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Danish alliances with the developing world on climate change
and adaptation.................................................................................80
Dr Wilhelm May, Senior Scientist, Danish Meteorological Institute
Increasing preparedness for climate change in Hungary................... 83
István Láng, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; László Csete, ‘CLIMA-21’ Brochures,
Budapest; Tibor Faragó, Ministry of Environment and Water, Budapest; Márton
Jolánkai, Szent István University, Gödöllö; János Mika, Hungarian Meteorological
Service and Eszterházy Károly College, Eger
Sustainability in climate change mitigation and adaptation:
a Spanish perspective....................................................................... 86
Domingo Jiménez Beltrán, Adviser to the Spanish Observatory on Sustainability and
Former Executive Director of the European Environment Agency
Earth observation and global environmental research for adaptation
to climate change – a Japanese perspective...................................... 89
Hiroshi Ono, Director, Research and Information Office, Global Environment
Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Seasonal climate forecasts and satellite information:
improving decisions in the Uruguayan agricultural sector. ............... 92
Walter E. Baethgen, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, The
Earth Institute at Columbia University; and Agustín Giménez, GRAS, National
Institute of Agricultural Research, Uruguay
Beyond the tropical archipelago: the provision of
climate services in Indonesia............................................................ 94
Sri Woro B. Harijono and Edvin Aldrian, Meteorological Climatological and
Geophysical Agency, Indonesia
Delivering climate services in Australia............................................. 97
Michael Coughlan, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
International training programme on climate change – mitigation
and adaptation – a Swedish experience.........................................100
Sten Bergström, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Making stream flow monitoring work for biodiversity
and social justice............................................................................103
Nicky Allsopp, South African Environmental Observation Network
Adapting to climate change and variability.....................................105
Jorge F. Carrasco, Dirección Meteorológica de Chile, Dirección General de
Aeronáutica Civil
Information and communication technologies
and climate change........................................................................108
Dr Hamadoun I Touré, Secretary-General of the International
Telecommunication Union
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The ESA Climate Change Initiative: foundations,
objectives and benefits...................................................................114
Dr Volker Liebig, Director, Earth Observation Programmes,
European Space Agency
EUMETSAT: responding to climate monitoring challenges.............117
EUMETSAT
The Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network:
the concept and its progress...........................................................122
Adrian Trotman, Anthony Moore and Shontelle Stoute, Caribbean Institute for
Meteorology and Hydrology
Long-term observations of global climate change............................126
Kazuo Umezawa, Keiji Imaoka, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Yoshihiko Okamura, Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency