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Some selected screenshots from @WMO 5 year climate report
http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/-world-meteorological-organization-wmo-press-conference/6146526367001
http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/-world-meteorological-organization-wmo-press-conference/6146526367001
Population exposed to heat waves is growing
Outlook for next 5 years
It's not just temperature, take a look at precipitation extremes, drought (in browns) and floods in green
The @WMO secretary general Petteri Taalas points out especially droughts in Australia, South Africa and the Amazon regions and the knock-on impacts of #foodinsecurity
Similarly record breaking wild and forest fires can be linked to drought
And now on to the decline of #glaciers
And the corresponding #SeaLevelRise increase
It's not an accident that #GreenhouseGases are also increasing...
And the natural disasters are not going away during #COVID19 time either, handsup who heard of the recent tropical cyclones laying waste to Pacific Islands?
For more on Tropical Cyclone on Harold: https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/tropical-cyclone-harold-challenges-disaster-and-public-health-management
A call from Dr. Omar Baddour to continue to support observational programme, continuing on from the theme the secretary general introduced on how #COVID19 has affected #weather + #climate monitoring operations https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/wmo-concerned-about-impact-of-covid-19-observing-system
The 5 year climate report is published officially today (full disclosure I contributed to a small section on #Greenland #IceSheet Mass Budget)
