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UN confirms 2024 was the hottest year on record

United Nations weather experts from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed on last week that 2024 was the hottest year on record, at 1.55...

UN top official disheartened by LA wildfires

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed sorrow over the fast-moving wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles area, claiming lives and displacing thousands. The fires,...

Water is ‘canary in the coalmine’ of climate change—WMO

The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, according to a new report coordinated by the...

Ozone layer is well on track for full recovery—WMO report

New evidence in the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) annual Ozone and UV Bulletin published last week reveals strong evidence that the ozone layer is...

UN’s Guterres warns against swelling seas

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga—United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent out a global climate “SOS” at a Pacific islands summit last week, unveiling research that shows the...

World heading toward new temperature records­ — UN

At least one of the years between now and 2028 will very likely set a new temperature record, breaking through the crucial 1.5°C temperature...

New report says climate indices broke marks in ‘23

Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, ice cover and glacier retreat, a...

Warning systems to avert disasters — DENR

The Philippines called on local government units (LGUs) to take advantage of available hazard maps as part of early warning systems to avert disasters...

Warmest January on record as temperatures rose globally

In the battle to slow global warming, January was the hottest month on record according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) last week. Large portions...

WMO: 2023 is warmest on record and this year could even be hotter

Last year officially smashed the global temperature record, the UN weather agency confirmed last week and warned that 2024 could even be hotter. The World...

‘No end in sight’ to rising greenhouse gas emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high in 2022 with “no end in sight to the rising trend,” the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said...

UN body calls for better grasp of global freshwater resources

The hydrological cycle is spinning out of balance as a result of climate change and human activity, according to a new report from the...

Extreme weather events now the new normal—UN agency

Heatwaves sweeping large parts of the world offer yet another reminder that extreme weather events boosted by human-induced climate change have become “the new...

El Niño’s threat

Should we be afraid of the threat posed by the El Niño weather phenomenon? Not at all, because the government is already preparing to deal...
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