--- title: EDgE a tool for drought mitigation thumbnail: edge_sort_out_drought.png layout: layouts/skeleton.mustache description: > EDgE discussed at the ‘Sort-out-Drought’ workshop in Dresden, Germany breadcrumb: - title: Home path: / - title: news path: /News --- {{#markdown}} ![Image](edge_sort_out_drought.png) EDgE at the ‘Sort-out-Drought’ workshop in Dresden, Germany EDgE was presented at the ‘sort-out-drought’ workshop co-organised by Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), the Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology (LfULG), the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the European Commission (EC) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), as part of an international effort to present and develop best practices and climate services helpful to deal with droughts, being one of the most costly extremes in Weather and Climate with a strong potential of worsening with Climate Change. [More information about DWD](http://www.dwd.de/EN/Home/home_node.html) [More information about GPCC](http://www.dwd.de/EN/ourservices/gpcc/gpcc.html) [More information about WMO](http://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.html) [More information about NOAA](http://www.noaa.gov/) [More information about JRC](https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/about/jrc-site/ispra) [More information about the Global Drought Information System](https://www.drought.gov/gdm/content/welcome) {{/markdown}}