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WMO supports new Sun-Smart UV App
News
Weather, Forecast, Public health
Publish Date: 22 October 2021
A new SunSmart Global Ultraviolet Radiation App for mobile phones has been developed by leading health, radiation and weather organizations, with the support of WMO. It provides geo-located 5-day UV and weather forecasts and sun protection times along with tailored notifications. The sun’s UV rays can impact vitamin D production, cause DNA damage, skin cancers and certain eye diseases, such as cataracts.
New project scales up early warning systems in the Pacific
News
CREWS, Climate services, Climate change, Disaster risk reduction
Publish Date: 14 July 2021
A new project, Strengthening Hydro-Meteorological Early Warning Systems in the Pacific, has been launched with funding from the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS). It will enhance the effectiveness and inclusiveness of Regional Early Warning Systems (EWS) for local and vulnerable populations in Pacific Islands, improving early warning capabilities of national and regional hydro-meteorological centers and strengthening existing governance structures.
A Pathway to Climate Services for SIDS
Weather, Climate, Water, Natural hazards, Disaster risk reduction, Floods, Forecast, Drought, Climate services, Agriculture and food security
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
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Publish Date: 4 December 2015
Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Ocean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to hydro-meteorological hazards. In the coming years, climate change is likely to increase the frequency and severity...
Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems mobilizes more funding
News
Climate change, Disaster risk reduction, Climate services, Caribbean, Pacific, Africa, CREWS
Publish Date: 18 June 2021
The Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Initiative is mobilizing an additional US$ 28 million to deliver early warning systems in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and small island developing States (SIDs) to protect lives and livelihoods from the impacts of severe weather.
Early warning initiative advances in a pandemic
Press Release
CREWS, Disaster risk reduction, Climate services, Caribbean, Pacific, Africa
Publish Date: 11 May 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated impacts of extreme weather and climate change in vulnerable countries but also highlighted the need to build resilience against a multitude of hazards through better early warnings and risk information.
White Paper on the future of weather and climate forecasting
Press Release
Weather, Climate, Forecast
Publish Date: 1 April 2021
The advancement of our ability to predict the weather and climate has been the core aspiration of a global community of scientists and practitioners, in the almost 150 years of international cooperation in meteorology and related Earth system sciences.
Brookings blog: Invest in observations
News
Observations, Partnership, Forecast, Climate change, Disasters
Publish Date: 11 February 2021
The prestigious Brookings Institution has published a blog on the critical need for investment in better global weather and climate observations
New funding and strategic plan boosts Haiti’s Hydro-Meteorological Service
News
Disaster risk reduction, Capacity development, CREWS
Publish Date: 28 January 2021
WMO is supporting the first ever national strategic plan to strengthen Haiti’s Hydro-Meteorological Service (UHM), as well as a new international initiative to build resilience to extreme weather and climate change impacts in the western hemisphere’s most impoverished nation.
Climate Adaptation Summit: Invest in early warnings and early action
Press Release
CREWS
Publish Date: 26 January 2021
Geneva, 26 January 2021- As climate change leads to an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather, the need for effective early warnings and early action took centre stage at the Climate Adaptation Summit on 25-26 January.
FAQs - Weather
Weather, Climate, Forecast
Frequently asked questions related to weather events.