Sustainability: Learning from 10 years of climate outlook forums in Africa

Science

Volumn 318, Issue 5847, 2007, Pages 49-50

  Patt, Anthony G ^a,b   Ogallo, Laban ^c   Hellmuth, Molly ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC)   (Kenya)

^d Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

LEARNING; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; EL NINO; FORECASTING; HUNGER; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT SURVEY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 35148867468     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1147909     Document Type: Short Survey

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