COP27: Forecasting overhaul may reduce extreme weather hazards


A UN program to revamp climate forecasting in lower-income international locations may enhance world local weather fashions and assist individuals put together for excessive climate occasions

Atmosphere



18 November 2022

A researcher stands an area of bushes and tall dry grass in the Kalahari region of southern Africa, looking up at a wooden pole roughly 3 to 4 meters tall. The pole is equipped with multiple sensors for measuring weather conditions.

Further climate stations, like this one in southern Africa’s Kalahari area, may fill main gaps in world meteorological knowledge

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The US, Spain and Norway pledged greater than $20 million for a program aiming to enhance climate forecasting in 100 lower-income international locations and small island states.

Climate forecasting is dependent upon dependable meteorological knowledge. However many lower-income international locations lack the infrastructure wanted to measure and predict the climate. “There are enormous knowledge gaps,” says Markus Repnik on the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). He says many lower-income international locations and small island states …