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Media Advisory - International climate experts to meet this month in Denver;
Agenda includes extreme weather, water availability, observing systems

GENEVA/DENVER – Climate scientists from more than 70 countries will converge in Denver October 24-28 to discuss the latest findings on climate and identify pressing scientific questions and challenges. They will focus on how science can best serve society, particularly in minimizing the adverse effects of variations in climate and human-influenced climate change. >> full text

Media Advisory - WMO at the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction

Disaster risk reduction is at the core of the mission of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) of its 189 Members.  WMO is therefore an active participant in the Third Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction taking place from 8 to 13 May 2011 at the International Conference Center of Geneva (CICG). >> full text

Media Advisory - Sixteenth World Meteorological Congress, Geneva, Switzerland, 16 May – 3 June 2011

World Meteorological Congress, the supreme body of the Organization, assembles delegates of Members once every four years to:- determine general policies for the fulfillment of the purposes of WMO;- consider membership of WMO;- establish and coordinate the activities of constituent bodies of the Organization;- approve long-term plans and the budget for the following financial period;- elect the President and Vice-Presidents of the Organization and members of the Executive Council;- appoint the Secretary-General. >> full text

No. 65— WMO Hurricane Committee Retires Igor and Tomas from List of Atlantic Storms

GENEVA, 24 March 2011 (WMO) - The World Meteorological Organization Hurricane Committee has retired two tropical cyclone names in the Atlantic from the official name rotation because of the deaths and damage they caused in 2010. >> full text

No. 64— World Weather Information Service in Russian launched today 

Geneva, 18 March 2011 (WMO) - Under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), in collaboration with the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET), today launched the Russian-language version of the World Weather Information Service (WWIS) website (http://wwis.meteoinfo.ru/). >> full text

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