World Meteorological Organization

WMO/Aleksandar Gospić

Decade ending 2019 likely to be hottest on record

3 December 2019
Climate Change

Exceptional global heat driven by greenhouse gas emissions mean this decade will most likely go down as the warmest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) which released its provisional statement on the State of the Global Climate on Tuesday.

WMO/Olga Khoroshunova

Devastating storms like Hurricane Florence ‘unusual this far north’: UN weather agency

11 September 2018
Climate Change

In another manifestation of extreme weather conditions, hurricanes as strong as the Category 4 storm Florence - barreling towards the coast of the Carolinas in the United States - are rarely seen so far north, the United Nation’s weather agency (WMO) confirmed on Tuesday.

WHO/Lindsay Mackenzie

News In Brief 24 July 2018

24 July 2018
News in Brief
  • Ebola outbreak in DRC declared over: WHO
  • Appeal for peaceful Zimbabwe elections amid threats of violence
  • Cause of deadly fires in Greece still unknown, say UN weather experts
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UNICEF/Robert LeMoyne

News In Brief 20 July 2018

20 July 2018
News in Brief
  • Refugee health services on track despite new emergencies: UNHCR
  • Extreme weather grips Scandinavian states, Arctic: WMO
  • Syria returnees must have safe passage home: UNHCR
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Security Council meeting on Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, with a focus on confidence-building measures.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News in Brief 18 January 2018

18 January 2018
News in Brief

Dialogue and confidence vital to prevent, resolve conflicts, says UN chief

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Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ( centre ) with Mustafa Akinci ( right ) Turkish Cypriot leader and Nicos Anastasiades ( left ) Greek Cypriot leader during Cyprus talks. 30 june 2017.
UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré

News in Brief 30 June 2017 (PM)

30 June 2017
News in Brief

Security concerns still to be overcome at Cyprus talks

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Omar Baddour.
UN News/Daniel Johnson

Hot spell is earlier than expected, says UN weather agency

21 June 2017
General News

The sweltering conditions affecting western Europe are set to last for at least another two weeks, but there may be some respite by the weekend, a senior UN weather expert said on Tuesday.

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Petteri Taalas.
UN photo/ Lucy Dean

Action must be taken "soon" to mitigate climate change: WMO

22 March 2017
General News

Governments need to “act soon” to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and keep global temperature rises to below two degrees Celsius, according to the World Meteorological Organization (

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Farmers in Ethiopia. The Horn of Africa was one of the areas hardest hit by El Niño.
FAO/Tamiru Legesse

Forecast points to La Niña weather change

28 July 2016
General News

Global weather patterns could be about to change if the La Niña phenomenon re-emerges, UN experts said Thursday.

La Niña, which is caused by cooler waters in the Pacific Ocean, could bring much-needed rainfall to areas left parched by the last El Niño episode, which ended in May.

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Semi-pastoralists have been hard-hit by drought and cattle are dying as the El Niño weather phenomenon has forced families to be on the move from Haro Huba kabele in central Ethiopia in search of grazing land and water.
UNICEF/Mulugeta Ayene

Weather extremes are planet’s way of raising alarm: UN

23 March 2016
General News

The record-breaking weather phenomena that marked 2015 show every sign of continuing this year with more adverse effects on people and the planet, the UN said this week.

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