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Executive Council Discusses Climate Services, Extreme Weather

19.6.2014|Voda

The World Meteorological Organization's annual Executive Council meeting opened 18 June with a focus on providing better weather and climate services to protect a growing urban-based global population challenged by climate change, extreme weather events, pollution, pressure on water supplies and food insecurity. "The year that has passed since our last session has been marked by a number of extreme weather and climate events: cold waves and major winter storms in North America; extremely high temperatures and heat waves from eastern Mongolia to eastern China as well as in Australia, Argentina, Brazil and South Africa; widespread and prolonged flooding in the UK and more recently extreme floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia," said WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud.

Izobraževanje mladih o vodah

13.6.2014|Voda

Agencija za okolje je v sodelovanju s Kajakaško zvezo Slovenije na prizorišču kajakaških tekem za Svetovni pokal v slalomu na divjih vodah v Tacnu organizirala izobraževalno delavnico za osnovnošolsko mladino. Namen delavnice je, ob boku tekmovalnega programa povečati ozaveščenost mladih o pomenu voda v Sloveniji, o pomenu poznavanja škodljivega delovanja voda in zaščiti pred poplavami. Mladim smo želeli posredovati sporočilo, da se s poznavanjem in znanjem o vodah lahko prilagodimo njeni …

Postavitev oznak visokih voda na Planinskem polju

28.5.2014|Voda

Nadaljevanje akcije " Moč vode" Planina pri Postojni, 28. maj 2014. Zveza geografov Slovenije in Agencija RS za okolje (ARSO)sta na Planini pri Postojni postavili oznake o višini vode na kraških poljih Notranjske, ki so jo dosegle ojezeritve polj v februarju 2014. Namestitev oznak je del širše akcije pod naslovom "Moč vode" označitev visokih voda v Sloveniji, s katero želimo obveščati prebivalce o naravnem pojavu, izboljšati vedenje o ojezeritvah kraških polj in poplavnih območjih rek ter spomniti na dejstvo, da voda bolj …

Intervju s hidrologom ARSO o poplavah na Balkanu

27.5.2014|Voda

Hidrolog Agencije RS za okolje Janez Polajnar je v intervjuju za TV Slovenija na tretjem programu govoril o nedavnih poplavah na Hrvaškem, Bosni in Hercegovini in Srbiji. Pogovor je tekel o vzrokih za tako obsežne poplave, o nevarnostih, ki jih takšen dogodek prinaša, o zanesljivosti opozarjanje pred poplavami in o uspešni strokovni in humanitarni pomoči Slovenije. Posnetek oddaje si lahko ogledate na spodnjem naslovu:

Slovenski prostovoljci pomagajo živalim na poplavljenih območjih

25.5.2014|Voda

Ob katastrofalnih poplavah, ki so zajele Srbijo, BiH in Hrvaško, so javnost pretresle tudi fotografije živali, ki so nemočne ostale ujete v hlevih, boksih, na verigah.

Floods in Balkans highlight need for resilience programme

21.5.2014|Voda

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia are assessing the economic cost and human toll of devastating floods caused by some of the heaviest rainfall on record. Meteorological and hydrological services in the region provided accurate and regular advance warnings of the risks from the deluge, thus helping to limit but not avert casualties.
Building on existing cooperation frameworks, the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia plan to form a joint team for a detailed analysis of the disaster. The floods and landslides killed at least 46 people, forced thousands of people from their homes, caused millions of Euros in damage, left vast areas under water, threatened power plants and disrupted water and electricity supplies.

WMO Acts on Storm Surges

21.5.2014|Voda

Storm surges kill more people than winds associated with tropical cyclones and than earthquake-triggered tsunamis and yet they are one of the most underestimated, misunderstood natural hazards.
Nearly all the casualties and the economic losses from both Hurricane Sandy (2013) and Typhoon Haiyan (2013) were due to water and waves rather than wind. These cases are far from unique – at least 2.6 million people have drowned in coastal flooding, particularly caused by storm surges, in the past 200 years.
Rising sea levels as a result of climate change and growing urban populations in coastal cities are likely to worsen the challenges.

