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2019-01-25
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  1. “The WMO is honoured to support Member States and the Security Council in the provision of top- quality information on weather-, climate-, water- and environment-related threats to peace and security. We thank once again the Dominican Republic presidency of the Security Council for its Vision in organizing this debate and for the opportunity to address the Council in the Chamber this morning.”

    2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source

  2. “This is vital given that extreme weather and climate events such as floods, drought and tropical cyclones are undercutting progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, as we are repeatedly seeing, with tragic consequences. The WMO is committed to providing cutting-edge science to the United Nations Secretary-General's Climate Summit in September and to supporting Member States in evidence-based climate action. In order to meet the challenges and promote the international agenda, there is a need for a new political and investment paradigm to build a new generation of hydroclimate forecasting and early-warning services. This should become a component of the basic infrastructure of a country, comparable to roads and bridges. We must see this is a must-have, not just something nice to have.”

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  3. “We hope that this will foster closer collaboration and establish mechanisms for future briefings between Security Council members and the United Nations system agencies, including the WMO, which will make it possible to provide authoritative information for decision-making and support the diplomatic business of the Council in areas appropriate to the understanding and analysis of peace and security threats. The WMO is stepping up its support for the United Nations Operations and Crisis Centre through a dedicated coordination officer at United Nations Headquarters to provide expert information and to assist United Nations leadership in making informed strategic decisions.”

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  4. “Ocean heat content is also at record levels, with far-reaching, lasting consequences for marine life, coral reefs and food security. Climate change has a multitude of security impacts: rolling back the gains made in nutrition and access to food; heightening the risk of wildfires and exacerbating air-quality challenges; and increasing the potential for water conflict, leading to more internal displacement and migration. It is therefore increasingly regarded as a national security threat. Today is the first time in history that the WMO, as a United Nations agency, has officially briefed the Security Council in the Chamber on climate and extreme weather issues.”

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  5. “In Somalia, some 642,000 new internal displacements were recorded between January and July 2018 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with flooding the primary reason for displacement, followed by drought and conflict. Research by the WMO and its partners and network of scientists shows that sea-level rise is accelerating, as is the melting of polar ice sheets, posing an increasing existential threat to small island developing States. The shrinking of Arctic sea ice not only affects the local environment and indigenous peoples, but also influences weather patterns in the world's populated regions. Glacier melt continues unchecked, with short- term impacts that include increased flooding and a long-term threat to water supplies for many millions of people.”

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  6. “In August 2018, the south-western Indian state of Kerala suffered the worst flooding since the 19205, displacing more than 1.4 million people from their homes and affecting more than 5.4 million. Large parts of western Japan experienced destructive flooding in late June and early July, killing at least 230 people and destroying thousands of homes. Flooding affected many parts of East Africa in March and April, including Kenya and Somalia, which had previously been suffering from severe drought, as well as Ethiopia and northern and central Tanzania. Of the 17.7 million internally displaced persons tracked by the International Organization for Migration, 2.3 million had been displaced due to disasters linked to weather and climate events as of September 2018.”

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  7. “On extreme weather threats, 2017 was the most impactful and costliest Atlantic hurricane season in observable history, with losses exceeding $282 billion and significant social economic and gross domestic product (GDP) impacts on small island developing States in the Caribbean from major hurricanes such as Maria, Irma and Harvey. The World Bank estimates the total damage and losses to Dominica island from Hurricane Maria at $1.3 billion, or 224 per cent of its GDP. Approximately 99.7 per cent of the damage done during the season was due to three of the season's major hurricanes - Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Another notable hurricane, Nate, was the worst natural disaster in Costa Rican history. That season was also one of only six years on record to feature multiple Category 5 hurricanes.”

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  8. “The last time our Earth experienced a comparable concentration of carbon dioxide was 3 to 5 million years ago, when the temperature was about 2 to 3 degrees warmer and the sea level was 10 to 20 metres higher than it is now. The WMO's provisional statement on the state of the climate in 2018 showed that the past four years have been the warmest on record, with many high-impact weather events that bear the hallmarks of climate change. The 20 warmest years on record have occurred in the past 22 years. The global average temperature is nearly 1 degree higher than it was in the pre-industrial era.”

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  9. “These show significant interconnections with the other shocks and impacts to peace and security and sustainable development. This survey highlights yet again the critical importance of the WMO's core business, and early warnings are at the heart ofthat business: early warnings to prevent natural hazards from becoming disasters, and early warnings about our changing climate, which were issued a full 40 years ago, at the First World Climate Conference, organized by the WMO in 1979. Global average greenhouse-gas concentrations of carbon dioxide reached 405 parts per million in 2017 and are continuing to rise to record levels in 2018- 2019.”

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  10. “Mr. Kabat: I have the honour to brief the Council today on behalf of the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations system's authoritative voice on weather, climate and water. The WMO has 192 member States and territories, with representatives of national meteorological and hydrological services around the world. As already pointed out by my colleague Achim Steiner, the World Economic Forum, which is taking place in Davos this week, has just published its annual Global Risks Report 2019. The report indicates once again that extreme weather, natural disasters, climate change and water crises are the top four issues on the list of existential threats of the global risk landscape.”

    2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source