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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Year 2013 record to be one of warmest

Current affairsNovember 14, 2013 : The World Meteorological Organization on November 13, 2013 estimates the year 2013 to be among the top 10 warmest on record. It continues a pattern of high temperatures blamed directly on man-made climate change.

The statement is provisional, pending weather patterns to the end of the year, but it confirms that global sea level reached a new record high.

Other than the Philippines experience recently, in 2012 the US also suffered record high temperatures; this year was the turn of Australia. It recorded its warmest 12 month period on record in the period ending in August. This record was broken in the 12 months from September 2012 to September 2013 and again in the 12 months to October.

The new findings come as nations meeting at UN climate talks in Warsaw, Poland, are struggling to make progress on political solutions.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO):
  • The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 191 Member States and Territories.
  • It originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was founded in 1873. Established in 1950, WMO became the specialised agency of the United Nations for Meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences.
  • It has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland
  • WMO is a member of the United Nations Development Group. The current Secretary-General is Michel Jarraud. The current president is David Grimes
What: Year 2013 record to be one of warmest
When: November 13, 2013
Who: The World Meteorological Organization made the estimate

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