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WMO
Climate Summit 2014
Deon Terblanche
http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit2014/
WMO; CAS MG9
Background
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As part of a global effort to mobilize action and ambition on climate
change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is inviting
WMO
Heads of State and Government along with business, finance, civil
society and local leaders to a Climate Summit in September 2014,
New York.
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The Summit will come one year before countries aim to conclude a
global climate agreement in 2015 through the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change. Although the 2014
Climate Summit is not part of the negotiating process, countries have
recognized the value of the Summit.
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By catalyzing action on climate change prior to the UNFCCC Climate
Change Conference in 2015, the Secretary-General intends to build a
solid foundation to support successful negotiations and sustained
progress on the road to reducing emissions and strengthening
adaptation strategies.
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http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit2014/
Greenhouse Gas Bulletin
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Issued since 2004
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Based on harmonized observational data provided by
WMO Member countries (“observational evidence of
impact”)
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Concise, short enough to be read
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Issued before CoP meeting (strict deadline)
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Considered as a background information during
negations at CoP
WMO
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Represents authoritative opinion of the specialized UN
agency (public value)
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Accompanied by press conference with WMO Secretary
General
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Has impressive press coverage and coverage in the
social media
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Includes a map of stations, which helps Members in
negotiations for the national observations support
"Snapshot" of some of the media coverage (2013)
The levels of gases in the atmosphere that drive global warming increased to a record high in 2012. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO),
atmospheric CO2 grew more rapidly last year than its average rise over the past decade.
Concentrations of methane and nitrous oxide also broke previous records Thanks to carbon dioxide and these other gases, the WMO says the warming effect on our
climate has increased by almost a third since 1990.
The WMO's annual greenhouse gas bulletin measures concentrations in the atmosphere, not emissions on the ground.
Carbon dioxide is the most important of the gases that they track, but only about half of the CO2 that's emitted by human activities remains in the atmosphere
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24833148
New greenhouse gas record set
Another year, another record level for greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The organization reported this week
that the level of greenhouse gases detected in the air around the world in 2012 topped the previous record, set the year before. It continues "an upward and
accelerating trend," it said. Greenhouse gases haven't been this high in at least 800,000 years and will continue climbing unless something is done soon to curb
emissions from burning fossil fuels, the agency said Wednesday. Report: Climate change may pose threat to economic growth. Despite worldwide attention to the issue
of global climate change, the pace at which carbon dioxide is being added to the atmosphere appeared to increase in 2012 and is now 141% of the pre-industrial level,
the group said. "The observations from WMO's extensive Global Atmosphere Watch network highlight yet again how heat-trapping gases from human activities have
upset the natural balance of our atmosphere and are a major contribution to climate change," WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud said in a prepared statement.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/07/world/climate-change-reports/index.html
Greenhouse gas volumes reached new high in 2012: WMO (Reuters, wide international pickup, and used by Reuters French, Arabic and Spanish)
Atmospheric volumes of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change hit a new record in 2012, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on
Wednesday. "For all these major greenhouse gases the concentrations are reaching once again record levels," WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud told a news
conference in Geneva at which he presented the U.N. climate agency's annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. Jarraud said the accelerating trend was driving climate
change, making it harder to keep global warming to within 2 degrees Celsius, a target agreed at a Copenhagen summit in 2009. "This year is worse than last year,
2011. 2011 was worse than 2010," he said. "Every passing year makes the situation somewhat more difficult to handle, it makes it more challenging to stay under this
symbolic 2 degree global average."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/06/us-greenhouse-idUSBRE9A50ED20131106
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/greenhouse-gas-emissions-highs_n_4223800.html
UN: CO2 pollution levels at annual record high (AP - very wide use in North America)
World carbon dioxide pollution levels in the atmosphere are accelerating and reached a record high in 2012, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday.
The heat-trapping gas, pumped into the air by cars and smokestacks, was measured at 393.1 parts per million last year, up 2.2 ppm from the previous year, said the
Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization in its annual greenhouse gas inventory.
That is far beyond the 350 ppm that some scientists and environmental groups promote as the absolute upper limit for a safe level.
As the chief gas blamed for global warming, carbon dioxide's 2012 increase outpaced the past decade's average annual increase of 2.02 ppm.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20131106/DA9T5LHO0.html
http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/carbon-dioxide-pollution-levels-record-high-20131106
http://www.euronews.com/2013/11/06/record-level-of-greenhouse-gases-raise-concern-over-climate-change/
GHG Bulletin at the Climate Summit
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For 2014 special arrangements have been made to provide more
comprehensive scientific information:
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Earlier compilation and release of the GHG Bulletin to coincide with the
Climate Summit in September
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Expansion of the Bulletin as the current format has become limiting to
accommodate sufficiently the information in all six languages
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Inclusion of a summary on ocean acidification jointly produced by the
International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP) of the
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOCUNESCO) and Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), the
Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC) of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO), acknowledging the contribution of data suppliers
Support for earlier data submission and analyses
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WMO
CAS MG members are requested to promote the
earlier submission of data, the analyses and the
compilation of the GHG Bulletin to be available for
the Climate Summit
CAS MG views the WMO GHG Bulletin as an
excellent reflection of the quality and value of work
done by GAW from an user perspective
Thank you for your attention
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