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UN Summit boosts climate action on emissions, resilience
25.9.2019|Vreme
In the face of scientific evidence about the accelerating pace of climate change, governments and private sector leaders at the United Nations Climate Action Summit gave a clear commitment to boost the level of ambition and increase funding for resilience and adaptation.
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Pacific Islands develop impact-based forecasts
24.9.2019|Vreme
Impact Based Forecast and Early Warning Services are being strengthened in Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in order to ramp up disaster preparedness and risk reduction.
Global Climate in 2015-2019: Climate change accelerates
22.9.2019|Vreme
Record greenhouse gas concentrations mean further warming
The tell-tale signs and impacts of climate change ? such as sea level rise, ice loss and extreme weather ? increased during 2015-2019, which is set to be the warmest five-year period on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere have also increased to record levels, locking in the warming trend for generations to come.
Landmark United in Science report informs Climate Action Summit
22.9.2019|Vreme
Science highlights key facts and figures about growing gap between targets and reality
The world?s leading climate science organizations have joined forces to produce a landmark new report?for the United Nations Climate Action Summit, underlining the glaring ? and growing ? gap between agreed targets to tackle global warming and the actual reality.?
International Ozone Day celebrates environmental success story
16.9.2019|Vreme
On this year?s International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, WMO highlights the coordinated efforts to measure and analyze ozone layer through its Global Atmosphere Watch network in support of environmental policy.
Statement by WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas
12.9.2019|Vreme
Media reports based on a recent interview that I gave in Finland have attracted attention, on the grounds that I purportedly questioned the international focus on the need for robust climate action. This is a selective interpretation of my words and my longstanding views.??
Drought preparedness day shows pathway for action
12.9.2019|Vreme
A major conference on drought and desertification has held a special Drought Day to ?emphasize the need to switch from a piecemeal, reactive crisis-driven approach to a proactive risk management approach.?
Invest in early warning to deliver climate adaptation
10.9.2019|Vreme
Investing in climate services and early warning systems?is critical if countries and communities are to meet the challenge of climate change, the World Meteorological Organization?s Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said today as the Global Commission on Adaptation launched a landmark report on the economic benefits of action.
The Weather in Germany in summer 2019 - Deutscher Wetterdienst
10.9.2019|Vreme
During the summer of 2019, Germany was often under the influence of high-pressure areas. At times, the weather was pleasant, at others there were striking incursions of very hot air with new, impressive record temperatures. Low-pressure systems and their extensions brought severe thunderstorms with gale-force wind and hail to some regions while precipitation was mostly sparse. All the summer months were significantly too warm with an excess of sunshine and too little rainfall. This is what the initial analysis by the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) of data from its around 2,000 weather stations shows.
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The weather in Germany in August 2019 - Deutscher Wetterdienst
10.9.2019|Vreme
After the extremely hot temperatures at the end of July, the first two decades of August were much more pleasant. Dry and very warm periods frequently alternated with wet and cooler ones, whereas the last decade of the month brought a return to widespread summery heat. Consequently, following on from June and July, the third summer month also saw temperatures and sunshine that were significantly higher than the long-term mean, while precipi-tation was much too low. This is what the initial analysis by the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) of data from its around 2,000 weather stations shows.
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Monthly Weather Summary - August 2019 - Kingdom of Bahrain
6.9.2019|Vreme
August 2019 goes on record as the fifth hottest August ever experienced in Bahrain since 1902.?The mean temperature of the month was 35.9?C which is 1.9?C above the long-term normal for August and this goes on record as the fifth highest mean temperatures for the month of August since 1902. This is same as August 2012 and exceeded by August 2017 with a record of 36.6?C, August 1998 with a record of 36.5?C, August 2016 with a record of 36.4?C and August 2015 with a record of 36.1?C.
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New international coalition to combat sand and dust storms
6.9.2019|Vreme
A new international coalition has been launched to strengthen coordinated action on sand and dust storms, which have damaging impacts on human health, the environment and key economic sectors in many countries around the world.?WMO is one of the partners in the coalition, which includes the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Environment (UNEP), UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank - among other institutions.
Hurricane Dorian causes devastation in Bahamas
6.9.2019|Vreme
Hurricane Dorian, the strongest hurricane on record to hit the Bahamas, wreaked massive devastation and?loss of life. It intensified rapidly into a top-level Category 5 on 1 September and then remained stationary over the Caribbean nation, with destructive winds, storm surge and rain.?
57th issue of the TCC News - Japan Meteorological Agency
4.9.2019|Vreme
The Tokyo Climate Center (TCC) of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has released the 57th issue of the TCC News on its website.?This issue covers:?Commencement of Two-week Temperature Forecast Provision? /? Sea Ice in the Sea of Okhotsk in the 2018/2019 Winter Season? /?Kosa (Aeolian dust) Events over Japan in January - June 2019 / TCC Experts Visit Mongolia? /?Visit to TCC by staff from the Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia (BMKG) .
Hurricane Dorian hits Bahamas
3.9.2019|Vreme
Hurricane Dorian, the strongest hurricane on record to hit the Bahamas, wreaked massive devastation as well as loss of life. It intensified rapidly into a top-level Category 5 on 1 September and then remained stationary over the Caribbean nation, with destructive winds, storm surge and rain.?
WMO seasonal update indicates above-average temperatures
2.9.2019|Vreme
Average sea surface and land temperatures across large parts of the world are forecast to be above normal in September-November, despite the expected absence of a full-blown El Ni?o event, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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CMA: Review of regional sand and dust storm centre
29.8.2019|Vreme
Every year, when there is busy season for sand and dust storm, large scale weather of this kind will pose huge hazards to human health and property. People residing in sandstorm-affected areas urgently call for establishing regional and specialized monitoring and warning center, and Regional Specialized Meteorological Center with activity specialization on Atmospheric Sand and Dust Forecast (RSMC-ASDF) of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) came into being.
Widespread fires harm global climate, environment
28.8.2019|Vreme
Fires that are raging in the Amazon rainforest are compounding the stress on the global climate and environment already unleashed by exceptional fires in the Arctic. There are also widespread fires in parts of tropical Africa.??
UN chief appeals to G7 leaders for strong climate action
28.8.2019|Vreme
People all over the world are calling for a shift towards a greener, cleaner future, according to UN?Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres, stressing that ?we have the tools to address the climate emergency, but we need more political will.??
WMO supports LAC Climate Week
28.8.2019|Vreme
Around?4,000 people from all over the region and many other countries participated in the Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week that heard calls for more ambition and stronger collaboration among all levels of government, the private sector and civil society to implement the national climate plans (known as Nationally Determined Contribution, or "NDCs") and to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.
