G7 way off-track in emission cuts to achieve 1.5°C target; finding significant as WMO says Asia ‘global disaster capital’

Present policies mostly paper tigers; India need greater ministerial integration to counter climate impacts, say experts  

Unusually warm January in Europe; record temperature in many countries: WMO

Conditions caused by warm air from north-west Africa  

This year will be warmest in more than 170 years, WMO confirms in report launched at COP28

Libya Medicane, Cyclone Freddy, accelerating Antarctic sea ice loss and rising sea levels caused as due to intense warming in first 10 months of 2023

Increased chance of earth breaching 1.5°C in next five years

One of the years from 2023-2027 could be the warmest ever recorded, warns WMO

CoP26: New financing mechanism to plug gaps in climate data, bolster response

Three United Nations bodies will unveil the fund at CoP26 in Glasgow November 3 

Aircraft may monitor tropical cyclones over India

Four-day conference on Indian Ocean tropical cyclones begins in Delhi

El Nino may disrupt monsoons

Weather conditions that promote El Nino persistent, says Met department; drought feared

IMD presents new, neutral names for future cyclones in north Indian Ocean

The new names were contributed by 13 member countries of the WMO/ESCAP panel on tropical cyclones   

WMO sounds alarm as COP27 gets underway, with 1.5°C target barely within reach

Sea level rise doubled in three decades; South Asia, including India, one of the hardest-hit   

The weather paywall: Will a free public service be corrupted

There will be heavy rainfall in... (subscribe to read on) — that's how all weather information will be delivered if private players are …

Deluge in Puerto Rico, drought in La Plata: WMO paints grim picture of warming Latin America, Caribbean

Extreme weather events in the region over 30 years have led to economic losses and affected countries’ to mitigate and adapt to climate …

United in Science: New UN report highlights climate emergency

A report released recently by the UN, ‘United in Science’ collates the latest climate knowledge and makes for alarming reading

Likelihood of warming El Nino this year increasing: WMO

There are 60% chances of a transition from ENSO-neutral to El Nino phase during May-July and the likelihood increases gradually: WMO update

WMO confirms 2020 heat record in Siberian town

Verkhoyansk, a town in Siberia, recorded a temperature of 38°C June 20, 2020 — the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic …

Climate change can wipe off 84% of Sudan GDP, warns report

The damage will reduce but remain significant even if global temperature rise is limited to 1.5°C

COVID-19 cut carbon emissions but not enough to dent global warming

The lockdown-related fall in emissions is just a tiny blip on the long-term graph. We need a sustained flattening of the curve - WMO …

WMO approves a global tracker for greenhouse gas emissions

Global greenhouse gas watch to fill critical information gaps, provide an integrated and operational framework

Asia Climate: India, China, Japan lose billions to extreme weather annually, says WMO report

India, China and Bangladesh recorded most of the disaster-related displacement recorded globally in 2020, according to State of the Climate in …

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Global mean sea level highest-ever in 2019

The State of Global Climate 2019 says that this is yet another sign of the world being in a climate emergency

World Meteorological Day: WMO to ensure global early warning systems coverage in 5 years

Early warning systems can be critical tools to reduce disaster risk and support climate adaptation, according to Guterres  

Highest carbon concentration in atmosphere in 3 million years: WMO

The new WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin says CO2 concentration in atmosphere has breached all recent records

Sea levels along Indian coast rising at faster rate than global average: WMO report

Such a sea-level rise could have major consequences for the millions of people living along the Indian coastline

Climate crisis: ‘There has not been a cool month in 628 months’

If one was born in February 1986, s / he has actually never experienced a month with normal temperature. Each month after this has been a …

Megadrought in Chile: Both natural climate factors, human-induced global warming to blame

A quarter of reduction of rainfall a direct result of sea-surface warming    

Warming has changed Arctic forever; 2017 could be third hottest year on record: studies

In 2017, the Arctic continued to warm at double the rate of the global temperature increase