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- How can we prepare East Africa for upcoming droughts? | World Economic . . .
Regional institutions – like the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Center, the Southern African Development Community’s Climate Services Center – and some national meteorological agencies are making great advances in drought monitoring and forecasting
- How AI can help the world prepare for climate adaptation
Using AI for early-warning systems and predictive modelling of climate events will help stakeholders take a data-driven approach to climate adaptation
- Why El Niño and global warming could make for a turbulent winter
Add to this higher-than-ever ocean temperatures as a result of global warming, and a winter of extreme weather may be looming, particularly in the US, according to a new forecast from the Climate Prediction Center at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Climate crisis and the environment – top news this week | World . . .
The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) says that below average rainfall is expected over the next three months, which is normally the region's rainy season Image: ICPAC In the most severely affected areas, drought conditions are worse than in 2010-2011 when hundreds of thousands of people died, according to ICPAC
- 40% of critical Amazon rainforest unprotected, and other nature and . . .
There's a 71% chance of La Niña weather conditions developing during September-November, according to the US government's Climate Prediction Center The climate pattern is linked to floods, droughts and an increased chance of Caribbean hurricanes
- 9 ways AI is helping tackle climate change - World Economic Forum
AI tools that predict weather, track icebergs, recycle more waste and find plastic in the ocean are helping to combat climate change Here are 9 examples
- Paris Agreement: What are NDCs and why do they matter?
Countries have to update their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by February 2025, and some announced their targets at COP29 But do the current commitments go far enough to meet the Paris Agreement?
- Life-threatening floods and heatwaves: nature and climate stories . . .
This weekly round-up contains the key nature and climate news from the past week Top nature and climate stories: Flooding in India and China; Heatwaves across Europe and the US; COP28 president urges countries to be "brutally honest" about climate action
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