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New funding and strategic plan boosts Haitiâs Hydro-Meteorological Service
28.1.2021|Vreme
WMO is supporting the first ever national strategic plan to strengthen Haiti?s Hydro-Meteorological Service (UHM), as well as a new international initiative to build resilience to extreme weather and climate change impacts in the western hemisphere?s most impoverished nation.
The Climate Risk and Early Warning Services Initiative Haiti project was launched on 27 January to improve forecasts and early warnings of hazards such as hurricanes, floods and droughts which regularly impact the vulnerable Caribbean nation.
WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas said early warning systems...
The Systematic Observations Financing Facility: Filling the data gaps for effective adaptation investments
28.1.2021|Vreme
Over the last two days, more than 30 global leaders joined the Climate Adaptation Summit calling for urgent action to drive a decisive shift towards climate resilient development.
The climate crisis threatens to push 130 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 while the world is confronted with the COVID-19 crisis. To reach adaptation action at scale, it will need to be at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery.
Among the several challenges and urgent needs highlighted in the Summit, early warnings and climate information were deemed as a priority.
UN Secretary General Antonio...
Climate Adaptation Summit, 25 â 26 January 2021
28.1.2021|Vreme
The Systematic Observations Financing Facility: Filling the data gaps for effective adaptation investments
Over the last two days, more than 30 global leaders joined the Climate Adaptation Summit calling for urgent action to drive a decisive shift towards climate resilient development.
The climate crisis threatens to push 130 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 while the world is confronted with the COVID-19 crisis. To reach adaptation action at scale, it will need to be at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery.
Among the several challenges and urgent needs highlighted in the...
Plastics, a growing environmental and climate concern: how can Europe revert that trend?
28.1.2021|Okolje
The ever-increasing amount of plastic, its impact on biodiversity and contribution to climate change, and how to deal with it in a circular economy perspective have been on the European Union’s policy agenda for years. The COVID-19 pandemic has only increased the attention for plastic waste with images of masks in our seas, and large amounts of single-use protective gear. In the circular plastics economy report, published today, the European Environment Agency (EEA) analyses the need and potential for a shift to a circular and sustainable approach to our use of plastics.
Monitoring & Assessment Center for GHSs & Carbon Neutrality of CMA established - China Meteorological Administration
27.1.2021|Vreme
On January 22, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) held the workshop on carbon neutrality and scientific issues, namely?establishment of Monitoring & Assessment Center for GHSs & Carbon Neutrality. Mr. Yu Rucong, Deputy Administrator of CMA attended this meeting. 15 academicians from Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, experts from CMA, relevant scientific research institutes, and institutions of higher education, and directors from departments like Chinese Academy of Engineering, National Natural Science Foundation of China, and others engaged...
Meteorological support for arctic-alpine trial flight of C919 - China Meteorological Administration
27.1.2021|Vreme
At 8:28 a.m. on January 7, C919 airliner took off under the condition of -35? at Hulunbuir Dongshan International Airport in Inner Mongolia. On January 8 and 14, the same scenario played out twice. After this crucial link, the 22-day arctic-alpine trial flight was rounded off.?This trial flight is a mandatory phase for C919 to acquire TC certificate. C919 should pass a series of experiments, which would put to test the functions, and performance of all its systems and facilities under extreme cold meteorological conditions. Takeoff during the daytime for three times when the temperature...
Climate Adaptation Summit: Invest in early warnings and early action
26.1.2021|Vreme
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Covid-19 and climate dominate Davos Agenda
26.1.2021|Vreme
The COVID-19 pandemic and climate risks dominate the 2021 Davos Agenda hosted by the World Economic Forum and bringing together global decision-makers and influencers.
WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas joined a top-level panel on 26 January on Climate Adaptation for Resilience on 26 January to discuss what policies, practices and partnerships are needed to integrate climate adaptation measures into corporate & government strategies. The event also served as the official closure of the Adaptation Summit.
Adaptation Summit host, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, highlighted...
Round-the-world yacht race supports ocean science
25.1.2021|Voda
A round-the-world ocean yacht race, which has brought together skippers and scientists to support ocean observations, is nearing its climax.
Ten of the skippers in the Vend?e Globe race, which set sail in November and is racing to its conclusion by the end of January, took with them on board their IMOCA yachts scientific instruments including either drifting buoys that gather climatological information or Argo floats that analyse sea water. Before they rounded the Cape of Good Hope after weeks at sea, the solo skippers deployed all the drifting buoys and almost all the Argo floats at...
Uporaba mobilnega telefona v prometu
25.1.2021|Promet
Od 25. 1. - 7. 2., bo potekala nacionalna preventivna akcija "ozaveščanje o tveganjih uporabe mobilnega telefona v prometu", ki jo bo koordinirala Javna agencija RS za varnost prometa.
