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Publish Date: 17 November 2014
For use of the information media Not an official record Conference agrees action plan to empower and protect women Progress towards Gender-Sensitive Weather and Climate Services Geneva 17 November 2014...
Publish Date: 24 March 2014
For use of the information media Not an official record WMO Annual Climate Statement Highlights Extreme Events Geneva, 24 March 2014 – The year 2013 once again demonstrated the dramatic...
Publish Date: 3 March 2014
WMO has revised and updated its popular booklet A Career in Meteorology as part of the activities marking this year’s World Meteorological Day “Weather and Climate: Engaging Youth.” Since the first edition was published in 2006, weather and the related concerns of climate and hydrology have gained an increasingly high profile and are seen as fundamental to sustainable development. This new edition reflects the changes in our physical, socio-economic and professional environment. It highlights these challenges and reaches out to young people showing them how they could make a vital...
Publish Date: 21 March 2014
Friday, 21 March 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This is a moment to celebrate the far-sightedness of the Convention and all of the investment in its implementation that so many thousands of people have made over the last two decades, according to its Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres. In a statement , U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon praised the UNFCC as a “major catalyst in the growing developmental shift to clean technology, renewable energy, improved efficiency and adaptation.” “At the same time...
Publish Date: 17 December 2014
A new analysis of European temperature data from January through November 2014 confirms that 2014 will almost certainly be the region’s warmest year on record. Initial estimates forecast the January-December annual mean temperature for Europe to be 0.3°C above the previous record set in 2007. The top-10 of warmest years includes all the years from the year 2000 onward, with 1989 as the only exception, at sixth place. A European perspective on this hot year is provided via the Climate Indicator Bulletin. It includes a statement on the attribution of this warmth, which is the focus of a...
Publish Date: 24 March 2014
The recently ended meteorological summer/winter (December, January, February) witnessed many extreme weather conditions. The World Meteorological Organization has put together a compilation of highlights, based on reports from National Meteorological and Hydrological Services and WMO Regional Climate Centres. This round-up is meant to serve as an information guide and is in response to media enquiries. It is not fully comprehensive and does not replace the WMO’s authoritative reports on the Status of the Global Climate. According to the U.S. National Climatic Data Center, the combined average...
Publish Date: 1 April 2014
A regional consultation aimed at improving weather and climate services is being held in the Cook Islands as part of a concerted drive to boost sustainable socio economic development and disaster resilience in Small Island Developing States on the frontline of climate change and extreme events. The meeting in Rarotongo from 31 March to 4 April is being sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and other key partners. It brings together experts from National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs),...
Publish Date: 23 May 2014
Climate change occasioned by severe weather and extreme climate events is exacerbating multiple stresses such as food insecurity and spread of diseases in Africa. In 2012 alone, an estimated 37.3 million Africans were negatively affected by hydro meteorological hazards; a 43.3% increase in annual average over the last decade. The African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) is, therefore, intensifying efforts to integrate weather and climate services in national and sub-regional development frameworks to save lives and improve the livelihoods of communities. A transformative...
Publish Date: 2 July 2014
Future Earth, a new international programme for global sustainability which brings together thousands of the world’s leading researchers on global environmental change, will have a new secretariat with a unique and innovative structure that spans three continents. The announcement came today from the International Council for Science, on behalf of the members of the Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability (the Alliance).
Publish Date: 23 July 2014
The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for June 2014 was the highest for June since record keeping began, driven by record sea surface temperatures, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Japan Meteorological Agency’s Tokyo Climate Center. May was also the hottest May on record. NOAA said the combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for June 2014 was 16.22°C, or 0.72°C above the 20th century average of 15.5°C. This surpasses the previous record, set in 2010, by 0.03°C. Nine of the ten warmest Junes...
