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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
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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...
Record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season ends
1.12.2020|Vreme
The extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially ended on 30 November with a record-breaking 30 named tropical storms, including 13 hurricanes and six major hurricanes. There were 12 landfalling storms in the continental United States.
This is the most storms on record, surpassing the 28 from 2005, and the second-highest number of hurricanes on record.
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South America Regional Association elects officers, prioritizes ocean
1.12.2020|Vreme
A virtual session of WMO Regional Association III took place from November 25-27,? with the participation of 127 people. Yolanda Gonzalez Hernandez, Permanent Representative of Colombia, and Raul Rodas Franco, Permanent Representative of Paraguay, were elected respectively president and vice president of RA-III.
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South American Members Prioritise the Ocean
30.11.2020|Vreme
As a special side event at a session of the Regional Association for South America (RAIII),?Members and up to 100 external participants joined to discuss ocean priorities ? focussing on developing a cooperation roadmap. This was timely on the eve of the?UN Ocean Decade of Science for Sustainable Development?(2021 to 2030)?and with line-up of eminent South American?meteorological and oceanographic?professionals.??
Nineteenth session of the North Eurasia Climate Outlook Forum (NEACOF-19) - Roshydromet
27.11.2020|Vreme
The North Eurasian Climate Center held the 19th session of NEACOF-19 on the basis of Internet resources at the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, (Moscow) from
17 to 18 November 2020.?The forum was attended by representatives of the WMO Secretariat, representatives of the Meteorological and Hydrological Services of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, experts and scientists on climate forecasting and research from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, the Norwegian Meteorological Service, the German Weather Service, the Main Geophysical...
WMO welcomes launch of new ocean-monitoring satellite
25.11.2020|Vreme
The World Meteorological Organization has welcomed the successful launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite. Its high-precision measurements of Earth?s oceans from space will provide crucial information about sea level rise and critical inputs for weather forecasting.
The fundamental contribution from the new satellite will be ensuring continuity in the long-term climate data record on sea-level, supporting policy decisions on mitigation. adaptation and climate impacts - underpinned by science. Sea level rise is a key indicator of climate change and...
Landmark Data Conference sets the scene for change
24.11.2020|Vreme
Geneva, 24 November 2020 (WMO) ? A landmark Data Conference convened by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has set the scene for a comprehensive modernization of the roles, rules and requirements for the international exchange of observations and other data which measure the pulse of the planet.
The virtual Data Conference brought together more than 1,200 participants from National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, the private sector, space agencies, global data providers and users, academia and international and development partner organizations. In terms of attendance,...
Carbon dioxide levels continue at record levels, despite COVID-19 lockdown
23.11.2020|Vreme
The industrial slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has not curbed record levels of greenhouse gases which are trapping heat in the atmosphere, increasing temperatures and driving more extreme weather, ice melt, sea-level rise and ocean acidification, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Arctic Climate Forum expects above normal winter temperatures
20.11.2020|Vreme
Above normal temperatures and precipitation are expected across most of the Arctic region for ?November-January 2020/2021, according to a new seasonal climate outlook produced at the sixth?session of Arctic Climate Forum.
World Toilet Day: Sustainable sanitation and climate change
19.11.2020|Vreme
World Toilet Day on 19 November is a United Nations Observance that raises awareness of the importance of safely managed sanitation and the fact that 4.2 billion people currently have no access to this.
East Asia winter Climate Outlook Forum predicts near-normal or stronger-than-normal monsoon
18.11.2020|Vreme
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) actively supports the activities of the Regional Climate Outlook Forum (RCOF), which brings together experts to produce seasonal, regional climate predictions and information. By bringing together countries with common climatological characteristics, these RCOFs ensure consistency in the access to and interpretation of climate information. The East Asia Winter Climate Outlook Forum (EASCOF) is one such RCOF, which was jointly established by the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), and Mongolia's National Agency for Meteorology and Environment Monitoring (NAMEM) in 2012.
Impact-based forecast and warning services training in Solomon Islands
18.11.2020|Vreme
A five-day?World Meteorological Organization?(WMO)?Workshop on Impact-Based?Forecast?and Warning System?(IBFWS)?was organized?in Honiara, Solomon Islands.?The training workshop is?funded?through?the Climate Risk Early Warning System?(CREWS) fund?for the South East Asia and Pacific Small Islands States, and?is a follow-up from?the?regional?IBFWS Workshop for the Pacific Small Island Developing States of WMO RA V, which was conducted in September 2019.?This?Workshop is the initiative of the Solomon Islands Government, suported by?WMO.?It?is?attended by?over?30 particpants from?Solomon Islands Meteorological Service (SIMS)?and?stakeholder?organizations.?
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Tie for most active Atlantic hurricane season on record. Western wildfires continue to set new records - NOAA
18.11.2020|Vreme
For October, the?average contiguous U.S. temperature?was 54.4?F, 0.3?F above the 20th-century average. This ranked in the middle third of the 126-year period of record. For the year-to-date, the?contiguous U.S. average temperature?was 57.0?F, 2.1?F above average, and tied with 2006 for seventh warmest in the historical record.?The?October precipitation total?for the contiguous U.S. was 2.16 inches, exactly average, and ranked in the middle third of the historical record. For the year-to-date, the?contiguous U.S. precipitation total?was 26.30 inches, 0.94 inch above average, and ranked in the wettest third of the January-October record.?
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BoletÃn N°7 - Condiciones de tiempo esperadas para Centroamérica CRRH SICA
18.11.2020|Vreme
Los Servicios Meteorol?gicos e Hidrol?gicos Nacionales (SMHN) miembros del Comit? Regional de Recursos Hidr?ulicos est?n dando seguimiento al Hurac?n IOTA, el cual se encuentra sobre Nicaragua y contin?a perdiendo fuerza, se espera este mismo d?a pueda convertirse en Tormenta.A las 09:00 am. hora de Centroam?rica, el ojo del hurac?n Iota fue localizado cerca de la latitud 13.7 Norte, longitud 85.2 Oeste. Iota se est? moviendo hacia el oeste a 19 km/h, se pronostica que contin?e hacia el oeste durante el d?a, posteriormente se mover? al sur de Honduras y se disipar? en el transcurso del mi?rcoles sobre territorio salvadore?o.
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Successive tropical cyclones cause devastation
17.11.2020|Vreme
Back-to-back?tropical cyclones have caused massive destruction and impacted millions of people in Central America and parts of Southeast Asia, underlining?once again the threats posed by tropical cyclones to life and property and socio-economic well-being?and the need for the global level coordination and cooperation under the umbrella of WMO.
South West Indian Ocean Countries Strengthen Early Warning Systems
17.11.2020|Vreme
South West Indian Ocean countries have launched a new five-year project to improve operational forecasting and multi-hazard early warning systems in a region which is exposed to climate change, sea level rise and extreme weather and has suffered an increase in the frequency and intensity of climate-related shocks in recent decades.
State of the Climate 2020 - Bureau of Meteorology - Australian Government
16.11.2020|Vreme
The Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO play an important role in monitoring, analysing?and communicating observed and future changes in Australia?s climate. This sixth biennial State of the Climate report draws on the latest climate research, encompassing observations, analyses and projections to describe year-to-year variability and longer-term changes in Australia?s climate. The report is a synthesis of the science informing our understanding of climate in Australia and includes new information about Australia?s climate of the past, present and future. The science informs a range of economic, environmental and social decision-making by governments, industries and communities.
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