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Publish Date: 17 July 2018
More than 150 countries are directly or indirectly affected by sand and dust storms, which adversely impact human health, the environment, agriculture and transport.
Publish Date: 10 December 2018
Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement could save about a million lives a year worldwide by 2050 through reductions in air pollution alone, and the value of health gains from climate action would be approximately double the cost of mitigation policies at global level, according to a new report from the World Health Organization.
Publish Date: 14 December 2018
Climate science took centre stage as the annual United Nations climate change negotiations, which heard repeated calls for action to rein in global temperature increases or risk irreversible impacts.
Publish Date: 18 December 2018
An operational system has been developed on the island of Hispaniola to produce and disseminate new early warning information on coastal flooding, which will help save lives and protect property in low-lying, populated coastal areas. There is potential to enhance this early warning platform in the future and to extend it to other Caribbean nations.
Publish Date: 10 December 2018
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed a formal agreement to work together to leverage WMO expertise on weather, climate and water to increase effectiveness of GCF funded activities and support low carbon and climate resilient development.
Publish Date: 10 December 2018
Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another new record high and emissions are expected to rise this year. Climate action to reduce emissions is therefore more urgent than ever and requires more tools at national and sub-national level to support effective and efficient actions.
Publish Date: 10 December 2018
The World Adaptation Science Programme was officially launched at COP24 at an event sponsored by UN Environment, WMO, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Green Climate Fund.
Publish Date: 10 December 2018
As a result of climate change, water availability is becoming less predictable, with floods and droughts exacerbating water challenges and impacting health and economies. It is estimated that a 2°C increase in average global temperature may result in 1 to 2 billion people lacking an adequate supply of water.
Publish Date: 7 December 2018
Global CO2 emissions are expected to rise by more than 2% in 2018 because of renewed growth in coal use, and continued growth in oil and gas use, according to the latest data from the Global Carbon Budget. Emissions rose 1.6% in 2017 after a temporary slowdown from 2014 to 2016, according to the Global Carbon Project. This year’s publication included contributions from 76 scientists from 53 research institutions, including from the World Climate Research Programme community.
Publish Date: 28 November 2018
WMO’s Regional Association for South America (RAIII) has agreed on key priorities to improve infrastructure and strengthen capacity of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) to deliver high impact weather, water and climate services. These are necessary to promote disaster resilience and climate change adaptation in a region which has witnessed severe drought and devastating floods in recent years.
