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WMO publishes first Air Quality and Climate Bulletin
3.9.2021|Vreme
3 September 2021 (WMO) - The COVID-19 lockdown and travel restrictions led to a dramatic short-lived fall in emissions of key air pollutants in 2020, especially in urban areas. Many city dwellers saw blue skies instead of the pollution cloud. But the reduction was not uniformly spread across all regions or all types of pollutants. And many parts of the world still fell short of air quality guidelines, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The Air Quality and Climate Bulletin ? the first of its kind issued by WMO ? highlights the main factors that...
EU maritime transport: first environmental impact report acknowledges good progress towards sustainability and confirms that more effort is needed to prepare for rising demand
1.9.2021|Okolje
Maritime transport plays and will continue to play an essential role in global and European trade and economy. In recent years, the maritime sector has taken significant measures to alleviate its environmental impacts. Ahead of a projected increase in global shipping volumes, a new report reveals for the first time the full extent of the impact of the EU maritime transport sector on the environment and identifies challenges to achieving sustainability.
Voting opens for the best climate change photo
1.9.2021|Vreme
European Environment Agency’s (EEA) photo competition ‘Climate Change PIX’ invited participants to depict what climate change looks like in Europe and how people are responding to it. Starting today, you can be part of selecting the winner of the Public Choice Award.
Weather-related disasters increase over past 50 years, causing more damage but fewer deaths
31.8.2021|Voda
A disaster related to a weather, climate or water hazard occurred every day on average over the past 50 years ? killing 115 people and causing US$ 202 million in losses daily, according to a comprehensive new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The number of disasters has increased by a factor of five over the 50-year period, driven by climate change, more extreme weather and improved reporting. But, thanks to improved early warnings and disaster management, the number of deaths decreased almost three-fold.
According to the WMO Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses...
Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970-2019).
31.8.2021|Voda
WMO will release its Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970-2019) on 1 September 2021.
The Atlas is WMO?s most exhaustive compilation to date of fatalities and economic costs from natural hazards. It provides comprehensive details of recorded disasters and their impacts, both at global and regional level. It gives statistics for the entire 50 year period, as well as a decadal breakdown which shows the evolution of disasters in our changing climate.
The Atlas is a multi-agency collaboration, with contributions from many partners including...
Better raw material sourcing can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions
30.8.2021|Okolje
Climate-friendly practices for sourcing raw materials hold significant potential to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and globally. According to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report, published today, focusing on raw material extraction and processing, raw material consumers can use their purchasing power to influence suppliers to become more climate friendly. Including sourcing requirements in public procurement and provisions in trade agreements could help the EU and Member States cut emissions both in Europe and also contribute to global reductions.
Drier and warmer season forecast across Eastern Africa
27.8.2021|Vreme
A drier than usual season is forecasted across Eastern Africa from October to December 2021. In particular, in Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, southern, central, and north-western Somalia, southern and south-eastern Ethiopia, and the Red Sea coast of northern Eritrea. Of particular concern are the drier than usual conditions forecasted over the cross-border areas of Kenya and Somalia, according to IGAD's Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC).
The upcoming rainfall season, October to December, is an important season for Uganda, Kenya, northern Tanzania, southern and central...
Asia-Pacific needs to tackle overlapping crises
26.8.2021|Vreme
The Asia-Pacific region needs to step up efforts to prepare for and tackle complex, overlapping crises in order to increase the resilience of its people as well as its economies, with climate change threatening to dwarf the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic, a key meeting of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific has heard.
?Notwithstanding the progress made by many countries in devising more robust systems of early warning and responsive protection - with far fewer people dying as a result of natural disasters - the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that?...
European Union as a whole stays within air pollutant emission limits in 2019
26.8.2021|Okolje
The European Union (EU) as a whole respected emission ceilings for four key pollutants in 2019, including nitrogen oxides, non-methane volatile organic compounds, sulphur dioxide and ammonia, according to a new European Environment Agency briefing. Nevertheless, Member States still need to make deeper cuts in emissions to achieve 2020-29 and 2030 reduction commitments, especially for nitrogen oxides, fine particulate matter and ammonia.
