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Harmful Effects of Climate Change on Winter Sports and Tourism
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have announced a new partnership to raise awareness of the fact that winter sports and tourism face a bleak...
International Conference on Droughts Focused on Increasing Global Resilience
A major international conference titled "Drought Resilience +10" will be held at the headquarters of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva from September 30 to October 2, marking a decade since...
What the “United in Science 2024” Report Reveals
Climate change caused by human activities has led to widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere, and biosphere. Its consequences and dangerous weather conditions are undoing developmental achievements and threatening...
July Sets New Temperature Records
Extreme heat hit hundreds of millions of people throughout July, with a domino effect felt right across society. July was one of the hottest - if not the hottest - month on...
Updated SunSmart Global UV App protects health
A new updated version of the SunSmart Global UV App is released at the peak of the northern hemisphere summer, helping people to protect themselves against the harmful ultraviolet rays of the...
Tropical Cyclone Freddy is the Longest Tropical Cyclone on Record at 36 days: WMO
A WMO international committee of experts working under the auspices of the Weather and Climate Extremes Archive conducted a detailed analysis and verification of the distance and duration. The evaluation committee recognized...
El Niño is Forecast to Swing to La Niña Later This Year
The 2023/24 El Niño event, which helped fuel a spike in global temperatures and extreme weather around the world, is now showing signs of ending. There is likely to be a swing...
Private Sector and Diplomatic Support Grows for Global Greenhouse Gas Watch
Support for a proposed new global greenhouse gas monitoring infrastructure is spreading beyond WMO Members and partners to the private sector and wider diplomatic world.
The WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (G3W) will...
“This heatwave is the new normal”, WMO Secretary-General says
“We have broken an all-time high in the UK”, said Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General. “Heatwaves will happen more frequently because of climate change. The connection has been clearly demonstrated by IPCC”.
Stable high...
June was “3rd warmest on record”
The globe just had the third warmest June on record, according to Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, with widespread episodes of extreme heat. Antarctic sea ice was the lowest on record for...
Early Warning Systems Must Protect Everyone Within Five Years
Within the next five years, everyone on Earth should be protected by early warning systems against increasingly extreme weather and climate change, according to an ambitious new United Nations target announced today.
UN...
Number Of Wildfires Forecast to Rise by 50 per cent by 2100
Climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a global increase of extreme fires of up to 14 per cent by 2030, 30 per cent...
Another Wake-Up Call: Sea Ice Loss is Speeding Up
Last week, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic, 38C, on 20 June 2020. This warming is causing previously permanently frozen permafrost below ground to thaw.
The Arctic...
WMO Recognizes new Arctic Temperature Record of 38⁰C
A temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk on 20 June 2020 has been recognized as a new Arctic temperature record by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The temperature, more...
SunSmart UV App Protects Public Health
At the onset of the southern hemisphere summer, WMO is promoting a new SunSmart Global Ultraviolet Radiation mobile telephone App, which has been developed by leading health, radiation and weather organizations. It...
Youth Take Centre Stage at COP26
Young climate leaders came together with negotiators, officials and ministers from across the world at COP26 on 5 November, demanding that their voices be heard and translated into the action needed to...
