Act No. 70 on the Meteorological Office of Iceland. Pays/Territoire Islande Type du document Législation Date 2008 (2011) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Air et atmosphère, Environnement gén., Eau Mot clé Institution Accès-à-l'information Collecte de données/déclarations Monitorage Risques Système d'alerte précoce Évaluation/gestion des risques Qualité de l'air/pollution de l'air Recherche Lutte contre la pollution Changement de climat Eaux continentales Pollution des eaux douces Aire géographique Arctique, Îles de l'Océan Atlantique, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Atlantique Nord, Atlantique du Nord-Est, Europe du Nord Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on 1 January 2009. Résumé This Act establishes the Meteorological Office of Iceland and regulates its tasks, integration, funding, and delivery of data. Among its tasks are: monitoring natural hazards and issue warnings and forecasts of imminent danger caused by weather and weather-related factors, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, floods and flash floods; to take care of general systematic water measurements in inland waters; to take care of measurements of snow layers and glacier management and mapping of ice layers of waterfalls and lakes; to make observations and measurements of air, precipitation and water pollution; to map the country's weather conditions and monitor climate changes and their effects on the aspects of nature that the organization is supposed to monitor; to carry out a risk assessment due to natural disasters at the request of the public safety authorities or other authorities; etc. Texte intégral Islandais Site web www.althingi.is