On Tuesday, August 28th SEI hosted a seminar with Michel Jarraud, Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization.
As a specialized agency of the United Nations, WMO is the UN system’s authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth’s atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources. Mr Jarraud presented on the WMO future perspectives with special emphasis on the Global Framework for Climate Services.
Following this presentation and short Q&A session, SEI Senior Research Fellow Richard Klein presented on climate adaptation and vulnerability and SEI Senior Scientist Marisa Escobar presented on how to understand the effects of climate variability on food security and livelihoods in Latin America.
Feature / SEI York researchers share their enthusiasm for all things citizen science.
Media coverage / SEI’s Alphayo Lutta emphasizes that one way Kenya can reduce its vulnerability to global oil disruptions is to give greater attention to its bioeconomy.
Event on 12 May / In this third CHILI seminar, Sarah West will talk about citizen science and its growing role in understanding the environments we live in.
