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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

Ahead of COP 28, beginning at the end of the month in Dubai, Secretary-General António Guterres traveled to China and Nepal during the month of October to highlight the urgency of reducing emissions to combat climate change. UNIFEED / FILE

With more frequent extreme weather events and the world warming up faster than at any point in recorded history, human health – particularly in the most vulnerable communities - is increasingly threatened, stated a new multi-agency report coordinated by the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) which focused its 2023 annual report “State of Climate Series” on health. UNTV CH

According to the World Meteorological Organization, more early warnings are needed with the global hydrological cycle out of control. UNTV CH

The Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, said that “the scale of the flood disaster in Libya is shocking and it is heartbreaking”, according to a UN spokesperson. UNIFEED

The world is far from meeting its climate goals, seriously undermining efforts to tackle hunger, poverty and ill-health, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said. UNTV CH

The fabric of society in southwest Pacific and beyond is “unravelling” because of the effects of our warming climate and weather-related disasters, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Friday. UNTV CH

According to the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), there is a 98 percent chance that at least one in the next five years will beat the temperature record set in 2016. UNTV CH