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additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies MAC 4b. Influence staff, suppliers, customers and communities through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature

is a controlled circulation magazine distributed free of charge to decision-makers in government, science and commerce, for whom weather and climate information has an impact. arrived at the Met Office in 2009 with a desire to see the science we do, increasingly with partners in universities and other

to build across the UK at the start of September. The influence of former tropical cyclone Franklin as it moved into the north Atlantic also amplified this build-up of high pressure. The analysis chart at 1200UTC 9 September 2023 shows high pressure across much of the UK with a light southerly flow

is informed by the WMO's Climate Services Implementation checklist. There are distinct differences for organisations working at different stages of the value chain on the extent they might influence or contribute towards users using WCIS for their decision-making needs. This has been reflected in the criteria

Briefing note Proposal for the development of forecasts for small-scale farmers in Western Kenya Introduction The purpose of the Western Kenya project is to decentralise climate information services for decision making in this region. Output two of the project is to develop and roll out

storm build above Lake Victoria. Inside photographs. Robert Powell. Citation. Watkiss, P., Powell, R. and Hunt, A. (2020). Socio-Economic Benefits of the HIGHWAY project. Policy brief. Published July 2020. The HIGHWAY project is funded by WISER (Weather and Climate Information SERvices for Africa

and consideration of how best to engage with and influence key actors http://www.christianaid.org.uk/Images/Power-Mapping-Power-Analysis-Tool-2.pdf CARE’s Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment Handbook (2009) outlines the process for undertaking institutional analysis, policy analysis and a venn

. Aerosols A suspension of airborne solid or liquid particles, with a typical size between a few nanometres and 10 μm that reside in the atmosphere for at least several hours. Aerosols may be of either natural or anthropogenic origin. Aerosols may influence climate in several ways: through both interactions

data are from the ERA5 reanalysis (Hersbach et al., 2017).   Outlook for September Uncertainty in predictions of September Arctic sea ice extent is still very high at the time of writing, as Arctic weather has a strong influence on sea ice melt for the remainder of the melt season

to emissions from fossil fuel burning, land use change and cement production, with this year's annual rise being relatively large and similar to last year's due to a continuation of the temporary weakening of the land carbon sink caused by climate variability. This accelerates this year's annual CO2