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According to the World Meteorological Organization, last year saw unprecedented climate extremes globally and breaking numerous records. UNTV CH

Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told reporters in Geneva that in the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), the United Nations was responding to a flood disaster, “unprecedented in scale for six decades,” and with hundreds of thousands of people in need of humanitarian assistance. UNTV CH / FILE

Agriculture can play a central role in climate action while ensuring global food security, said Kaveh Zahedi, head of climate division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). His comments came as 2023 was confirmed to be the warmest year on record. FAO

In her first public statement to journalists at the UN in Geneva, the new UN weather chief, Professor Celeste Saulo, said that one of the priorities of her administration will be to strengthen early warning systems that can forecast when and where extreme weather events will be occurring. UNTV CH

The work of the United Nations remained vital in 2023, a year that was marked by humanitarian crises fuelled by conflicts, natural disasters and the devastating effects of climate change. UNIFEED / FILE

Ahead of COP 28, taking place in Dubai, during the month of November the Secretary-General António Guterres travelled to Nepal and to the Antarctic to highlight the devastating effects of climate change on glaciers and ice shelves. UNIFEED / FILE

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

A new report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) finds more lives are being protected from dangerous climate change but there is a long way to go. Half of countries globally are still not protected by multi-hazard early warning systems. UNDRR

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned, “We are living through climate collapse in real-time – and the impact is devastating.” UNIFEED

A new UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report said that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high last year, and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels were a full 50 per cent above the pre-industrial era for the first time – with “no end in sight” to the rising trend. UNTV CH