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Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Foreword by Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the
World Meteorological Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Preface by Dr Alexander Bedritsky, President of the
World Meteorological Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Statement from Cristina Narbona, Environment Minister of Spain . . . . . . . . .9
Statement from Sálvano Briceño, Director, Secretariat of the International
Strategy for Disaster Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Statement from Margareta Wahlstrom, Officer-in-Charge,
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Acting Emergency
Relief Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
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P OLICY PLANNING & GOVERNANCE
Development challenges – working with the elements . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization
From National Meteorological Institute to Spanish Meteorological Agency:
towards the future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Francisco Cadarso, Director General, Spanish National Meteorology Institute
Weather, climate, water and air quality, and the risk to development . . .18
Dr David P Rogers, Switzerland
The consequences of climate change to rail infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . .20
Margrethe Sagevik, International Union of Railways
Monitoring weather, climate and the environment – EUMETSAT’s
operational satellite service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
Ocean data, information, products and predictions in
the service of society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Dr Peter Dexter, Co-President, JCOMM, Melbourne
Johannes Guddal, past Co-President, JCOMM, Bergen
Candyce Clark, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Secretariat, Paris
The climatic and meteorological vulnerability of the population and
economy of Russia as a factor in safe and sustainable development . . . .30
A.I. Bedritsky, Head of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and
Environmental Monitoring, Roshydromet; President, WMO
Technical cooperation for weather, water and climate services in
developing countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Steve Palmer, UK Met Office
Planning and governance: Bahrain Meteorological Service . . . . . . . . . . .39
Abdulmajeed Husain Isa, Assistant Undersecretary for Meteorology,
President of Regional Association II (Asia)
Reducing disaster risk in Canada: new legislation and policies that enable
citizens to adapt to weather and climate extremes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Magda Little, Environment Canada; David Grimes, A/Assistant Deputy
Minister, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada and Alvin
Lau, A/Coordinator, Business Policy Directorate, Meteorological Service of
Canada, Environment Canada
Weather and climate information services for socio-economic benefit:
challenges in Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Koichi Kurihara, Japan Meteorologial Agency
New challenges to meteorological services for human settlement and
sustainable development in megacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Xu Tang, PhD, Director-General, Shanghai Regional Meteorological Center,
China Meteorological Administration
NMHS Strategy in south-eastern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Ivan a i, Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Croatia
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ECONOMIC & SOCIAL ISSUES & PERSPECTIVES
Agriculture
Weather, climate, and water information for agricultural applications . . .54
Dr Pai-Yei Whung, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture
Dr Donald A. Wilhite, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
Global warming, climatic trends and climatic threats in
Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Fernando Santibañez and Paula Santibañez, Centre on Agriculture and
Environment (AGRIMED), University of Chile
Weather and climate in Caribbean agriculture…59
Adrian R. Trotman, Agrometeorologist, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and
Hydrology
Water Resources Management
The hydrologic cycle and the sustainability of water resources . . . . . . . .62
Shahid Habib, Chief of the Office of Utilization; Stephen Ambrose, Programme
Manager, Disaster Management, Applied Sciences Programme; Fritz Policelli,
Technical Manager, Office of Science Utilization; and Ted Engman, Science
Applications International, NASA
Operational weather and climate forecasting, and its impact on water
management in Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Geoff Love, Director of Meteorology, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Seasonal forecasting in West Africa: a strategic partnership for the
sustainable development of a cross boundary river catchment . . . . . . . .70
Axel Julie, OMVS & JP Céron, Director of Climatology, Météo France
Weather patterns and water resource management in
Taiwan, Province of China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Chung-ho Wang and Bor-ming Jahn, Institute of Earth Sciences,
Academia Sinica; Hen-biau King, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute
Singapore integrated water management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Singapore Public Utilities Board
Fostering sustainable water resources: the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz
International Prize for Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Dr Abdulmalek A. Al Al-Shaikh, General Secretary of the Prince Sultan Bin
Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
Health
Managing climate-related health risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Dr Stephen J. Connor, Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre on Early
Warning Systems for Malaria and other Climate Sensitive Diseases; Director,
Environmental Monitoring Research, International Research Institute for
Climate & Society
Air quality: meteorological services for safeguarding public health . . . . .82
Dr Liisa Jalkanen, WMO Secretariat
Improved air quality in Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Foong Chee Leong, Director-General, Meteorological Services Division; Joseph
Hui, Director General, Environmental Protection Division, The National
Environment Agency, Singapore
The watch warning system on heat waves with effect on mortality . . . . .87
Eleonora Paixão, Paulo Nogueira and José Marinho Falcão, Instituto Nacional de
Saúde; Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Observatório Nacional de Saúde, Portugal; Fátima Espírito
Santo, João Ferreira and Teresa Abrantes, Instituto de Meteorologia, Portugal
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