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Météo-France éclaire le climat en France jusquâen 2100
2.2.2021|Vreme
M?t?o-France a produit de nouvelles projections climatiques de r?f?rence en France. Ce nouveau jeu de projections ? l??chelle des r?gions m?tropolitaines est disponible sur le site DRIAS. Il permet ? nos soci?t?s de mieux anticiper et de s?adapter.?Le climat a d?j? chang? -?En France, la hausse des temp?ratures a atteint 1,7 ?C depuis 1900 et s?est acc?l?r?e ces derni?res d?cennies. Les cons?quences sur notre territoire s?accentueront in?vitablement d?ici 2050.?Si nous ne renfor?ons pas assez nos actions de lutte contre le changement climatique, le r?chauffement pourrait ?tre...
Schools across Europe share results of their air quality projects
1.2.2021|Okolje
More than 100 schools from 8 European countries participated in the citizen science CleanAir@School inititative, organised by the European European Agency (EEA) and the European Network of the Heads of Environmental Protection Agencies. The results of the initiative, published today, describe how schoolchildren measured pollution levels, learned about air quality and promoted actions for cleaner air.
Advanced digital technologies can play a crucial role in making Europe’s waste management systems more circular and sustainable
1.2.2021|Okolje
Digital technologies like robotics, cloud computing and artificial intelligence will help improve the sustainability of Europe’s waste management systems. According to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing released today, increased use of these technologies can help deliver more effective waste management across Europe, improving logistics, recycling rates and enable better purchasing and sorting decisions by consumers.
Insights in Climate Science
29.1.2021|Vreme
A spate of recent reports has highlighted accelerating climate change indicators, amid mounting popular and political momentum for more ambitious climate action.
Ten New Insights into Climate Science, published by the WMO co-sponsored World Climate Research Programme, Future Earth and the Earth League, provided a synthesis of the latest findings for policy and society.
These included:
Improved models strengthen support for ambitious emission cuts to meet the Paris Agreement targets
Emissions from thawing permafrost is likely to be worse than expected
Deforestation is degrading...
Political and popular climate momentum mounts
28.1.2021|Voda
Political and popular momentum is mounting for urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the face of increasing indicators and impacts of climate change.
?The science has never been clearer. We are facing a climate emergency. We are already witnessing unprecedented climate extremes and volatility, affecting lives and livelihoods on all continents,? U.N. Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres told the Adaptation Summit on 25 January.
?According to the World Meteorological Organization, there have been more than 11,000 disasters due to weather, climate and water-related hazards over...
Political and popular climate momentum mounts
28.1.2021|Voda
Political and popular momentum is mounting for urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the face of increasing indicators and impacts of climate change.
?The science has never been clearer. We are facing a climate emergency. We are already witnessing unprecedented climate extremes and volatility, affecting lives and livelihoods on all continents,? U.N. Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres told the Adaptation Summit on 25 January.
?According to the World Meteorological Organization, there have been more than 11,000 disasters due to weather, climate and water-related hazards over...
Political and popular climate momentum mounts
28.1.2021|Voda
Political and popular momentum is mounting for urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the face of increasing indicators and impacts of climate change.
?The science has never been clearer. We are facing a climate emergency. We are already witnessing unprecedented climate extremes and volatility, affecting lives and livelihoods on all continents,??U.N. Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres told the Adaptation Summit?on 25 January.
?According to the World Meteorological Organization, there have been more than 11,000 disasters due to weather, climate and water-related...
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...
