World Meteorological Day commemoration held at WMO headquarters in Geneva

International Online report (Zhang Yaohao, Swiss journalist): March 23 is the 55th World Meteorological Day, the theme of this year's weather day is "climate knowledge to support climate action." The same day, the World Meteorological Organization headquarters in Geneva held a commemorative event.

The WMO secretariat, based in Geneva, held the World Meteorological Day on 23rd, and this year, with the theme "Climate Knowledge support for climate action", proposed to increase the proportion of meteorological knowledge in meteorological activities. On that day, the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, Mr. Arroyo, said in his speech that climate change has an impact on the lives of every one of us: "Climate change is closely linked to all of us." From agriculture to tourism, from infrastructure to sanitation, it has an impact on almost all socio-economic sectors. It has impacted on strategic resources such as water, food and energy. It slows down the pace of sustainable development and even poses a threat to it, which is of course not limited to developing countries. The cost of inaction is high, and if we do not take decisive action immediately, the cost will be higher. ”

At this year's World Meteorological Day event, the International Meteorological Organization released the 2014 global climate statement. The statement showed that 2014 continued the warming trend of the past few decades, and has been nominally in 2014 as the beginning of the 19th century century since the start of modern instrumentation, the hottest years, evidence that human activity caused by global warming.

Earlier, 194 States parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed on a formal negotiating text for a global climate change agreement as a basis for the final outcome document of the Paris climate change conference late this year, in an effort to reach a new global agreement on climate change. This will provide support to developing countries ' adaptation and mitigation projects, plans, policies and other activities in response to climate change.

The International Meteorological Day is also to prepare for the end of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to provide relevant climate data, the International Meteorological Organization Climate Prediction and adaptation department head Diller said that everyone is closely concerned, but due to the large number of involved, It is not yet possible to predict at the end of the year what the General Assembly will eventually conclude: "We have been working in Geneva to form a text of the talks, which is the basis for discussion at the end of the year at the Paris climate change conference." States will discuss their future responsibilities within the framework of these texts. But since there are now more than 80 pages of text and many different opinions, and much work to be done in 11 and December, we are not sure what the results are. ”

With regard to China's contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the impact of climate change, Zhang Wenjian, director of the World Meteorological Organization's integrated observation and Information Systems Division, considered it very positive, "every year, a delegation participates in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Because China is now the external image of a responsible power, and countries in the world climate change negotiations also gave China high expectations. In fact, China has played a leading role in this respect, and China's attitude has always been clear. This year can be optimistic to see that the last statement by President Xi and the US President on emissions is the strongest message from China's leaders that China wants to be an active guide and activist in climate change, because it is not only beneficial to the world, but to the Chinese people, It is beneficial to the structural adjustment of our national economy and to sustainable development. I have seen a strong signal from the last agreement between China and the US. ”