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Managing Risk in a Changing Climate: Making the Case

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In the first of a three-part series, IRI's Director-General, Stephen Zebiak, makes the case for climate-risk management as an approach for dealing with droughts, floods, epidemics and other problems that plague society and hinder development. This approach, if applied correctly, would also be an effective adaptation strategy to climate change.
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Upcoming events and seminars...

July 15th: IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing. Our monthly meeting
during which we unveil the latest global and regional forecasts, as well as discuss
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IRI in the News...

Could be a busy season for disasters (IRIN News). view

El Niño Has Ended. Possibility of La Niña Watched Closely.
(World Meteorological Organization). view

Hurricane Alex and the BP Oil Spill Disaster (ABC News). view

Tony Barnston predicts above-normal 2010 hurricane season (Earthsky.org). view

BP Oil Spill: Top 10 Questions Still Unanswered (ABC News). view


Recent scientific publications...

Tailoring seasonal climate forecasts for hydropower operations in Ethiopia's upper Blue Nile basin. Paul Block 2010. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.

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