Context: In line with observations by climate agencies, World Meteorological Organisation has officially confirmed 2023 to be the hottest year on record.
State of Global Climate Report
- “The State of Global Climate Report” (released by WMO) stated that the global average near-surface temperature was 1.45 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial baseline.
- It was the warmest 10-year period on record.
- The previous, joint warmest years were 2016 at 1.29 Celsius above the 1850–1900 average and 2020 at 1.27 degree Celsius.
About World Meteorological Organisation
- As a specialized agency of the United Nations, WMO is dedicated to international cooperation and coordination on the state and behaviour of the Earth’s atmosphere, its interaction with the land and oceans, the weather and climate it produces, and the resulting distribution of water resources.
- WMO facilitates and promotes:
- Establishment of an integrated Earth System observation network to provide weather, climate, and water-related data.
- Establishment and maintenance of data management centers and telecommunication systems for the provision and rapid exchange of weather, climate, and water-related data.
- Creation of standards for observation and monitoring to ensure adequate uniformity in the practices and procedures employed worldwide and, thereby, ascertain the homogeneity of data and statistics.
- Provision of weather, climate, and water-related services - through the application of science and technology in operational meteorology and hydrology - to reduce disaster risks and contribute to climate change adaptation, as well as for sectors such as transport (aviation, maritime and land-based), water resource management, agriculture, health, energy, and other areas.
- Activities in operational hydrology as well as closer cooperation between National Meteorological and Hydrological Services in states and territories where they are separate.
- Coordination of research and training in meteorology and related fields.
- WMO Strategic Plan
- Disaster risk reduction
- The Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS)
- The WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS)
- Aviation meteorological services
- Polar and high mountain regions
- Capacity development
- Governance
- Publications/Reports by WMO
- Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water-related Hazards
- Global Status of Multi- Hazard Early Warning Systems
- Greenhouse Gas Bulletin
- Provisional State of the Global Climate
- State of Climate Services
- State of Global Water Resources
- State of the Climate in Africa
- State of the Climate in Asia
- State of the Climate in Europe
- State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean
- State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific
- State of the Global Climate
- The State of the Global Climate Decadal Reports
- United in Science
- WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin
- WMO Airborne Dust Bulletin
- WMO Co-led Reports