DROUGHT MONITORING:
| Drought related real time on-line information for Europe |
Maps provided by the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) of the EC's Joint Research Centre. IES is leading action on weather driven natural hazards including droughts. |
| Global drought monitor | On-line service provided by the University College London. |
| National Drought Mitigation Center | University of Nabraska |
DROUGHT RELATED LINKS:
| The International Disaster Database (EM-DAT) of the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). The ninth issue of the CRED CRUNCH newsletter provides EM-DAT data on the occurrence and impact of extreme temperature hazards related disasters over the last 20 years. |
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| European Drought Centre |
A virtual centre of European drought research and drought management organisations. |
| Global Water Partnership (Central and Eastern Europe) |
Integrated Drought Management Programme to improve the monitoring and prevention of one of the world’s biggest natural hazards. |
| IOP electronic journals |
Current perceptions on climate change impacts and adaptation for arable crops in Europe |
| Future European drought regimes under mitigated and un-mitigated climate change |
DROUGHT REPORTS:
| Impacts of Europe's changing climate - 2008 indicator-based assessment (EEA Report No 4/2008) Water resources across Europe — confronting water scarcity and drought (EEA Report No 2/2009) Environmental trends and perspectives in the Western Balkans: future production and consumption patterns (EEA Report No 1/2010) Towards efficient use of water resources in Europe (EEA Report No. 1/2012) European waters – current status and future challenges – a synthesis (EEA Report No. 9/2012) Water resources in Europe in the context of vulnerability (EEA Report No. 11/2012) Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2012 (EEA Report No. 12/2012) Adaptation in Europe – Addressing risks and opportunities from climate change in the context of socio-economic developments (EEA Report No. 3/2013) |
UNCCD:
| United Nations Convention to Combant Desertification (UNCCD) | www.unccd.int |
| Current list of focal points: |
Northern Mediterranean Central and Eastern Europe |
| Science related events | |
| UNCCD Meetings: |
Northern Mediterranean Central and Eastern Europe |
WMO:
| World Meteorological Organization (WMO) | www.wmo.int |
| WMO Commission for agrometeorology |