Rapid shift to evolving renewable energy technologies poses new waste challenge for Europe
24.8.2021|Okolje
A rapid transition to renewable energy is necessary if Europe is to achieve its climate objectives. Developing the infrastructure to enable this change will require substantial resources and generate large volumes of waste as equipment reaches the end of its service life. Applying circular economy principles in this sector provides a win-win approach to address both these issues, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing released today.
Climate change made floods in Western Europe more likely
24.8.2021|Vreme
Climate change has made extreme rainfall events similar to those that led to last month?s floods in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg between 1.2 and 9 times more likely to happen, according to a rapid attribution study by an international team of climate scientists, which also found that such downpours in the region are now 3-19% heavier because of human-caused warming.
The results reinforce the conclusions of the new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which said there is now unequivocal evidence that humans are warming the planet?s climate and...
New report shows impacts of climate change and extreme weather in Latin America and Caribbean
17.8.2021|Voda
Climate change and extreme weather are threatening human health and safety, food, water and energy security and the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean. The impacts span the entire region, including Andean peaks, mighty river basins and low-lying islands, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It flags concerns about fires and the loss of forests which are a vital carbon sink.
The "State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020" provides a snapshot of the effects of increasing temperatures, changing precipitation patterns,...
New report shows impacts of climate change and extreme weather in Latin America and Caribbean
17.8.2021|Voda
Climate change and extreme weather are threatening human health and safety, food, water and energy security and the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean. The impacts span the entire region, including Andean peaks, mighty river basins and low-lying islands, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It flags concerns about fires and the loss of forests which are a vital carbon sink.
The "State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020" provides a snapshot of the effects of increasing temperatures, changing precipitation patterns,...
Mediterranean gripped by extreme heat, with new reported temperature record
13.8.2021|Vreme
The World Meteorological Organization is seeking to verify a reported temperature of 48.8?C (119.8?F) in Sicily, Italy, on 11 August 2021 and to establish whether this is a new temperature record for continental Europe.?
The observation?was made?by a weather station administered by?a?regional?agro-meteorological?network?rather than Italy?s national meteorological service. It occurred during an intense heatwave in Italy, Spain and parts of North Africa.?
According to the WMO?Weather and Climate Extremes Archive, the current?verified...
WMO Secretary-General remarks at IPCC Climate Change report launch
9.8.2021|Vreme
WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas statement at the release of the IPCC AR6 Working Group 1 report 9 August 2021
WMO organized the First World Climate Conference in 1979 to establish IPCC. The risk of climate change caused by growing consumption of oil, coal and natural gas was recognized by the meteorological community. IPCC has been working under WMO and UNEP since then, and WMO has been proud to host the IPCC secretariat.
Now we are publishing the physical science part of the Sixth Assessment Report, which is summarizing the results published in peer-reviewed scientific...
WMO: New climate report is a clarion call for urgent action
9.8.2021|Vreme
A landmark new report by hundreds of the world?s top climate scientists is a clarion call for immediate action to slash greenhouse gases in the face of unprecedented and accelerating climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said today.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I report, Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis, provides the clearest and most comprehensive assessment to date of warming of the atmosphere, oceans and land.
The scale of recent changes is unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years....
Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying â IPCC
9.8.2021|Vreme
Scientists are observing changes in the Earth?s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes already set in motion ? such as continued sea level rise ? are irreversible over hundreds to thousands of years.
However, strong and sustained reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases would limit climate change. While...
The National Center of Meteorology inaugurates the first of its kind Science Dome in the world - United Arab Emirates
6.8.2021|Vreme
Al Mandous: The Science Dome contributes to the understanding of regional meteorological programs
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ? 12 July 2021 ? The National Center of Meteorology (NCM), inaugurated the Science Dome, a new 4D dome experience to the public as part of an engagement strategy that helps audiences understand meteorology, geophysics and rain enhancement science.?The Science Dome features state-of-the-art technologies, special effects, a 6K projection system and custom media. The dome is dedicated to meteorological data and has been designed to host international weather...
Novosti na mejnih prehodih s Hrvaško
5.8.2021|Promet
Z avgustom 2021 velja nova prometna ureditev na relaciji AC priključek Obrežje - MP Slovenska vas.
