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WMO Bulletin features World Weather Watch at 50
25.3.2013|Vreme
Established in 1963, in the middle of the Cold War, the World Weather Watch is an outstanding landmark in international cooperation. In 2013 the Bulletin celebrates the World Weather Watch with articles outlining its history and offering a forward-looking perspective on its systems and programmes. In this issue, we introduce the Global Observing System (GOS) and the Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme (IMOP).
Some of the international partners in the World Weather Watch have also contributed items to the Bulletin to mark its 50th anniversary. This issue includes an interview of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Director-General Alan Thorpe and an article from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on environmental satellites. In addition, two newer international partnerships - the Tiksi International Hydrometeorology Observatory and ARISE - which promise to deliver scientific insights that will contribute to the World Weather Watch, are highlighted.
World Meteorological Day Celebrates World Weather Watch at 50
25.3.2013|Vreme
Watching the Weather to Protect Life and Property is the theme of World Meteorological Day which also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the World Weather Watch: a symbol of global cooperation born at the height of the Cold War.
The formal ceremony at WMO headquarters takes place 21 March 2013, starting at 2.30. WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud will give the welcome address. Special guest is Prof. Alan Thorpe Director-General of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Guest speaker is Dr Hamadoun Toure Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
International shipping should cut air pollutants and greenhouse gases together
14.3.2013|Vreme
Emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases from the shipping sector have increased substantially in the last two decades, contributing to both climate change and air pollution problems, according to a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA).
Drought experts call for integrated approach to poverty and drought
12.3.2013|Vreme
Addressing the High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy, Mr Mahmoud Solh, Director General of the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), stated that while drought cannot be prevented, its impacts can be alleviated through an integrated policy approach. His remarks were echoed by a panel of experts from around the world.
While drought results from natural causes (and, increasingly, climate change), the desertification that often follows is caused by a mix of natural and human causes. The knowledge exists to tackle the human contributions of poverty and inadequate policies and technologies. If we address poverty and drought through integrated policies at the national, regional and global levels we can break the vicious cycle of drought followed by human suffering.
UN Kicks Off Global Campaign for Drought Mitigation
12.3.2013|Vreme
UNCCD and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have kicked-off the 2013 global campaign to drought preparedness and risk management on 13 March during the High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy, which takes place on 11-15 March 2013 in Geneva.
“Droughts have devastating effects on people, on livelihoods, the economy. However, current response to drought is too little and too late. We are starting a global campaign on raising awareness by calling to set up policies, mechanisms and systems that will pre-empt future devastating impacts of drought. Our call is “Do not let our future dry up”, said UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja.
Major Drought Policy Conference Opens
12.3.2013|Vreme
A High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy, organized by three United Nations institutions, aims to promote practical and proactive policies at the national level to make drought-prone countries more resilient.
The scientific segment of the week-long conference, organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), opened 11 March. A ministerial session will be held 13-14 March.
United Nations launches concerted push for effective drought policies
8.3.2013|Vreme
Need to focus on building resilience and reducing risks
Geneva 8 March 2013 - Droughts cause the deaths and displacement of more people than
cyclones, floods and earthquakes combined, making them the world's most destructive
natural hazard. Yet while droughts are expected to increase in frequency, area and intensity due to climate change, effective drought management policies are missing in most parts of the world. Three United Nations institutions have now joined forces to promote the development and adoption of practical and proactive policies at the national level to make drought-prone countries more resilient.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO) and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and other
partners will hold a High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy on 11-15 March 2013 in Geneva to focus on drought preparedness and management policies.
GCOS discusses climate observations for adaptation to a changing climate
8.3.2013|Vreme
The German Meteorological Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD) hosted a meeting from 26-28 February 2013 of close to 50 representatives from international institutions to discuss which additional and special requirements for climate observations can be drawn from climate adaptation activities. The workshop was jointly organized by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Special High Level U.N. thematic session on water and disasters
8.3.2013|Vreme
Water is life. But water is also a threat to life. During the past decade, water-related disasters have not only struck more frequently but have also been more severe, hampering sustainable development by causing political, social, and economic shocks in many countries.
Disaster risk levels are driven by factors such as climate variability, poverty, poor land-use planning and management, as well as ecosystem degradation, and are increasing as more people and assets locate in areas of high risk.
Climate change and flood risk in European cities
1.3.2013|Vreme
Increased flooding is likely to be one of the most serious effects from climate change in Europe over coming decades. Some of the conditions which may contribute to urban flooding are highlighted in an Eye on Earth map from the European Environment Agency (EEA).
High Level Meeting on National Drought Policy (HMNDP) Geneva, Switzerland 11-15 March 2013
22.2.2013|Vreme
A High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy organized by the World Meteorological Organization, secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and the Food and Agriculture Organization, in collaboration with other U.N. agencies, national governments and the private sector, is taking place on 11-15 March 2013 at the CICG International Conference Centre in Geneva.
The negative impacts of recent droughts from the Horn of Africa to the United States and scientific projections that droughts will increase in frequency, intensity and duration due to climate change call for urgent and coordinated global action on drought preparedness and its management.
