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WMO head is named European of the Year by Readers Digest
Press Release
WMO
Publish Date: 18 January 2021
World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Professor Petteri Taalas has been named “European of the Year” by Readers Digest magazine for his role in galvanizing action on climate change.
2020 was one of three warmest years on record
Press Release
El Niño / La Niña, Climate change
Publish Date: 14 January 2021
Geneva, 14 January 2021 - The year 2020 was one of the three warmest on record, and rivalled 2016 for the top spot, according to a consolidation of five leading international datasets by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). A naturally occurring cooling climate phenomenon, La Niña, put a brake on the heat only at the very end of the year.
Step up climate change adaptation, says UN report
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Climate change, Climate services, Partnership
Publish Date: 14 January 2021
As temperatures rise and climate change impacts intensify, nations must urgently step up action to adapt to the new climate reality or face serious costs, damages and losses, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report finds.
Top 10 weather and climate events in 2020 unveiled - China Meteorological Administration
News from Members
Publish Date: 12 January 2021
Recently, the selection result of the top 10 domestic and global weather and climate events in 2020 has been unveiled. The selection results of the top 10 weather and climate events in China have reflected the major features of weather and climate conditions in 2020 in China: firstly, more days of rainstorm with strong intensity and high overlapping of rain coverage in the flood season; secondly, more days of high temperature and staged meteorological drought in many regions; thirdly, early onset, high frequency and strong intensity of severe convective weather; fewer generations and...
The Year's Weather – 2020 - Hong Kong Observatory
News from Members
Publish Date: 12 January 2021
Globally, 2020 is on track to be one of the three warmest years on record according to the World Meteorological Organization's preliminary assessment. Over the Arctic, the sea-ice extents for July and October 2020 were the lowest on record and the annual minimum in September was also the second lowest. In 2020, various extreme weather events continued to wreak havoc in different parts of the world, including heatwaves in the Australia, Caribbean region, Mexico, South America, western Europe, eastern Mediterranean, Japan, and Siberia; extreme cold events in North America and the southern part...
The weather in Germany in 2020 - Deutscher Wetterdienst
News from Members
Publish Date: 12 January 2021
2020 being the second-warmest year confirms ongoing climate change Offenbach, 30 December 2020 – With an annual average temperature of 10.4 degrees Celsius (°C), 2020 is the second-warmest year since the beginning of nationwide weather recordings in 1881. Only 2018 was slightly warmer with 10.5 °C. The next years to closely follow are 2019 and 2014 with 10.3 °C each. This has been announced by the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) after an initial analysis of the observations from its approximately 2,000 measuring stations. Tobias Fuchs, head of Climate at the DWD: “The very warm year of 2020...
The weather in Germany in December 2020 - Deutscher Wetterdienst
News from Members
Publish Date: 12 January 2021
Widespread dull and humid ‘grotty weather’ Offenbach, 30 October 2020 – After plenty of sunshine in the previous month, December brought very cloudy and dull conditions. This typical ‘grotty weather’ was accompanied either by moderately cold or by unusually mild temperatures. A nationwide drop in temperature by a good 10 degrees ensured a white surprise on Christmas day in the low mountain ranges. On 27th December, low ‘Hermine’ brought storms to the west and more snow to the mountains. All in all, the year 2020 bid farewell with a December which was too warm, dry and severely lacking in...
WMO hosts webinar on COVID-19, air quality and meteorological factors
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#Covid19, Research, Environment, Public health
Publish Date: 11 January 2021
WMO is hosting a webinar as part of a technical review process of the draft statement on meteorological and air quality factors affecting the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar takes place on 12 January and the statement is open to scientific review until January 22 nd .
Workshop of Global Multi-Hazard Alert System in Asia was held online - China Meteorological Administration
News from Members
Publish Date: 7 January 2021
On December 15, Workshop of 2020 Global Multi-Hazard Alert System in Asia (GMAS-A) was held online.The theme of this event is the challenges and opportunities confronted by elevating the early warning capacity in Asia. During the conference, experts from many countries have reached the consensus that emerging risks are not confined to a certain country. Cross-nation and cross-sector cooperation should be reinforced in terms of management mechanism and technological innovation, data sharing and coordination, to promote disaster preparedness, response to climate change, and joint endeavor to...
Record-breaking 2020 ozone hole closes
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Ozone
Publish Date: 6 January 2021
The record-breaking 2020 Antarctic ozone hole finally closed at the end of December after an exceptional season due to naturally occurring meteorological conditions and the continued presence of ozone depleting substances in the atmosphere.