The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
A SECOND straight poor summer monsoon is unlikely, India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief said ahead of an official forecast for the rains that are crucial to the economy of the world
Pune In a bid to address improvements needed in weather and climate forecasts with the help of South Asian countries, the South Asian Climate outlook Forum (SASCOF) commenced its first meeting on Tuesday at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology here. The meet , which will conclude on Thursday, will …
Noting that the decade 2000-2009 was warmest ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said that 2009 was the fifth-warmest year since climate records began in 1850. In a report on its 60th anniversary, the UN weather agency said the nineties were warmer than the eighties.The report showed that …
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Government of Finland signed an agreement on 15th December on a collaborative project to establish a regional flood information system in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region.Finland is providing a maximum of 2 million Euros over three years (2009-2012) for the project …
COPENHAGEN WAS going to be the big opportunity to sign on to a better environmental world order. Instead, the road to it has been marked with zero-visibility smog impairing collective human vision. Just when one thought things could not get worse, along came
Copenhagen: The leaked email controversy over tweaked climate change data may be history now with the UK Met office confirming on Tuesday that the first 10 years of the 21st century
HARDEV SANOTRA The world's weatherman tells us that this year had been the fifth warmest since 1850 and the decade has been the hottest on record. The Geneva-based World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) released its annual data earlier at the UN climate conference which shows that the combined sea and land …
The World Meteorological Organisation said on Wednesday that the ozone hole is expected to be smaller in 2009 than a year ago. "The meteorological conditions observed so far could indicate that the 2009 ozone hole will be smaller than those of 2006 and 2008 and close to that of 2007," …
The world leaders, who attended the just concluded World Climate Conference-3 in Geneva, Switzerland have widely acclaimed Bangladesh's role in tackling the negative phenomenon of climate change. The heads of state and government of 15 countries and other dignitaries highly appreciated Bangladesh position that emphasized establishing a global framework to …
CLIMATE change poses a potential threat to the whole living world. Many species of animals have already been endangered by its ugly claws. The developing countries in particular are the worst sufferers of the effect of climate change. Now it is an established fact that developed countries are principally responsible …
The World Climate Conference-3 concluded in Geneva Friday with a decision to create a global framework for climate services to help the global community better adapt to the challenges of the climate variability and change. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, Friday chaired the high-level segment of the World Climate Conference. …
Ludhiana: With the possibility of monsoon failure looming large, Punjab farmers are demanding another round of farm-loan waiver in the union Budget for 2009-10 besides credit at 4 per cent interest rate. The Budget is to be presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha on July 6.
IMD has been predicting a normal monsoon during the June-September season since March. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) seems to have taken a cautious stand over the World Meteorological Organisation
The preliminary data compiled by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) indicates that 2008 was the tenth warmest year on record. Besides, it witnessed a substantial erosion of the Arctic ice cover and dramatic disappearance of nearly one-quarter of the massive ancient ice shelves on Ellesmere Island. Erratic weather-driven disasters caused …
This latest WMO statement contains information for 2008 on global temperature, regional temperature anomalies, global precipitation, droughts, flooding and storms, La Ni
