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Publish Date: 25 November 2019
Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another new record high, according to the World Meteorological Organization. This continuing long-term trend means that future generations will be confronted with increasingly severe impacts of climate change, including rising temperatures, more extreme weather, water stress, sea level rise and disruption to marine and land ecosystems.
Publish Date: 29 November 2019
Given current conditions and model outlooks, the chance of ENSO-neutral conditions prevailing during the period December 2019 through February 2020 is estimated at about 65%, while the chances for El Niño and La Niña are 30% and 5%, respectively, according to WMO’s El Niño/La Niña Update.
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
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Publish Date: 27 November 2019
The Eighteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-18) articulated a clear and urgent need for innovation to deliver better and more timely weather, climate and water services to stakeholders. The term is mentioned 58 times in the Cg-18 report – four times more often than in the report from the previous Congress. The Cg-18 report expresses the need to support, promote, foster and accelerate innovation.
Publish Date: 29 November 2019
In mid-November 2019, the 17-th session of the North Eurasia Climate Outlook Forum (NEACOF-17) was held on the basis of Internet resources with the participation of representatives of the Meteorological and Hydrological Services of Russia and the CIS countries. The forum discussed the main features of atmospheric circulation in June-August 2019, the skill score of forecasts of air temperature and precipitation anomalies for June-August 2019, the expected conditions of the SST in ocean and large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns for the upcoming boreal winter 2019/2020. Following the...
Publish Date: 29 November 2019
From November 18 to 19, Global Multi-Hazard Alert System in Asia (GMAS-A) Workshop was held in Haikou, Hainan. Representatives and experts from World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and 16 countries and territories of Asia in the field of disaster preparedness have carried out discussions over GMAS-A construction. This workshop is co-sponsored by China Meteorological Administration (CMA), WMO, Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), Thailand Meteorological Department, and Department of Meteorology and Hydrology of Myanmar. Mr. Yu Yong, Deputy Administrator of CMA, Dr. Zhang Wenjian, Assistant...
Publish Date: 28 November 2019
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has launched a multilingual online resource providing information on weather forecast and disaster risk reduction (DRR) to help ensure the safety of Japan’s growing number of international residents and tourists: Multilingual Information on Disaster Mitigation Read more >>
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
Theme: Climate
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Publish Date: 18 November 2019
The Seventeenth World Meteorological Congress in 2015 appointed Petteri Taalas as Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and gave him a strong mandate to reform the WMO governance structure. Climate change, an increasing number of disasters, population growth, urbanization, uneven development of countries and new technologies were the main drivers for the reform.
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
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Publish Date: 27 November 2019
Coastal inundation occurs along vulnerable coastlines. The combination of storm surges – typically from tropical cyclones or extratropical storms – and waves, with riverine flooding at various tidal states regularly leads to major loss of life. At least 2.6 million people are estimated to have drowned due to coastal inundation caused by storm surges over the last 200 years (Dilley et al., 2005).
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Publish Date: 27 November 2019
The WMO Community Platform launched at the Eighteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-18) in June. Its first module, the Experts Database (contacts.wmo.int), replaces the static Pub5 with an interactive self-service system that allows Members to review and update information about experts and organizations. In September, the Platform’s new revamped extranet − organized by activity area and integrating events and document sharing for working in teams − went live.
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Publish Date: 27 November 2019
The adoption of Resolution 40, WMO Policy and Practice for the Exchange of Meteorological and Related Data and Products including Guidelines on Relationships in Commercial Meteorological Activities, by the Twelfth World Meteorological Congress in 1995 (Bautista Pérez, 1996) remains a watershed event in the history of WMO. In some respects, it marked the end of what has been called the golden age of international cooperation in meteorology.
