Prof. Liz Stephens
@lizstephens.bsky.social
Professor in Climate Risks & Resilience, University of Reading;
Science Lead, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
(opinions my own)
Science Lead, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
(opinions my own)
The USAID-funded Famine Early Warning System Network is critical for monitoring and predicting acute food insecurity globally, the impact of it going offline will be enormous, even outside of USAID-funded activities.
www.devex.com/news/usaid-f...
www.devex.com/news/usaid-f...
USAID-funded famine early warning system goes offline due to aid freeze
A key food insecurity data tool used by humanitarian groups worldwide has been taken down due to the Trump administration's stop-work order on USAID, raising alarm among aid workers.
www.devex.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The USAID-funded Famine Early Warning System Network is critical for monitoring and predicting acute food insecurity globally, the impact of it going offline will be enormous, even outside of USAID-funded activities.
www.devex.com/news/usaid-f...
www.devex.com/news/usaid-f...
An interesting / worrying forecast for the South West Indian Ocean, with another tropical cyclone on the way.
@ecmwf.bsky.social IFS: growing likelihood of the cyclone making 2nd landfall in MDG.
AI models: storm staying out in Moz channel, or even landfall in MOZ
charts.ecmwf.int/products/cyc...
@ecmwf.bsky.social IFS: growing likelihood of the cyclone making 2nd landfall in MDG.
AI models: storm staying out in Moz channel, or even landfall in MOZ
charts.ecmwf.int/products/cyc...
January 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
An interesting / worrying forecast for the South West Indian Ocean, with another tropical cyclone on the way.
@ecmwf.bsky.social IFS: growing likelihood of the cyclone making 2nd landfall in MDG.
AI models: storm staying out in Moz channel, or even landfall in MOZ
charts.ecmwf.int/products/cyc...
@ecmwf.bsky.social IFS: growing likelihood of the cyclone making 2nd landfall in MDG.
AI models: storm staying out in Moz channel, or even landfall in MOZ
charts.ecmwf.int/products/cyc...
The path of #CycloneChido was well forecasted several days ahead, but communities on small islands like Mayotte can't move out of the path of the storm - there's nowhere to go.
December 16, 2024 at 10:01 AM
The path of #CycloneChido was well forecasted several days ahead, but communities on small islands like Mayotte can't move out of the path of the storm - there's nowhere to go.
Super Typhoon Man-yi (Pepito) was the first time we triggered the Philippines Red Cross Early Action Protocol. Previously we've had issues due to poor intensity forecasts 72 hours ahead of landfall, related to rapid intensification.
This time the @ecmwf.bsky.social 9km ensemble did well!
This time the @ecmwf.bsky.social 9km ensemble did well!
Six tropical typhoons have hit the Philippines in a month in an unprecedented pattern of extreme weather.
The IFRC is appealing for more aid, increasing its initial Emergency Appeal with the aim of enabling the Philippine Red Cross to widen its scope of assistance. bit.ly/4fFExaf
The IFRC is appealing for more aid, increasing its initial Emergency Appeal with the aim of enabling the Philippine Red Cross to widen its scope of assistance. bit.ly/4fFExaf
Early warning systems only way to begin tackling unprecedented number of Philippines typhoons | IFRC
Manila/ Kuala Lumpur/ Geneva, 18 November: Six tropical typhoons have hit the Philippines in a month in an unprecedented pattern of extreme weather, not seen since records in the Pacific basin began ...
bit.ly
November 27, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Super Typhoon Man-yi (Pepito) was the first time we triggered the Philippines Red Cross Early Action Protocol. Previously we've had issues due to poor intensity forecasts 72 hours ahead of landfall, related to rapid intensification.
This time the @ecmwf.bsky.social 9km ensemble did well!
This time the @ecmwf.bsky.social 9km ensemble did well!
Reposted by Prof. Liz Stephens
You can now share the Warming Stripes directly to BlueSky, such as these for my town of Reading:
showyourstripes.info/s/europe/uni...
(Find the graphic you want to share, click the blue options button - the one with three horizontal lines - and select the butterfly!)
showyourstripes.info/s/europe/uni...
(Find the graphic you want to share, click the blue options button - the one with three horizontal lines - and select the butterfly!)
Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
showyourstripes.info
November 27, 2024 at 12:47 PM
You can now share the Warming Stripes directly to BlueSky, such as these for my town of Reading:
showyourstripes.info/s/europe/uni...
(Find the graphic you want to share, click the blue options button - the one with three horizontal lines - and select the butterfly!)
showyourstripes.info/s/europe/uni...
(Find the graphic you want to share, click the blue options button - the one with three horizontal lines - and select the butterfly!)
Great new paper by Climate Centre colleague and Reading PhD student Dorothy Heinrich (+ Erin Coughlan de Perez:
"More than Magnitude: Towards a multidimensional understanding of unprecedented weather to better support disaster management"
doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...
www.linkedin.com/posts/antici...
"More than Magnitude: Towards a multidimensional understanding of unprecedented weather to better support disaster management"
doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...
www.linkedin.com/posts/antici...
Anticipation Hub on LinkedIn: #anticipatoryaction
A new paper by by Dorothy Heinrich, Liz Stephens and Erin Coughlan de Perez explores unprecedented weather events and the humanitarian risks these pose.…
www.linkedin.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Great new paper by Climate Centre colleague and Reading PhD student Dorothy Heinrich (+ Erin Coughlan de Perez:
"More than Magnitude: Towards a multidimensional understanding of unprecedented weather to better support disaster management"
doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...
www.linkedin.com/posts/antici...
"More than Magnitude: Towards a multidimensional understanding of unprecedented weather to better support disaster management"
doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...
www.linkedin.com/posts/antici...