"HYDROLOGY"

“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

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke at Viet Nam’s Meteorological and Hydrological Administration about disaster preparedness and said the goal is to have early warning systems in all countries of the world within five years, “to end the tragedy of people dying, livelihoods being destroyed, because people did not know that tragedy was unfolding.” UN VIET NAM

Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) said on Wednesday. UNTV CH

The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, told the Security Council that despite various attempts at negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Sudan, “the parties have been unable to agree on a framework of engagement to settle the remaining contentious issues” related to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). UNIFEED

“Relatively cold February does not negate the long-term warming trend from climate change,” a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) spokesperson told reporters in Geneva. UNTV CH

UN chief António Guterres said, “we need all countries to demonstrate that we can achieve emissions reductions of 45 per cent from 2010 levels this decade, and that we will reach net-zero emissions by mid-century,” adding that “we know this is the only way to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius.” UNIFEED

Speaking to reporters today, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that it is important to tackle climate change with “much greater ambition.” He called on leaders attending the climate Summit in September to come with a plan instead of a speech. UNIFEED

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said “it is estimated that by 2050 at least one in four people is likely to live in a country affected by chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water.” UNIFEED / FILE

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The Legal Committee is crucial to strengthening international cooperation, the General Assembly affirms, unanimously adopting 25 resolutions, at 62nd meeting of the 71st session.