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Weather reports about climate change

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Weather presenters

Weather reports about climate change

If humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, the average temperature of the Earth’s lower atmosphere could rise more than 4°C (7.2°F) by the end of the 21st century. But what does a rise in the global average temperature really mean? How would we experience it on a daily basis?

Weather presenters on TV and radio regularly inform us about the temperatures and other weather conditions that we feel on our skin and plan our day around. Because they know how to explain weather and climate in a useful and interesting way, WMO encourages weather presenters  to also reflect climate change science in their reports.

For (Northern Hemisphere) summer 2017, WMO partnered with Climate Central to invite presenters from a dozen countries to explore how climate change may affect summer heat in major cities by the end of the 21st century. They started by comparing the summer highs projected by 2100 for their city with cities that already experience those temperatures today. In addition to these videos, Climate Central has posted an interactive map to make it easier to visualize these “shifting cities.”

In 2014 and 2015, WMO invited some 60 weather presenters to  imagine a “weather report from the year 2050.” Four series of reports were launched to promote the Paris climate change conference (COP 21), the Third World Conference on Disaster risk Reduction held in Sendai, the Lima climate change conference (COP 20) and the UN Climate Summit in New York.

None of the worst-case futures presented in these video reports need to happen. What the weather presenters have created are only possible scenarios, and not true forecasts. Nevertheless, they are based on the most up-to-date climate science, and they paint a compelling picture of what life could be like on a warmer planet.

Watch the “summer in the city” climate reports here.

 

 

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Engaging weather presenters as climate communicators

Climate variability and climate change present many risks to people and communities everywhere. Fortunately, rapid advances in climate science and climate services make it increasingly possible to provide decision-makers and the general public with climate predictions and information that they can use to address the climate challenge. Climate science can also empower weather presenters to inform their viewers about the broader climate patterns and trends shaping the weather that they will experience tomorrow, next month, or decades from now. WMO recognizes that weather presenters are natural communicators, have large and dedicated audiences, are generally liked and respected, and are skilled in explaining the weather and extremes through which people experience climate variability and change. The Organization is therefore working with its Members and a wide range of partners to assist weather presenters in learning more about climate and climate change, gaining access to climate information and climate experts, and communicating this knowledge effectively.

Workshops:

  • Workshop on Communicating on Climate Change, Moncalieri/Turin, Italy, 30 March - 1 April 2017, Mission 2020 video
  • Weather presenters at COP-22, Marrakesh, November 2016
  • Workshop on Communicating on Climate Change, Paris, 29 May 2016

  • Weather presenters at COP-21, Paris, December 2015 

  • Workshop on communicating the science of Climate Change, Tokyo, November 2015

  • Workshop on communicating the science of Climate Change, Hanoi, September 2015

  • Workshop on Understanding Climate Change: The IPCC Synthesis,  Paris, 31 March 2015

  • Workshop on the Climate-Weather Connection.  New York, 24 September 2014 (Agenda, Presentation)

  • Workshop on communicating climate:  How the IPCC’s “Fifth Assessment Report” can inform news reports on weather and climate.  Paris, 2-3 April 2014 (Agenda and list of participants, Presentations)

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