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"Every person on Earth will be covered by early warning systems in the next
five years, under a new plan announced today by UN Secretary-General António
Guterres.
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) will lead this ‘ambitious’ plan to
alert people to the increasingly common extreme weather events around the
globe.
Over the past 50 years, a weather, climate or water-related disaster has taken
115 lives a day on average, according to a recent WMO report on disaster
statistics. The latest IPCC report makes clear that half of humanity is already
in the danger zone.
“We must boost the power of prediction for everyone and build their capacity to
act,” the UN chief declared via video message today, World Meteorological Day.
Currently, one-third of the world’s population - mainly in least developed
countries and small island developing states on the frontlines of climate
change - are still not covered by early warning systems. In Africa, a
staggering 60 per cent of people lack coverage.
“This is unacceptable, particularly with climate impacts sure to get even
worse,” says Guterres.
According to current national commitments, global emissions are on course to
rise by almost 14 per cent this decade - despite governments knowing that a 45
per cent reduction is needed to keep the crucial limit of 1.5 C degrees warming
alive."
Via
Future Crunch Jun 20, 2022:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
