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​Early Warning systems must protect everyone within five years
Press Release
WMO, Disaster risk reduction, Climate change, Observations, Forecast, Disasters
Publish Date: 23 March 2022
Within the next five years, everyone on Earth should be protected by early warning systems against increasingly extreme weather and climate change, according to an ambitious new United Nations target announced today.
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...
Water
Water, Oceans, Floods, Drought, Cryosphere
Water stress, water-related hazards and water quality pose increasing challenges to modern society. And yet, the capacity to monitor and manage this vital resource is fragmented and inadequate. Billions of people around the world also feel the impact of climate change through water.
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.
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.
World Meteorological Day
World Met Day, Weather, Climate, Water
World Meteorological Day takes place every year on 23 March and commemorates the coming into force on 23 March 1950 of the Convention establishing the World Meteorological Organization. It showcases...
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