Framework for undertaking Socio-Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis for Climate Information Services in the Western Tropical Pacific

Abstract

Weather, climate and related conditions affect everyone on the planet. The variability of the atmosphere oceans and land surface, on timescales from minutes to centuries, exerts major influence on the population and economy, Extreme weather events, prolonged droughts, floods and other natural weather-related disasters have a financial, social and economic impact on every country.