Close to USD 9 billion in economic damage by weather-related disasters in South-West Pacific in 2022: WMO

Aug 20, 2023

The report, along with an interactive story map, is one of a series of five regional reports and a global report from WMO providing...

WMO annual report highlights continuous advance of climate change

Apr 22, 2023

Droughts, floods and heatwaves affected communities on every continent and cost many billions of dollars. Antarctic sea ice fell to its lowest extent on...

Greenhouse gas concentrations surge again to new record in 2023: WMO

Oct 28, 2024

Greenhouse gas levels surged to a new record in 2023, committing the planet to rising temperatures for many years to come, according to a...

Greenhouse gas levels hit record high in 2020 despite pandemic: WMO Report

Oct 25, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], October 25 : The UN weather agency on Monday said that the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in 2020 has...

Europe hotting up, 15700 deaths linked to heatwave in 2022: WMO report

Apr 22, 2023

Record-breaking heat waves affected Europe during the summer. In some areas, extreme heat was coupled with exceptionally dry conditions. Excess deaths associated with the...

Ambitions of Paris Agreement in great peril, warns World Meteorological Organisation

Nov 11, 2024

The year 2024 is on track to be the warmest on record, with exceptionally high monthly global mean temperatures, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)...