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Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. Climate variability and climate change can impact virtually every aspect of society, including food production, health, housing, energy, water resources, safety, tourism, finance, and transportation. Monitoring climate conditions and predicting what ...
The WMO State of the Global Climate report 2022 focuses on key climate indicators – greenhouse gases, temperatures, sea level rise, ocean heat and acidification, sea ice and glaciers. It also highlights the impacts of climate change and extreme weather. From mountain peaks to ocean depths, climate change continued its advance in 2022.
AdobeStock / vitaliymateha. The State of the Global Climate 2023 report shows that records were once again broken, and in some cases smashed, for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, Antarctic sea ice cover and glacier retreat. Heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires, and rapidly intensifying ...
Mar 19, 2024 · AdobeStock/prirach. The WMO State of the Global Climate in 2021 report confirmed that four key climate change indicators – greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification – set new records in 2021. This is yet another clear sign that human activities are causing planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean ...
Year published. 2024. Summary. The report on the State of the Climate in Africa 2023 is the fourth in the series of the annual African report, with a special focus on loss and damage. It is the result of collaboration between African National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs), African Regional Climate Centres, the African Union ...
Mar 19, 2024 · The WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2019 includes input from national meteorological and hydrological services, leading international experts, scientific institutions and United Nations agencies. The flagship report provides authoritative information for policy makers on the need for Climate Action. The report confirms ...
The Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update is issued annually by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It provides a synthesis of the global annual to decadal predictions produced by the WMO-designated Global Producing Centres and other contributing centres for 2024-2028. According to the latest report, there is an 80 percent likelihood ...
Overview. Climate change may be due to natural internal processes or external forcings such as modulations of the solar cycles, volcanic eruptions and persistent human-induced changes in the composition of the atmosphere, ocean or in land use. “Anthropogenic” or “human-induced climate change” results from human activities which are ...
Jul 27, 2023 · News. 27 July 2023. Bangkok, Thailand - Extreme weather and climate change impacts are increasing in Asia, which ricocheted between droughts and floods in 2022, ruining lives and destroying livelihoods. Melting ice and glaciers and rising sea levels threaten more socio-economic disruption in future, according to a new report from the World ...
The State of the Climate in Africa report provides details of extreme weather and climate change impacts in the entire region, from the Sahara to the Serengeti and from coastal waters to mountain peaks. It gives information on climate indicators including temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise and glaciers, as well as on ...
