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Record heat persists as WMO calls for urgent services and investment boost

·November 8, 2024·1 min read

“Humanity’s torching the planet and paying the price,” warned UN Secretary-General António Guterres responding to WMO’s latest global temperature analysis covering January to September 2024. Youth-led momentum for change In a powerful video message to 19th Climate Change Conference of Youth, Mr. Guterres emphasized their critical role in driving climate...

WMO confirms 2023 as warmest year on record ‘by a huge margin’

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·January 13, 2024·1 min read

The World Meteorological Organization uses six leading international datasets from across the globe to monitor global temperatures, which reveal a new annual temperature average of 1.45°C set against the pre-industrial era (1850-1900). Every month between June and December set new records. July and August were the two hottest months ever...

2023 likely hottest year on record; further spike expected with El Niño

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·November 13, 2023·2 min read

That’s the message from UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which said on Wednesday that for the calendar year to date, the global mean temperature is the highest ever recorded, 1.43 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and sea ice in the Antarctic remains at record low levels. WMO expects the warming El...

World News in Brief: Sustainable tourism boost, record Antarctic sea ice melt

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·September 27, 2023·2 min read

That’s the message from UN chief António Guterres on World Tourism Day observed on Wednesday. According to the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), tourism employs one in every 10 people on Earth. To protect tourism jobs, Mr. Guterres said that governments and businesses must invest in sustainable and resilient practices,...

As record warming puts climate targets at risk, young people’s ‘green skills’ may help save the planet

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·August 12, 2023·7 min read

International Youth Day is marked annually on 12 August and the 2023 edition spotlights green skills and the major role young people will play in driving the much-needed shift towards an environmentally sustainable and climate-friendly mindset. These include technical knowledge and skills that enable the effective use of green technologies...

Record crossings of perilous Darién Gap underscores need for safe migration pathways

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·August 3, 2023·1 min read

Crossing the Darién jungle – on the border between Colombia and Panama – and its infamous and so-called Darién Gap, is an arduous undertaking, involving hikes over steep mountains, enduring torrential rain and fording swift rivers. Those on the move are also at risk of robbery and rape. The dangerous...

Record executions, large-scale arrests and detentions: New Iran human rights report

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·June 26, 2023·2 min read

“The overall human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran has markedly deteriorated against the backdrop of continuously worsening socio-economic conditions, aggravated by sanctions and the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Nada Al-Nashif, UN deputy human rights chief, presenting the report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva....

With needs at a record high, underfunding is chronic Guterres tells humanitarians

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·June 25, 2023·1 min read

With 360 million people worldwide in need of humanitarian assistance, up 30 percent since early 2022, global humanitarian needs have yet again reached record levels. In a video message to the Humanitarian Affairs Segment, a platform created by the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to find solutions to pressing humanitarian...

Violence in Sudan likely to spark record levels of hunger

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·May 10, 2023·2 min read

In an alert on the situation, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that it expected between two and 2.5 million more people to face acute hunger in the coming months, because of conflict that erupted on 15 April between forces loyal to rival Generals Abdel Fattah Al Burhan and Mohamed...

2022 confirmed as one of warmest years on record: WMO

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·January 13, 2023·2 min read

In an alert, the agency also explained that 2022 was the eighth consecutive year that global temperatures rose at least 1C above pre-industrial levels, fuelled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat. La Niña impact The cooling effect of the La Niña phenomenon – now in its third year –...

2022 Year in Review: 100 million displaced, ‘a record that should never have been set’

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·December 26, 2022·8 min read

The 100 million figure, which includes those fleeing conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution, was announced by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in May and described by Filippo Grandi, the head of the agency, as “a record that should never have been set”. The figure is up from some...

Global trade growth turns negative after record year: UNCTAD

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·December 14, 2022·2 min read

That’s according to UN trade and development agency, UNCTAD, whose analysts said that global growth “turned negative” during the second half of 2022. The UN agency said that trade in goods and services is expected to reach $25 trillion and $7 trillion respectively, by the end of the year. The...