Drought Management in Asia

7.5.2014|Voda

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and UN Water-Programme on Capacity Development (DPC), in collaboration with the Viet Nam Academy for Water Resources (VAWR) and the Institute for Water Development and Partnership (IWDP) of Viet Nam organize a Regional Workshop on Capacity Development to Support National Drought Management Policies in Asia, in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, from 6 to 9 May, 2014.

WMO Update Indicates Possible onset of El Nino Around Middle of Year

29.4.2014|Voda

Sub-surface water temperatures in the tropical Pacific have warmed to levels similar to the onset of an El Nino event, and climate models surveyed by WMO experts predict a steady warming of the tropical Pacific during the months ahead, according to the latest Update from the World Meteorological Organization. A majority of models indicate that an El Niño may develop around the middle of the year, but it is still too early to assess the strength of any such event.

ZN: Vplivi podnebnih sprememb ogromni in nepovratni

31.3.2014|Voda

Naraščajoče količine emisij ogljikovega dioksida povečujejo tveganja za poplave, lakoto, konflikte in migracije, v danes predstavljenem poročilu opozarjajo strokovnjaki Medvladnega foruma o . . .

Za skoraj 430 milijonov evrov škode zaradi februarskih ujm

26.3.2014|Voda

Poplave, sneg in žled so v Sloveniji prejšnji mesec povzročili za 429,4 milijona evrov škode. Prišla je tudi celostna ocena škode na celotni ravni v letu 2013: znašala je za 140 milijard dolarjev.

Obilno deževje lahko povzroči tudi manjše poplave

23.3.2014|Voda

Vso državo so po napovedih popoldne zajele padavine. Arso opozarja, da lahko ob obilnih krajevnih padavinah narastejo in poplavijo manjši vodotoki in hudourniki, predvsem v Posočju in na območju . . .

World Water Day: UN Stresses Water and Energy Issues;

21.3.2014|Voda

The deep-rooted relationship between water and energy was
highlighted during celebrations in Tokyo marking the United Nations’ annual World Water Day.
The deep-rooted relationship between water and energy was
highlighted during celebrations in Tokyo marking the United Nations’ annual World Water Day.
The UN predicts that by 2030, the global population will need 35% more food, 40% more water and 50% more energy. Already today 768 million people lack access to improved water sources, 2.5 billion people have no improved sanitation and 1.3 billion people cannot access electricity

Zmanjšanje poplavljenih območij na Planinskem polju

18.3.2014|Voda

Gladine vode na ojezerjenih kraških poljih se znižujejo. Gladina vode na Planinskem polju se v zadnjem tednu dni znižuje med 15 in 20 cm na dan. Podobno zniževanje pričakujemo tudi v prihodnjih dneh, vse do konca tedna. Ob predvidenem trendu zniževanja gladine vode bodo v prihodnjih dneh na Planinskem polju poplavljena le še območja pogostih poplav. Napovedane padavine ob koncu tedna in v prvih dneh prihodnjega tedna bodo hitrost zniževanja gladine vode predvidoma nekoliko upočasnile. Na …

WMO wants women to have bigger say in provision and use of climate science

7.3.2014|Voda

On International Women’s Day, WMO is encouraging more women to become meteorologists and hydrologists, and shape knowledge and action on weather, climate and water to meet present and future challenges to build weather and climate resilient societies.
“International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made in the WMO Policy on Gender Mainstreaming; to review the challenges, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by strong and talented women meteorologists and hydrologists who have played an extraordinary role in WMO and National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, universities and other institutions,” said WMO Assistant-Secretary-General Elena Manaenkova.
“Regretfully there are still too few women on key positions in WMO’s constituencies. Women can and should play a greater role as both providers and users of cutting-edge meteorological science,” she said.

National Climate Outlook Forum in Mozambique

3.3.2014|Voda

A pilot National Climate Outlook Forum is taking place in Mozambique as part of the WMO-spearheaded initiative to roll out user-friendly climate services and increase resilience to extreme events and climate change.
The meeting in Maputo from 3 to 6 March brings together providers of climate information together with the users: water managers, city councils, the energy sector, health authorities, research and academic institutes, farmers, fishermen, private sector sugar and banana companies, as well as international development agencies. There will be a special segment devoted to agrometeorology.