Tag: WMO
2021 The Warmest Year
2021 joined the list of the seven warmest years on record and the seventh consecutive year when the global temperature has been more than...
2020 Cost Asia Hard; Heavy toll on infrastructure/ecosystems
Extreme weather and climate change across Asia in 2020 caused loss of thousands of life, displaced millions, cost hundreds of billions of dollars, and...
‘Water Declaration’ For Growing Water Stress
In the face of growing water stress and water-related hazards, the Extraordinary World Meteorological Congress being held (October 11- 22) endorsed a Water Declaration,...
Air Pollution Kill The Most
Is it Air Pollution or the devastating communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS kill the most people on earth? It is, no doubt,...
Climate Change Set in Motion; Some Remain Irreversible; IPCC
Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends and changes already set in motion such as continued sea level rise are irreversible...
Water, the Biggest Villain in Hazards
The world is going through the threats of climate change and in the midst of such threats, water related hazards top the list of...
No breaks on Climate change despite Covid 19 slow down
The economic slowdown caused by Covid 19 pandemie failed to put a brake on climate change drivers and accelerating impacts, according to a new...
Ozone hole reaches maximum in 2020
The ozone hole over the Antarctic has widened and has reached its maximum size in 2020, according to the World Meteorological Organisation.
The ozone hole...
World to become warmer; WMO
The world temperature will continue to warm over the next five years and may even rise to more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial...
Drop in green house emission only a short term good news;...
The drop in greenhouse emissions because of Coronavirus pandemic was only a “short term good news” according to the UN’s weather agency.
The drop in...
