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Arctic: heat, fire and melting ice
News
Climate change, Polar, Cryosphere
Publish Date: 31 July 2020
Exceptional and prolonged heat in Siberia has fuelled devastating Arctic fires. At the same time, rapidly decreasing sea ice coverage has been reported along the Russian Arctic coast.
Implementing the Global Framework for Climate Services at Regional and National Scales
Global Projects
Capacity development, Climate change, Climate services, GFCS, Natural hazards, El Niño / La Niña, Drought, Education, Training
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges to human society in contemporary times. Statistics show that the last decades have already seen a sharp rise in economic, social and...
CLIMANDES
National Projects
Agriculture and food security, Capacity development
In developing and emerging countries, climate data are often of poor quality and do not meet the prerequisites for the provision of climate services for political decision-makers. In Peru and...
Disaster Risk Reduction in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Satellite data receiving system for the Communication Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (COMS)
National Projects
Disaster risk reduction, Capacity development
Recent years have witnessed a significant increase in the frequency and intensity of climate and weather related hazards putting development gains at risk. By improving their disaster related information base,...
Regional Programme
RP
WMO Programmes
Capacity development
Ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the six WMO Regional Associations in coordinating the meteorological, hydrological, climatologic and related activities of their Members by providing a framework for the implementation of WMO programmes on the national, sub-regional and regional levels
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Start date

1 June 1975
Voluntary Cooperation Programme
VCP
WMO Programmes
Capacity development
Providing assistance and support to National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in developing and least developed countries and small island developing states.
1

Start date

1 June 1967
The World Weather Research Programme: A 10-year Vision
Weather, Climate, Information, Research, Observations, Polar, Floods, Oceans, Partnership, Drought
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (1) - 2015
Theme: Weather
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Publish Date: 3 March 2015
Weather prediction has achieved immense progress, driven by research and increasingly sophisticated telecommunication, information technology and observational infrastructure. Predictive skill now extends in some cases beyond 10 days, with an increasing capability to give early warning of severe weather events many days ahead.
Is the Ozone Layer on the Mend? Highlights from the most recent WMO/UNEP Ozone Assessment
Environment, Observations, Polar, Greenhouse gases, Space
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (1) - 2015
Theme: Environmental challenges
2
Publish Date: 2 March 2015
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, signed in 1987, has been successful in that the amount of chlorofluorocarbons is now slowly diminishing. A common misunderstanding, however, is the belief that the ozone problem has been solved and the ozone layer is back to its original state.
Early Career Scientists
Weather, Climate, Research, Environment, Awards, Polar, Climate services
Bulletin nº Vol 63 (2) - 2014
Theme: Careers
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Publish Date: 3 November 2014
The science community is concerned: many established researchers plan to retire in the coming decade and there is a dearth of early and mid-career researchers ready to take their place and contribute in a meaningful way. Unless young scientists are encouraged, trained and mentored in various scientific fields knowledge gaps will occur.
Users are the Winners as WMO Information System Comes of Age
Weather, Climate, Climate services, Information, Observations, Research, Forecast, Data exchange, Satellite, Capacity development
Bulletin nº Vol 62 (2) - 2013
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Publish Date: 1 October 2013
by Markus Heene | The past two years have been marked by intensive efforts to complete the WMO Information System (WIS) and make it fully operational.