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Weather and Climate Services: An Increasing Range of Choice for the Public and Private Sectors
Weather, Climate services, Partnership
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
Theme: Weather
27
Publish Date: 27 November 2019
Over the past decades, meteorological and hydrological services have seen a growing participation of the private sector in weather and climate services (WCS) 1 as a result of many interacting factors. Technical developments in observation technology, such as remote-sensing, and reductions in the unit cost of information and measurement equipment, have made observation capacity more affordable and accurate.
WMO issues airborne dust bulletin as historic event hits Caribbean
News
Natural hazards, Forecast, Climate services, Application services
Publish Date: 26 June 2020
WMO has issued its annual Airborne Dust Bulletin on the incidence and hazards of sand and dust storms, which have been highlighted by a massive Saharan plume which has blanketed many parts of the Caribbean.
Implementing the Global Framework for Climate Services at Regional and National Scales
Global Projects
Capacity development, Climate change, Climate services, GFCS, Natural hazards, El Niño / La Niña, Drought, Education, Training
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges to human society in contemporary times. Statistics show that the last decades have already seen a sharp rise in economic, social and...
CLIMANDES
National Projects
Agriculture and food security, Capacity development
In developing and emerging countries, climate data are often of poor quality and do not meet the prerequisites for the provision of climate services for political decision-makers. In Peru and...
Disaster Risk Reduction in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Satellite data receiving system for the Communication Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (COMS)
National Projects
Disaster risk reduction, Capacity development
Recent years have witnessed a significant increase in the frequency and intensity of climate and weather related hazards putting development gains at risk. By improving their disaster related information base,...
Regional Programme
RP
WMO Programmes
Capacity development
Ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the six WMO Regional Associations in coordinating the meteorological, hydrological, climatologic and related activities of their Members by providing a framework for the implementation of WMO programmes on the national, sub-regional and regional levels
1

Start date

1 June 1975
Voluntary Cooperation Programme
VCP
WMO Programmes
Capacity development
Providing assistance and support to National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in developing and least developed countries and small island developing states.
1

Start date

1 June 1967
World Climate Services Programme
WCSP
WMO Programmes
Climate, Climate services
Improving the availability of, and access to, reliable climate data, monitoring and forecasts.
16

Start date

16 October 2015
Megacities – Refining Models to Client Environment
Weather, Climate, Environment, Natural hazards, Climate services, Research, Public health, Greenhouse gases
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (1) - 2015
Theme: Environmental challenges
3
Publish Date: 3 March 2015
Fast-growing urbanisation, environmental deterioration and climate change are making individuals, organisations and businesses more vulnerable to meteorological and environmental hazards. Modern life requires detailed knowledge about our immediate personal environment – the climate and weather as well as the air, water and soil quality – at work, home or play, may we be indoors or out.
Monitoring Ocean Carbon and Ocean Acidification
Weather, Climate, Oceans, Environment, Greenhouse gases, Climate services, Observations
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (1) - 2015
Theme: Environmental challenges
2
Publish Date: 2 March 2015
As atmospheric CO 2 continues to increase, more and more CO 2 enters the ocean, which reduces pH (pH is a measure of acidity, the lower the pH, the more acidic the liquid) in a process referred to as ocean acidification. Declines in surface ocean pH due to ocean acidification are already detectable and accelerating.