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With temperatures expected to remain above normal until the middle of next week, the World Metrological Organization (WMO) warned that heatwaves are and will occur more and more frequently. The pattern is linked to the observed warming of the planet that can be attributed to human activity, raising serious concerns for the planet’s future. UNTV CH

A new app for mobile phones that provides localized information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels has been launched by WHO, WMO, UNEP, and ILO to help people protect themselves adequately. UNTV CH

With summer not officially started, Europe is already experiencing a major heatwave as a result of climate change. According to experts at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), heatwaves are starting earlier, becoming more frequent and severe due to record-level concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. UNTV CH

The threat of starvation looms in East Africa after four failed rainy seasons, warned meteorological organizations together with humanitarian partners predicting that the situation is set to worsen due to forecasts of an unprecedented fifth poor rainy season between October and December. UNTV CH

Records in four out of seven key climate indicators were broken last year, UN climate scientists said on Wednesday, as the UN Secretary-General renewed his call for governments everywhere to end their reliance on fossil fuels “before we incinerate our only home.” UNTV CH

Within the next five years, everyone on Earth should be protected by early warning systems against increasingly extreme weather and climate change, according to an ambitious new United Nations target announced today. UN chief António Guterres has tasked the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to lead the effort and present an action plan to achieve this goal at the next UN climate conference in Egypt this November. UNIFEED

In a message on World Meteorological Day, WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said, with the growing number of disasters, “everyone should care for early warning services and early action” which could protect lives. WMO

While some four out of ten people in the world are already living under the threat of climate change, today’s children could experience a four-to five-fold increase in extreme weather events in their lifetimes, with a dramatic impact on lives, health, and security, according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released on Monday. UNTV CH

Madagascar is getting ready for its fourth tropical cyclone in a month, UN aid agencies warned on Tuesday. UNTV CH

The United Nations and its humanitarian partners are ramping up preparedness efforts in anticipation of tropical cyclone Batsirai, expected to make landfall in Madagascar over the weekend and affect about 600,000 people directly. More than 150,000 are likely to be displaced. UNTV CH