A virtual session of WMO Regional Association III took place from November 25-27, with the participation of 127 people. Yolanda Gonzalez Hernandez, Permanent Representative of Colombia, and Raul Rodas Franco, Permanent Representative of Paraguay, were elected respectively president and vice president of RA-III. A special side event was held on the ocean.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) joins the global community in marking World Oceans Day on 8 June, with the theme: Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean. This is more necessary than ever before, as human activities place unprecedented stress on the ocean, which covers more than 70% of the Earth surface, regulates the global climate and provides food and livelihoods for billions of people.
The Argentine research base, Esperanza, on the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula, set a new record temperature of 18.3°C on 6 February, beating the former record of 17.5°C on 24 March 2015, according to Argentina’s national meteorological service (SMN).
Entre el 24 y el 26 de abril se realiza el lanzamiento del componente BID del proyecto de Diseño e Implementación de un Sistema de Información sobre Sequías para el sur de Sudamérica (SISSA), que llevará adelante el Centro Regional del Clima para el Sur de América del Sur (CRC-SAS). El encuentro tiene lugar en la sede del BID de Asunción, Paraguay, y reúne a los líderes del proyecto SISSA, a los directores de los servicios meteorológicos nacionales de los países que integran el CRC-SAS, representantes de agencias de la región, autoridades de gobierno de los países del cono sur y referentes de organismos no gubernamentales vinculados a la gestión del riesgo en el sector agropecuario.
The year 2019 has started where 2018 left off – with extreme weather causing disruption, damage and loss of life. The high impact of these events – some of which are consistent from what we expect as a result of climate change - underline why extreme weather, climate change and environmental risks dominated the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Risks Perception Survey.
