Lessons learned from the 1997-98 El Niño: once burned twice shy?

This assessment reviewed forecasts and impacts of the 1997-98 El Niño, as well as the climate-related early warning and natural disaster preparedness systems in the following locations in order to improve their ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) and other climate-related coping mechanisms; Cuba, Costa Rica, Panama Canal, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Bangladesh, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Based on the lessons drawn from these 16 studies, the project identified research and policy needs and presented ideas for developing regional and national disaster preparedness plans for ENSO’s warm (El Niño) and cold (La Niña) events and their impacts.

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Date:

2001

Pages:

294 p.

Sources:

United Nations Environment Programme - Headquarters (UNEP)
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

Publishers:

United Nations University (UNU)

Keywords

Themes:: Climate Change
Hazards:: Drought
Countries:: Bangladesh, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Viet Nam