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World Meteorological Day 2021

The World Meteorological Day 2021 theme is on Oceans, our climate and weather .

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Oceans

When it comes to the weather and climate, most of us think only about what is happening in the atmosphere. If we ignore the ocean, however, we miss a big piece of the picture: covering some 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean is a major driver of the world’s weather and climate.

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WMO supports healthy, sustainable, resilient cities

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Climate change, Urban development, Greenhouse gases, Disaster risk reduction

Publish Date: 20 January 2021

A preparatory webinar for the 16th Global Forum on Human Settlements was held on January 15, 2021. Its theme was “International Green Model City Initiative: Call for Stronger Actions Towards Healthy, Resilient, and Carbon-Neutral Cities.”

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2020 was one of three warmest years on record

Press Release

El Niño / La Niña, Climate change

Publish Date: 15 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.

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Enhancing Adaptive Capacity of Andean Communities through Climate Services (ENANDES)

Multi-National projects

The project seeks to enhance the capacity of communities in Chile, Colombia, and Peru to adapt to a varying and changing climate. This will be done by producing, communicating, and...