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More than five billion people could have difficulty accessing water in 2050 says UN report
• 3 years agoMost of the flood-related deaths and economic losses were recorded in Asia, where river flood warning systems require strengthening, said the WMO.
Explainer: How does WMO validate temperature records from around the world?
• 4 years agoA decision takes six to nine months as an international panel of atmospheric scientists reviews raw data and provides recommendations.
Last La Nina cycle ended in May, taking its cooling effects with it, reports WMO
• 4 years agoBut its temporary global cooling effects won't prevent 2020 from being one of the three warmest years on record.
A forty percent chance avg world temperatures will exceed 1.5 deg C limit set by Paris Agreement: WMO
• 4 years agoLast year, the same group forecasted a 20 percent chance of this happening.
2021 should be the year humanity stops it war on nature pleads UN Sec-Gen Antonio Guterres
• 4 years agoA new analysis by Climate Action Tracker scientists said public commitments to emission cuts if kept, would limit warming to about 2.6 degrees Celsius and possibly as low as 2.1 degrees Celsius.
Despite COVID-19 lockdowns, greenhouse gases continue to rise around the world: WMO
• 4 years agoThe WMO's Bulletin listed the atmospheric concentration of CO2 in 2019 at 410 ppm, up from 407.8 ppm in 2018, and said the rise had continued this year.
World is inching closer to the 1.5 degree limit set by Paris Agreement, may exceed it in the next decade: UN report
• 4 years agoThe world already has warmed nearly 1.1 degrees Celsius since the late 1800s, and the last five years are hotter than the previous five years.
We need to tackle two crises at once — Coronavirus and climate change, says activist Greta Thunberg
• 5 years agoUN chief echoed Thunberg's words urging governments to use their economic responses to the pandemic to tackle climate change.
Coronavirus will cause the biggest fall in CO2 emissions since WWII but won't stop climate change: WMO
• 5 years agoWMO expects a six percent drop in carbon emissions this year but warned it could be followed by higher emissions than before COVID-19.
2019 was second warmest year on record, January was the warmest January since 1850: WMO report
• 5 years agoWMO secretary-general said seawater is the most acidic it has been in 25 million years which will have negative impacts on the ecosystems.