matsumi, Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory,
Nagoya University; and Gen Inoue, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute,
University of Tokyo, Japan
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When worlds collide: urbanization, climate change and disasters.........210
Allen L. Clark, Ray Shirkhodai, and Joseph Bean, Pacific Disaster Center, USA
Climate services in Hong Kong: accomplishment
through partnership and outreach..................................................214
Hilda Lam, Assistant Director and Tsz-cheung Lee, Senior Scientific Officer,
Hong Kong Observatory
Towards climate risk resilient cities: spatially
explicit land-use scenarios..............................................................218
Yoshiki Yamagata, Center for Global Environmental Research,
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
New Zealand’s climate change and urban impacts toolbox.............220
Andrew Tait, Principal Climate Scientist,
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
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