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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...

Water is ‘canary in the coalmine’ of climate change: WMO

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·October 7, 2024·2 min read

The State of Global Water Resources report released on Monday also highlights that over the last five years below-normal conditions for river flows have been recorded with less water reaching reservoirs.The reduction in supplies has reduced the amount of water available for communities, agriculture and ecosystems. Currently, 3.6 billion people...

WMO partnership to highlight damaging impact of climate change on winter sports

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·October 4, 2024·1 min read

The two organizations are joining forces to call attention to the extensive impacts of increasing global temperatures on snow and ice while producing measures to strengthen scientific and sports-related conversations. The partnership is set to begin ahead of the 2024/2025 winter season and will initially last for five years. ‘The tip...

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...

WMO: Stocktake of water resources needed as global hydrological cycle is in distress

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·October 12, 2023·3 min read

Destructive droughts and heavy rains are causing harm, while melting snow and glaciers heighten flood risks and endanger long-term water security. The UN weather agency’s State of Global Water Resources 2022 report emphasizes the need to better understand freshwater resources and urges a fundamental policy shift. It calls for enhanced...

Climate inaction puts lives on the line: WMO

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·September 14, 2023·3 min read

UN Secretary-General António Guterres echoed that message, warning that record temperatures and extreme weather were “causing havoc” around the world. The global response has fallen “far short”, Mr. Guterres insisted, just as latest UN data indicates that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are only 15 per cent on track at...

Scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO

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·August 20, 2023·1 min read

Heatwaves sweeping large parts of the world offer yet another reminder that extreme weather events boosted by human-induced climate change have become “the new normal”, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Friday....

Northern hemisphere summer marked by heatwaves and wildfires: WMO

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·July 31, 2023·1 min read

Record temperatures have been reported on land and in the sea, while wildfires have sparked devastation, caused dozens of casualties, and forced thousands to be evacuated. Last week, scientists from the UN agency and the European Commission’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said new data showed that July was on track...

Health risks on the rise as heatwave intensifies across Europe: WMO

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·July 19, 2023·2 min read

In an alert, the agency emphasized that heatwaves are amongst the deadliest natural hazards and WMO Senior Heat Advisor, John Nairn, told reporters that extreme temperatures are poised to grow in frequency, duration and intensity. “Repeated high night-time temperatures are particularly dangerous for human health because the body is unable...

Temperatures off the charts, but more records imminent: WMO

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·July 11, 2023·2 min read

Alarm bells have been rung at the UN agency in particular because of an “unprecedented peak” in sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic. “The first week of July…could be considered as the warmest period or the warmest week ever recorded”, with a global average temperature close to 17.24 degrees...

WMO makes urgent call to action over melting cryosphere

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·May 31, 2023·1 min read

WMO warned on Tuesday that glaciers and ice sheet melt in Greenland and Antarctica accounts for some 50 per cent of sea level rise, which is accelerating, with disastrous impacts on small island developing states (SIDS) and densely populated coastal areas. Glacier melt The average thickness of the world’s glaciers has plummeted by almost...

Global temperatures set to break records during next 5 years: WMO

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·May 17, 2023·2 min read

There is a 66 per cent likelihood that the annual average near-surface global temperature between 2023 and 2027, will be more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for at least one year. Warmest year ever And there is a 98 per cent likelihood that at least one of the next five...