Climate change

This issue includes 4 articles on climate change adaptation related issues.

Latin America up in smoke: climate change in Latin America:
This first article describes climate change impacts in Latin America and explains how to ensure climate change

The WMO statement for 2006 describes extreme weather and climate events during the year and provides a historical perspective on the variability and trends of surface temperatures and other important parameters. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

These guidelines are oriented to the needs of the decision-maker and provide a description of the range of mitigation options that need to
be considered when making efforts to reduce losses from flooding. The guidelines are designed to provide an

Toward the end of the twentieth century, it became evident to professionals working within the meterological arena that the world’s climate system was showing signs of change that could not be adequately explained in terms of natural variation. Since that

This atlas condenses the history, causes, dangers and scientific background into powerful easy-to-read maps, graphics and tables. Today’s headlines and recent events reflect the seriousness of climate change. Heatwaves, droughts and flooding are driving

This Decree adopts the National Climate Change Adaptation Program of November 2007.

This special volume deals exclusively with disasters, a subject of particular relevance in view of the threat to cultural heritage by global climate change.

The Hazard Mitigation Policy (HMP) has been designed to reinforce the institutional and popular hazards mitigation. The Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan (NHMP) details the HMP orientations with more specific measures.