WMO, UNDP team up for climate action campaign

17 / 03 / 2024

By Marwa Nassar - -

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is partnering with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to launch a climate action campaign to raise awareness globally and mobilize society to act.

This campaign will be launched on 21 March on television and social channels and live on stage at the WMO. It is supported by national meteorological and hydrological services, weather presenters and media outlets around the world.

The message of the campaign is about ambition, commitment and action from both policy makers and from individuals. “If we all join together, we can keep the 1.5° degree ambition alive.”

This coincides with the World Meteorological Day 2024 under the theme of “At the Frontline of Climate Action.”

Climate change is a real and undeniable threat to the entire civilization. The effects are already visible and will be catastrophic unless we act now.

Sustainable Development Goal 13 underlined commitment to “take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.” Progress in this goal underpins progress in all the other Sustainable Development Goals.

The work of the WMO community is indispensable to climate action and to the Sustainable Development Goals across the board. The work is of huge societal importance: reducing hunger and poverty; improving health and well-being; ensuring clean water and affordable and clean energy; protecting life below the water and life on land; and making our cities and communities more resilient to climate change.

Weather and climate predictions help boost food production and move closer to zero hunger. Integrating epidemiology and climate information helps understand and manage diseases sensitive to climate. And early-warning systems help to reduce poverty by giving people the chance to prepare and limit the impact of extreme weather.

WMO, its Members, and its partners drive the full value cycle, from science to services to action for the good of society. It advances knowledge of our Earth system, monitors the state of the climate and water resources, provides scientific information to inform greenhouse gas emissions reductions and delivers climate services and early warnings to support climate adaptation.

Science is central to solutions and can supercharge progress on the SDGs across the board.

WMO will remain at the Frontline of Climate Action as the world embraces a journey of cooperation and innovation, leveraging collective expertise to overcome challenges and achieve its shared vision of a safer, more resilient world for future generations.