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, will increase crop water stress, drought frequency and intensity, and contribute to greater risk of harvest failures and production shortfalls. • Shorter growing seasons are expected in many areas. This will be especially acute for vulnerable agricultural systems that experience high temperatures

Main climate risks in the MENA region Rising temperatures over all seasons, increased evapotranspiration, and, in some locations, more variable rainfall, will contribute to greater drought risk and harvest failure. Agricultural production is constrained by limited water, temperature and suitable

, will increase crop water stress, drought frequency and intensity, and contribute to greater risk of harvest failures and production shortfalls. • Shorter growing seasons are expected in many areas. This will be especially acute for vulnerable agricultural systems that experience high temperatures

. (Source: US National Snow and Ice Data Center.) Particulars of the 2015 melt season This year, the start of the melt season in May and June was relatively cool in most of the Arctic Ocean, similar to 2013 and 2014. This was due to a lack of the persistent southerly winds which characterised the early

of 1915 there was still no request to provide daily forecasts for the allied armies. This position changed during the Battle of the Somme in the summer and autumn of 1916. A wetter than average summer, particularly in August, in conjunction with the high water table around the Somme area combined