A project that spans about 8,000 km (5,000 miles) across three South American countries has been launched in order to maximize cross-border collaboration to increase the reach of vital climate-related information to build resilience.

A project that spans about 8,000 km (5,000 miles) across three South American countries has been launched in order to maximize cross-border collaboration to increase the reach of vital climate-related information to build resilience.
At a Climate Ambition Summit on 12 December, 75 leaders from all over the world unveiled new commitments and concrete plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to tackle ever-increasing climate change indicators and impacts. The Summit was co-convened by the United Nations, the UK and France, in partnership with Italy and Chile, on the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement and marked a major milestone on the road to the crucial UN climate conference COP26 in Glasgow next November.
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.
A new project called EUROCLIMA+ : droughts and flooding- in the Andes has been launched.
El 2019 va a toda velocidad en términos meteorológicos: pasamos de un frío inicio de enero hasta una primera semana de febrero con nuevos récord de temperatura máxima en la patagonia, tanto chilena como argentina. Mientras tanto, la sequía se hizo presente en la zona sur de Chile así como también en casi todo Brasil. Las torrenciales lluvias se han hecho sentir desde el sur de Perú y el norte de Chile, hasta el Centro de Argentina, produciendo nuevos récord mensuales y diarios de precipitación. ¿Qué está pasando en nuestro continente?