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IRI at COP14 in Poznan

The International Research Institute for Climate and Society's participation at this year's Conference of the Parties (COP14) in Poznan, Poland centers around two important side events that highlight the importance of climate risk management for adaptation. Read more...


Recent news, publications and other notables...

Climate Information for Public Health Newsletter #1 (in English, French and Spanish). view

Students in the Climate and Society master's program give presentations at local high schools and libraries. (The Earth Institute). view

UN agencies join forces to bring weather insurance to rural poor people (Relief Web).  view

Current IRI forecasts show very little chance of a La Nina or El Nino event occurring
in the next four months.  view


Upcoming events and seminars...

December 11, 2008: IRI Seminar: Evaluation of air temperature retrieval from remotely sensed data. view

December 18, 2008: IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing. view



Topic Focus...

Learning to better manage year-to-year climate variability increases a country's resilience and adaptive capacity to the many risks associated with climate change. Societies that can assess current climate risks and create proactive risk-management strategies will be better equipped to confront developmental or environmental problems, since the challenges of the future will frequently be an extension and intensification of the challenges of the present. Download the flyer to read more.



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