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Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
Theme: Weather
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Publish Date: 27 November 2019
Over the past decades, meteorological and hydrological services have seen a growing participation of the private sector in weather and climate services (WCS) 1 as a result of many interacting factors. Technical developments in observation technology, such as remote-sensing, and reductions in the unit cost of information and measurement equipment, have made observation capacity more affordable and accurate.
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
Theme: Observations
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Publish Date: 26 November 2019
The effects of climate change are becoming more evident. Governments are addressing the challenge of climate change through international accords such as the Paris Agreement in 2015. To evaluate progress towards climate targets, governments have adopted a process of national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting following agreed protocols. These protocols were established by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and described in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
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Publish Date: 20 November 2019
Air pollution is the greatest environmental risk to human health. Outdoor air pollution leads to more than 4 million deaths each year, mostly in developing countries (World Health Organization (WHO), 2019). While air quality has improved in many countries in response to effective emission control strategies, other parts of the world continue to experience severe or deteriorating air quality.
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
Theme: Observations
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Publish Date: 20 November 2019
Climate change and air pollution have negative impacts on several aspects of human activities, especially on health and economies. Environment-related hazards – extreme weather events, failure of climate- change mitigation and adaptation, natural and human- made disasters, water crises, biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse – have ranked as the top global risks for three years running in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Perception Survey. In the 2019 Survey, these risks accounted for three of the five most likely to occur and four of the five risks with the highest potential impacts.
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
Theme: Climate
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Publish Date: 18 November 2019
The Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) provides a basis for the structured and coherent framing of the science, data, operations and applications fundamental to transitioning to a climate smart and resilient society. It enables better-informed management of the risks of climate variability and change and adaptation to climate change.
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
Theme: Climate
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Publish Date: 18 November 2019
The Seventeenth World Meteorological Congress in 2015 appointed Petteri Taalas as Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and gave him a strong mandate to reform the WMO governance structure. Climate change, an increasing number of disasters, population growth, urbanization, uneven development of countries and new technologies were the main drivers for the reform.
Meteoworld : December 2019
Seamless air quality prediction and forecasting are crucial, and in response, international efforts are underway to expand these capacities across Africa. Leading this effort is the Air Quality Prediction and...
Meteoworld : December 2019
Strengthened agrometeorological services and early warning systems are needed to provide farmers and rural dwellers in Tajikistan with the capacity to prepare for and adapt to climate changes that will...
Meteoworld : December 2019
One of the key strategies of the WMO Global Campus Initiative is to “think globally, act locally”. As part of this strategy, in addition to launching a global learning events...
Meteoworld : December 2019
Good institutional governance and management is one of the key elements of an efficient and sustainable National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (NMHS). In support of this, WMO and the South...
