The Latest Breaking News from WMO

Greenhouse gas concentrations increased by a record amount in 2024 as more carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide became locked in Earth's atmosphere, a World Meteorological Organization report finds.

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by a record amount in 2024, reaching the highest concentration ever measured and locking the planet into more long-term warming, the UN weather agency warned on Wednesday.

“The heat trapped by CO2 and other greenhouse gases is turbocharging our climate and leading to more extreme weather,” said WMO Deputy Secretary-General Ko Barrett.

The United Nations weather agency reports that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached record highs last year, intensifying climate change and extreme weather

The annual update by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) warns heat trapped by greenhouse gases is ‘turbo-charging’ the climate.

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand

Nearly 60 per cent of rivers now flow with either too much or too little water.

Increasingly erratic water cycle is creating food scarcity, rising prices, conflict and migration, says UN agency

The World Meteorological Organisation’s 2024 state of global water resources report outlines the world’s freshwater availability and water storage.

Only a third of major river basins last year had flows within normal range