Handbook of Drought Indicators and Indices

Handbook of Drought Indicators and Indices Integrated Drought Management Programme WMO-No. 1173 Towards a water secure world WEATHER climate WATER. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is the United Nations system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the land and oceans, the weather and climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources. WMO has a membership of 191 Member States and Territories. The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is an international network whose vision is for a water secure world. The GWP mission is to advance governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development.

Following publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on extreme events (IPCC, 2012), the issue of quantifying loss and damage from extreme climate events such as droughts has become important for policy implementation, especially with regard to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agenda.

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