About this Project
Status: Active
Operational Plan: 2019 - 2020
Issue
- The economic, environmental, and social impacts on communities of drought and its attendant hazards—including wildfires, floods and landslides—are significant
- While drought monitoring and early warning systems can help decision-makers mitigate negative impacts, there is uncertainty among local planners, emergency managers, and others about which early warning indicators and planning tools are most appropriate
Aim
- The CEC is improving the understanding of locally relevant indicators for monitoring drought in specific climatic regions in North America
- The CEC will strengthen existing partnerships and increase communities’ ability to use drought information for risk-management planning and decision-making
Deliverables
- Guidelines on the use of locally-relevant drought indicators and indices for North American climatic regions
- Recommendations for communities to improve their access to and use of tools for drought and multi-hazard planning
- Recommendations for improving access to and information offered by the North American Drought Monitor (NADM)