Parties expected an increase in hyper arid, arid or semi arid areas under all climate change scenarios.

Formally, the MA definition encompasses all lands where the climate is classified as dry sub humid, semi arid, arid or hyper arid.

The Western Asia region has always experienced a low level of natural water availability, especially in arid or extremely arid climatic zones.

More than 40 Parties mentioned having arid and semi arid regions that would be affected by the adverse effects of climate change.

Fish tried amphibian life. Frogs adapted to deserts.

Desertification is defined by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification as land degradation in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities .

Some countries stated that they are concerned about long term sustainability of their arid marginal regions.

The climatic factors of concern include droughts and projected reductions in freshwater availability due to global warming.

Some countries stated that they are concerned about the long term sustainability of their arid and marginal regions.

In anticipation of the possible effects on climate of El Niño the SADC members were being urged to prepare for widespread drought.

Switching to more drought resistant products such as tobacco and cotton, and improvements in weather forecasts for the rainy season can enable the sector to cope better with the climatic conditions.

In several countries extreme weather conditions, desertification and drought are perceived as visible effects of climate change, affecting particularly the important agricultural sector.

But it's so windy and dry.

Dryland, mediterranean, arid, semi arid, grassland and savannah ecosystems

For example, on climate change and human health, links exists between water storage and diseases and between malnutrition and the spread of diseases relating to climate change, such as those caused by drought and loss of agricultural land.

It has a total area of 318 million hectares which represents 6 per cent of the world apos s arid, semi arid and dry sub humid lands (ASALS) and 25 per cent of Africa apos s ASALS.

The majority of the country area is desert and contains little or none of the land classified as arid, semi arid, or dry sub humid that makes up drylands.

Drought

It underlined the importance of the impacts of global climate change on water related hazards and the need to also address the impacts of drought.

Developing countries, with their diverse agro climatic situation, high and unstable mountains, perennial waterways coupled with peak seasonal discharge, as well as arid and semi arid ecological conditions, are vulnerable to drought and desertification.

In addition it has relevance to the Operational Programme OP 1 Arid and Semi arid Ecosystems and OP 12 Integrated Ecosystem Management , and thus crosscuts through the GEF focal area(s) of biodiversity, international waters and climate change.

Drought management.

Recognizing that low lying and other small island countries, countries with low lying coastal, arid and semi arid areas or areas liable to floods, drought and desertification, and developing countries with fragile mountainous ecosystems, are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change,

Recognizing that low lying and other small island countries, countries with low lying coastal, arid and semi arid areas or areas liable to floods, drought and desertification, and developing countries with fragile mountainous ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change,

Arab Center for the Study of Arid Zones and Drylands (ACSAD) databases of water resources, soils, plants, animals and climatology development of high yielding, drought tolerant and disease resistant wheat and barley varieties development of genepools of drought tolerant fruit trees establishment of genebanks for the collection of important sheep and goat strains.

Recognizing further that low lying and other small island countries, countries with low lying coastal, arid and semi arid areas or areas liable to floods, drought and desertification, and developing countries with fragile mountain ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.

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In many rural areas, deteriorating and outdated infrastructure has lost its resilience to climate related extreme events such as hurricanes and droughts.

Modern science should focus on sustainable increases in land and water productivity, management of production risks caused by droughts, floods, pests, and on mitigation and adaption to climate change. Drought tolerant and pest resistant crop varieties, disease resistant livestock, and high yield agricultural production systems that use less water and capture nitrogen from the air are but a few examples of the kind of technologies needed.

Reasserting its commitment to promoting desertification control, eradicating extreme poverty, promoting sustainable development in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas and improving the livelihoods of people affected by drought and or desertification,

AGRHYMET Regional Training Centre for Agrometeorology and Operational

Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands

mitigate the effects of drought

Parties shall take fully into account the specific needs and special circumstances of low lying and other small island countries, countries with low lying coastal, arid and semi arid areas or areas liable to floods, drought and desertification, and developing countries with fragile mountain ecosystems that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.

(c) The assessment at the national level of the economic and social impacts of climate change, including sea level rise, changes in storms or storm surges, and the risk to coastal ecosystems, including fragile ecosystems, wetlands, coral reefs and atolls, as well as freshwater supplies, arid and semi arid areas, drought and desertification

The reason for that is that ice actually sucks moisture out of the atmosphere.

He pointed out that with the projected rise in the concentration of greenhouse gases, a corresponding increase in the global mean surface temperature was likely to trigger increased climate variability and greater incidence and intensity of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts.

Cooperation has continued with WMO in the context of enhancing the technical capacity of the UNCCD process and supporting drought preparedness in the Balkans.

For example, in Argentina aridity could expand in subtropical areas (north of latitude 40 S) due to an increase in temperature and evaporation, whereas in Armenia and Kazakhstan the arid area could expand by 20 40 per cent.

Drought and desertification monitoring and assessment early

Here, in the drought...

Some countries stated that they are concerned about long term sustainability of their arid marginal regions, which are highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.

Modern science should focus on sustainable increases in land and water productivity, management of production risks caused by droughts, floods, pests, and on mitigation and adaption to climate change. Drought tolerant and pest resistant crop varieties, disease resistant livestock, and high yield agricultural production systems that use less water and capture nitrogen from the air are but a few examples of the kind of technologies needed.

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