The WMO UN Affairs Office works with strategic partners and decision makers to elevate the role of the meteorological and hydrological community in providing solutions to the global challenges we face, such as climate change, disaster risk reduction and sustainable development.

A specialized agency of the United Nations whose mandate covers weather, climate and water resources. The UN’s scientific voice on the state and behaviour of our atmosphere and climate.

Apr 17, 2025 · WMO, together with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), co-lead the Early Warnings for All initiative, with support from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

Aug 8, 2023 · The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 3 August the creation of a new Scientific Advisory Board to advise UN leaders on breakthroughs in science and technology and how to harness the benefits of these advances and mitigate potential risks.

We invite Permanent Missions in New York and UN, and non-UN, partners based in North America to contact us with any questions. Permanent Representatives of the WMO, or officials from their organizations, planning to visit New York, are also invited to contact us, so we can support your mission.

Jan 10, 2025 · The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that 2024 is the warmest year on record, based on six international datasets. The past ten years have all been in the Top Ten, in an extraordinary streak of record-breaking temperatures.

WMO’s top overriding priority the UN Secretary-General’s Early Warnings for All initiative to ensure that early warning systems protect everyone by the end of 2027. At the halfway point of Early Warnings for All, WMO is proud to report progress. As of 2024, 108 countries report having some capacity for multi-hazard early warning systems.

Oct 22, 2022 · A specialized agency of the United Nations whose mandate covers weather, climate and water resources. The UN’s scientific voice on the state and behaviour of our atmosphere and climate.

UN Secretary-General's Message Human-caused climate disruption is now damaging every region. The most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change details the suffering already happening.

Through these efforts, WMO and UNESCO aim to raise awareness about the vital role glaciers, snow, and ice play in the climate system and hydrological cycle, as well as the far-reaching impacts of rapid glacial melt.