WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2019.
The World Meteorological Organization Statement on the State of the Climate in 2019 will be released on Tuesday 10 March 2020 at a press conference with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas at United Nations headquarters, New York.
This key UN multi-agency statement provides authoritative information on climate indicators and extreme weather, as well as impacts on socio-economic development, human health, migration and displacement, food security and land and marine ecosystems. It is based on contributions from national meteorological and hydrological services, leading international experts, scientific institutions and United Nations agencies.
It is the twenty-sixth WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate. The annual report was first issued in 1993. The 2019 edition marks sustained international efforts dedicated to measuring, analyzing and understanding the year to year variations and long-term trends of our changing climate.
The report informs Member States, the United Nations system and decision-makers about the status of the climate system. It complements the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reporting cycle in producing updated information for the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other climate policy frameworks. It elaborates on information contained in a Provisional Statement issued at the UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid on 3 December 2019.
When: Tuesday 10 March 2020 at 1230 ET (1730 GMT)
Where: United Nations headquarters, Media Briefing Room
Livecast on http://webtv.un.org/
Materials will be available under embargo
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For further information and interview requests please contact:
Clare Nullis, WMO media officer, Email cnullis@wmo.int Mobile phone +41 79 709 13 97
Or
Jonathan Fowler, Chief of WMO Strategic Communications Office, Emailjfowler@wmo.int Mobile phone +41 76 691 03 14
4 March 2020
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