The meeting in Geneva brings together top scientists and world leaders to find practical science-based actions for coping with drought and to provide guidance to countries on developing and implementing effective drought management policies that meet national needs. The outcome would be a major impetus towards becoming more drought resilient.
High Level Meeting on National Drought Policy (HMNDP) Geneva, Switzerland 11-15 March 2013
22.2.2013|Vreme
A High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy organized by the World Meteorological Organization, secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and the Food and Agriculture Organization, in collaboration with other U.N. agencies, national governments and the private sector, is taking place on 11-15 March 2013 at the CICG International Conference Centre in Geneva.
The negative impacts of recent droughts from the Horn of Africa to the United States and scientific projections that droughts will increase in frequency, intensity and duration due to climate change call for urgent and coordinated global action on drought preparedness and its management.
The meeting in Geneva brings together top scientists and world leaders to find practical science-based actions for coping with drought and to provide guidance to countries on developing and implementing effective drought management policies that meet national needs. The outcome would be a major impetus towards becoming more drought resilient.
The cost of ignoring the warning signs - EEA publishes ‘Late Lessons from Early Warnings, volume II’
23.1.2013|Vreme
New technologies have sometimes had very harmful effects, but in many cases the early warning signs have been suppressed or ignored. The second volume of Late Lessons from Early Warnings investigates specific cases where danger signals have gone unheeded, in some cases leading to deaths, illness and environmental destruction.
Extreme Weather continues in parts of the world
6.11.2012|Vreme
Parts of the world have witnessed a series of extreme weather conditions in the first six weeks of 2014, continuing a pattern that was set in December 2013.
Much of the United States of America has experienced cold waves and major winter storms, whilst California remains gripped by drought.The United Kingdom has seen its wettest December-January period on record, with severe, widespread and prolonged flooding. A combination of strong winds, storms and high tides caused damage and flooding in other coastal areas of Europe. There has been unusually heavy snowfall in the southern Alps.
Monthly mean temperatures were extremely high from eastern Mongolia to eastern China.
In the Southern hemisphere, Australia, Argentina and Brazil experienced extended heatwaves.
Bulletin focuses on WMO at 70 and COVID-19
8.12.2020|Vreme
WMO?s new Bulletin focuses on WMO at 70 ? Responding to a Global Pandemic.
?WMO's 70th year was one of crisis. This issue of the WMO Bulletin highlights some of the challenges and solutions being implemented during the crisis,? writes WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas in the foreword to the new Bulletin (Vol 69 (2) - 2020).
?It demonstrates how family bonds in the WMO Community grow stronger in times of crisis. How we are stronger together at 70, than any of us could be standing alone. Together, we look forward to another 70 years of further advancement in science and research...
Monthly Weather Summary - November 2020 - Kingdom of Bahrain
8.12.2020|Vreme
November 2020 goes on record as the warmest November ever experienced in Bahrain since 1902.?The mean temperature of the month was 26.2?C which is 1.9?C above the long-term normal for November and this goes on record as the highest mean temperatures for November since 1902. The old record was 26.0?C recorded in November 1954 and 2017.?The mean maximum temperature of the month was 29.3?C which is 1.6?C above the long-term normal and this goes on record as the fifth-highest mean maximum temperature for November since 1946. Note that the highest mean monthly maximum temperature for...
UN chief: this is a moment of truth for people and planet
3.12.2020|Vreme
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UN Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres ?delivered a landmark speech on the state of the planet at Columbia University in New York on 2 December, ?setting the stage for dramatically scaled-up ambition on climate change over the coming year.
Mr Guterres drew heavily from WMO?s provisional report on the State of the Global Climate and a separate ?Production Gap? report from the United Nations Environment Programme, which states that to limit temperature rise to 1.5-degrees Celsius as set out in the?Paris Climate Change Agreement, the world needs to decrease fossil fuel...
La Asociación Regional III (América del Sur) concluyó exitosamente su reunión con elección de nuevas autoridades.
2.12.2020|Vreme
La decimoctava reuni?n de la Asociaci?n Regional III de la OMM (AR-III-18) se llev? a cabo mediante videoconferencia entre el 25 y 27 de noviembre de 2020 con la participaci?n de 127 personas.
Los representantes de 11 pa?ses Miembros tomaron importantes decisiones y resoluciones vinculadas a la puesta en pr?ctica de la reforma de la OMM en la regi?n. Particularmente importante fue la creaci?n de un equipo especial de alto nivel encargado de analizar y monitorear el concepto regional de la OMM para proponer acciones efectivas.
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2020 on track to be one of three warmest years on record
2.12.2020|Vreme
Climate change continued its relentless march in 2020, which is on track to be one of the three warmest years on record. 2011-2020 will be the warmest decade on record, with the warmest six years all being since 2015, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
2020 on track to be one of three warmest years on record
2.12.2020|Vreme
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Geneva, 2 December 2020 (WMO) - Climate change continued its relentless march in 2020, which is on track to be one of the three warmest years on record. 2011-2020 will be the warmest decade on record, with the warmest six years all being since 2015, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
Ocean heat is at record levels and more than 80% of the global ocean experienced a marine heatwave at some time in 2020, with widespread repercussions for marine ecosystems already suffering from more acidic waters due to carbon dioxide (CO2) absorption, according to the provisional...