Tropical Cyclone Eloise hits Mozambique
22.1.2021|Vreme
Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall early morning on 23 January near Mozambique's city of Beira, causing widespread damage and flooding on a long swathe of coastline and impacting an area still recovering from Cyclone Idai. Neighbouring southern African nations are also being hit by torrential rainfall and flooding from Eloise, which weakened to a tropical storm after landfall.
Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall at Category 1 strength, with winds of 140 km/h and gusts up to 160 km/h, according to Mozambique?s National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) and?WMO?s Regional Specialized...
Tropical Cyclone Eloise threatens Mozambique
22.1.2021|Vreme
Tropical Cyclone Eloise is intensifying and is expected to make landfall at 0300 UTC on 23 January in Mozambique, as the equivalent of a category 2 strength on the Saffir Simpson scale.
It will bring hurricane-force winds, heavy rainfall and the risk of coastal flooding, with widespread humanitarian impacts, and underlines once again the importance of WMO?s efforts to strengthen early warnings and build resilience, especially in vulnerable countries on the frontline of climate change.
Eloise impacted Madagascar before crossing the Mozambican Channel, killing at least one person and...
USA will rejoin Paris Agreement
21.1.2021|Vreme
The World Meteorological Organization has joined the international community in welcoming the announcement by President Joe Biden that the United States of America will re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
UN Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres issued the following?statement:
?I warmly welcome President Biden?s steps to re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and join the growing coalition of governments, cities, states, businesses and people taking ambitious action to confront the climate crisis.? ?
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Following last year?s?Climate Ambition...
WMO supports healthy, sustainable, resilient cities
20.1.2021|Vreme
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.?
Approximately 30,000 professionals around the world participated, including WMO Deputy Secretary-General Elena Manaenkova. The meeting was opened by Lu Haifeng, Secretary General of Global Forum on Human Settlements.
In the five years since the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, an increasing number of countries, regions and cities have made...
Factors behind the heavy snowfall and low temperatures in Japan from mid-December 2020 onward and weather outlook - Japan Meteorological Agency
20.1.2021|Vreme
Japan experienced a series of heavy snowfall events from mid-December 2020 onward, especially the Sea of Japan side of the country. The snowfall amounts were record-breaking in some places.?One of the factors for these events is considered to be the southward meandering of both the polar front and subtropical jet streams around Japan, resulting in continuous cold air flow into the country. The meandering of these polar front and subtropical jet streams was likely to be linked to a blocking high over western Siberia and the ongoing La Ni?a condition, respectively.?The summary of...
WMO head is named European of the Year by Readers Digest
18.1.2021|Vreme
World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Professor Petteri Taalas has been named ?European of the Year? by Readers Digest magazine for his role in galvanizing action on climate change.
Each year Reader's Digest editors in Europe nominate a shortlist of Europeans who have had a major influence on a pressing contemporary issue and are helping to make the world a better place. The award recognizes Prof Taalas's prominent role in Europe and at international level in in efforts to tackle climate change and its impacts.
"Growing numbers of states and individuals are aware of the...
WMO head is named European of the Year by Readers Digest
18.1.2021|Vreme
World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Professor Petteri Taalas has been named ?European of the Year? by Readers Digest magazine for his role in galvanizing action on climate change.
Each year Reader's Digest editors in Europe nominate a shortlist of Europeans who have had a major influence on a pressing contemporary issue and are helping to make the world a better place. The award recognizes Prof. Taalas's prominent role in Europe and at international level in in efforts to tackle climate change and its impacts.
"Growing numbers of states and individuals are aware of the...
Latest EEA study finds multiple benefits of switch to renewable electricity
14.1.2021|Okolje
The increased use of renewable electricity across the European Union has not only reduced pressures linked to climate change, but also to air and water pollution (particulate matter formation, eutrophication and acidification), according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing published today. More targeted actions can help minimise the negative environmental effects of boosting renewable electricity supply.
Step up climate change adaptation, says UN report
14.1.2021|Vreme
As temperatures rise and climate change impacts intensify, nations must urgently step up action to adapt to the new climate reality or face serious costs, damages and losses, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report finds.
WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petter Taalas joined a high-level panel on 14 January to release the report, which finds that the pace of adaptation financing is indeed rising, but is outpaced by rapidly increasing adaptation costs. Annual adaptation costs in developing countries are estimated at USD 70 billion. This figure is expected to reach USD 140-300 billion in...
2020 was one of three warmest years on record
14.1.2021|Vreme
Cooling La Ni?a event failed to tame the global heat
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 Ni?a, put a brake on the heat only at the very end of the year.
All five datasets surveyed by WMO concur that 2011-2020 was the warmest decade on record, in a persistent long-term climate change trend. The warmest six years have all been since 2015, with...
