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World Meteorological Day 2024: Date, history, significance
World Meteorological Day 2024: From date to significance, here's all that you need to know about the special day.
Published on Mar 22, 2024 02:28 PM IST
Tapatrisha Das, Delhi
Act now or face extinction soon
The State of the Climate report details the defining challenge that humanity faces. Nations need to take action
Published on Mar 21, 2024 09:20 PM IST
HT Editorial
2023 was India’s second warmest year in India on record
The annual mean land surface air temperature over India averaged 0.65°C above the long-term average for 1981 to 2010 period.
Updated on Jan 02, 2024 02:30 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Half the countries in world lack adequate multi-hazard early warning systems: Report
Half the countries lack adequate multi-hazard early warning systems, according to a report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the World Meteorological Organisation. While progress has been made in saving lives from extreme weather and climate impacts, there is still a long way to go. Africa has doubled its early warning systems coverage, but still falls below the global average. Less than half of Least Developed Countries and only 40% of Small Island Developing States have such systems. The report was released at a high-level event in Dubai attended by ministers and stakeholders.
Updated on Dec 04, 2023 07:02 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Virtually certain that 2023 will be the warmest year, says WMO report
This year (until the end of October) was about 1.40 degrees Celsius warmer over the pre-industrial (1850-1900) baseline, the World Meteorological Organisation said on the opening day of the UN Climate Summit (COP28) in Dubai , adding that 2023 will be the warmest year irrespective of the last two months of the year.
Updated on Nov 30, 2023 11:16 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi, New Delhi