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Climate Risk Early Warning Systems Annual Report 2022
The 2022 Annual Report of the Climate Risk Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Initiative highlights that an estimated 111 million people are better protected against climate-related hazards thanks...
The workshop addressed the upholding of Indigenous rights, referring to the UN Declaration of Indigenous Peoples,
Every year, for one week in late September, the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York becomes an intensive hive of activity for high-level events.
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The inaugural WMO State of Global Water Resources 2021, launched in November, provides an...
High-resolution Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models, data and products are the primary tools for advanced weather forecasting in National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs). It is a core resource for achieving the United Nations Secretary General’s target to ensure early warning services for weather hazards for all within five years (from 2022). WMO offers Group Fellowship Training on NWP in two phases – theory and practice – to equip scientific...
The first collection of Climatological Standard Normals (CLINOs) was conducted in the 1930s by International Meteorological Organization (IMO) for period from 1900–1930. The most recent, by WMO for the period from 1991–2020, had 31 March 2022 as the deadline for submissions. But only 45 of the 193 WMO Members had submitted CLINOs by the deadline. At the beginning of the 1990s, 135 Members had submitted CLINOs for the...
Costa Rica and Panama have developed national roadmaps to address the institutional, operational and technical capacity gaps identified in their hydrological and meteorological services. Both roadmaps were co-developed with the WMO HydroHub as the main outcome of Capacity and Needs Assessments carried out in the two countries in 2021–2022 to identify gaps and needs in their National Hydrological and Meteorological Services...
Flash floods count among the deadliest hazard, which underscores the importance of improving the knowledge and ability of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) to monitor and develop flash flood warnings. WMO has been supporting NMHSs to do so for over a decade by implementing the Flash Flood Guidance System (FFGS) to provide critical and timely information to individuals, emergency services, and governments to prepare for and respond to flash floods. ...
The induction workshop for newly appointed Permanent Representatives (PRs) to the WMO was held at WMO headquarters from 30 November to 2 December 2022. The turnover rate in PRs has been high over the last decade, in 2022 alone some 29 new PRs (Directors of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs)) were appointed, 15% of the 193 WMO Members. Thus, the annual on-boarding workshop aims to enhance new PRs’ understanding...
Effective and targeted communication and dissemination of weather and climate information is essential to build resilience and adapt to climate change.
