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The World Meteorological Organisation published the Atlas of mortality and economic losses from weather, climate and water extremes (1970–2012) on July 11, 2014. The Atlas summarizes the global impacts of the last four decades, based on extreme events such as droughts, extreme temperatures, floods, tropical cyclones and related health epidemics, and the related economic losses. From 1970 to 2012, 8835 disasters,…
Published on YouTube Nov 13, 2013: A new report released today suggests that 2013 is among the top ten warmest years since records began more than 160 years ago. The report released by the world meteorological organisation says excessive flooding and frequent drought will continue into the unforeseen future. Kenya meteorologists says cases of highland…
UN News Centre: With United Nations-backed climate talks underway in Germany, the UN climate change body today reiterated that international efforts to mitigate the phenomenon are insufficient to meet the goal of keeping global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The statement from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) follows…