Extreme weather: UN global early warning initiative ‘fast-tracked into action’

Extreme weather: UN global early warning initiative ‘fast-tracked into action’

UN chief António Guterres convened an Advisory Panel of top UN agency officials which met for the first time to inject more “political, technical and financial clout to ensure that Early Warnings for All becomes a reality for everyone, everywhere”, said WMO in a press release. Tuesday’s panel included development banks, humanitarian organisations, civil society…

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Amid ‘spy balloon’ controversy, WMO highlights key role of weather balloons in climate monitoring

Amid ‘spy balloon’ controversy, WMO highlights key role of weather balloons in climate monitoring

On the heels of recent news reports about Canada and the United States shooting down several flying objects, including an alleged Chinese ‘spy balloon’, inside their borders, WMO points out that weather balloons provide just a tiny fraction of the millions of observations gathered worldwide daily. On Thursday, US President Joe Biden made public remarks…

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