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World Meteorological Day ceremony: boost the power of prediction
News
Climate change, Climate services, Observations, Disaster risk reduction, Disasters, Partnership
Publish Date: 24 March 2022
The drive for universal coverage and protection by Early Warning services - one of the most effective forms of climate adaptation both in terms of saving lives and economic benefits...
World Meteorological Day: Early Warning and Early Action
News
Disasters, Disaster risk reduction, Observations, Climate change
Publish Date: 22 March 2022
Weather, climate and water extremes are becoming more frequent and intense as a result of climate change. Yet one in three people are still not adequately covered by early warning systems. And, all too often, the warnings do not reach those who need them most. World Meteorological Day on 23 March 2022 therefore has the theme Early Warning and Early Action, and spotlights the vital importance of hydrometeorological and climate information for disaster risk reduction.
World Water Day focuses on groundwater
News
Water, Climate change
Publish Date: 22 March 2022
Groundwater accounts for 99% of all liquid freshwater on Earth. However, this natural resource is often poorly understood and consequently undervalued, mismanaged and polluted. This year’s World Water Day on 22 March focusses on the vast potential of groundwater and the need to manage it sustainably by “making the invisible visible.”
IPCC considers report on Mitigation of Climate Change
News
Climate change
Publish Date: 21 March 2022
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has opened a virtual meeting to consider its report on the Mitigation of Climate Change. In the third installment of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, the Working Group III report focuses on the progress made in limiting global emissions and the available mitigation options across systems and sectors.
Tropical Cyclone Programme: 40-year review highlights success
News
Tropical cyclones, Hurricanes, Disasters, Disaster risk reduction
Publish Date: 16 March 2022
Every year, there are on average 84 named tropical cyclones. Over the past 50 years, they have caused on average 43 deaths and US$ 78 million losses every day and have also been responsible for one third of both deaths and economic losses from weather-, climate- and water-related disasters, according to WMO statistics from 1970-2019.
Climate change: a threat to human wellbeing and health of the planet.
Press Release
Climate change, Disasters, Climate services, Disaster risk reduction
Publish Date: 28 February 2022
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released today.
COP26-COP27 briefing on IPCC Climate Change 2022 report
News
Climate change
Publish Date: 7 March 2022
The new Working Group II report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has provided policymakers with a clear view of the state and threat of global climate change. The latest climate science continues to reiterate that every fraction of a degree of warming spells more dangerous and costly consequences.
WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas addresses IPCC report launch
News
Climate change
Publish Date: 28 February 2022
Address by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas
Integrated water resources management and early warning system for climate change resilience in the Lake Chad Basin
News
Disaster risk reduction, Climate change, Water, Africa
Publish Date: 25 February 2022
The World Meteorological Organization WMO with its partners is preparing a project to establish hydrological monitoring and early warning system (EWS) for sustainable and fair water management and against water-related disaster risks like floods and drought in the Lake Chad basin. It seeks to improve water resource management for better climate resilience in the basin, which is severely affected by climate change.
Number of wildfires forecast to rise by 50% by 2100
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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.