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World Health Day calls for action on Our Planet, Our Health
News
Public health, Environment, Pollution, Climate change
Publish Date: 7 April 2022
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent call for accelerated action to preserve and protect health and mitigate climate change as part of an “Our planet, our health” campaign on World Health Day.
Number of wildfires forecast to rise by 50% by 2100
News
Environment, Climate change, Disaster risk reduction
Publish Date: 23 February 2022
Climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a global increase of extreme fires of up to 14 per cent by 2030, 30 per cent by the end of 2050 and 50 per cent by the end of the century, according to a new report.
New sand and dust forecast website launched
News
Environment, Natural hazards, Sand and Dust Storms
Publish Date: 21 January 2022
Forecasts and warnings of sand and dust storms in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa are now more readily accessible thanks to a new website designed to meet growing user needs for more information on these major hazards which affect weather, climate, the environment, health and economies in many parts of the world
WMO Nominating Agency for the Earthshot Prize
Oceans, Environment
Meteoworld : October 2021
The Earthshot Prize announced the first-ever five Prize Winners of this most prestigious environment award at a ceremony held at London’s Alexandra Palace in mid October. Each of the five...
International Mountain Day
News
Climate change, Environment
Publish Date: 10 December 2021
International Mountain Day is celebrated annually on 11 December. The theme this year is sustainable tourism in mountains.
Focus areas
Applications, Data exchange, Technology transfer, Environment, Natural hazards, Observations, Oceans
Within its mandate in the areas of weather, climate and water, WMO focuses on many different aspects and issues from observations, information exchange and research to weather forecasts and early warnings, from capacity development and monitoring of greenhouse gases to application services and much, much more.
Devastating wildfires cause record emissions in Northern hemisphere
News
Environment, Climate change
Publish Date: 22 September 2021
Europe’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has been closely monitoring a summer of extreme wildfires across the Northern Hemisphere, including intense hotspots around the Mediterranean basin and in North America and Siberia. The intense fires led to new records in the CAMS dataset with the months of July and August seeing their highest global carbon emissions respectively.
Ozone layer recovery is an environmental success story
News
Ozone, Environment, Climate change
Publish Date: 15 September 2021
The World Meteorological Organization joins the rest of the international community in marking World Ozone Day on 16 September. It highlights the importance of safeguarding the Earth’s protective ozone layer...
Environment
Environment
All life depends on a healthy planet, but the interwoven systems of atmosphere, oceans, watercourses, land, ice cover and biosphere, which form the natural environment, are threatened by human activities. The Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) programme provides reliable scientific data and information on aerosols, greenhouse gases, selected reactive gases, ozone, ultraviolet radiation and precipitation chemistry (or atmospheric deposition).
Airborne Dust: A Hazard to Human Health, Environment and Society
Weather, Climate, Natural hazards, Disaster risk reduction, Environment, Research, Climate services, Water, Public health
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
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Publish Date: 3 December 2015
Over the last decade, the scientific community has come to realize the important impacts of airborne dust on climate, human health, the environment and various socio-economic sectors.