"WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION - WMO"

“We need to mobilize 3.1 billion US dollars in the coming five years to be successful to reach 100 percent coverage of early warning services. Now only half of our 193 country members have such services in place and we have also major gaps in the basic observing systems,” said Professor Petteri Taalas, WMO’s Secretary-General. UNIFEED

Malawi’s deadly cholera outbreak could worsen if - as expected - Tropical Cyclone Freddy triggers further heavy rainfall in the south of the country, UN humanitarians said. UNTV CH

The World Meteorological Organization warns that exceptional rainfall is expected in Mozambique as tropical storm Freddy roars in. UNTV CH

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.

“Today we have 2,3 billion inhabitants of the planet which are suffering from water challenges, and by 2050 we expect to see up to 5 billion people suffering from those,” said Professor Petteri Taalas, WMO’s Secretary-General. UNTV CH

On keeping 1.5 degree alive, IPCC Lead Scientist on Energy Jim Skea said, “every fraction of a degree of warming matters,” and we need to “up the action on mitigation and up the action on adaptation.” UNIFEED

Guest: Denise Brown, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine.  She will brief remotely on the situation in Ukraine. 

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP27, will be held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, between 6-18 November 2022, under the presidency of Egypt. UNIFEED / FILE

Atmospheric levels of the three main greenhouse gases warming our planet - carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide- all reached new record highs in 2021, according to a new report from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. UNIFEED