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The World Meteorological Organization and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature have agreed to boost cooperation in developing and improving climatic information and services for the worldwide nature conservation community.

The WMO delegation continued its work today on monitoring progress at the COP and contributing to debates.

WMO participated in a side event on climate services and presented the Global Framework on Climate Services (GFCS). The speaker highlighted the potential of GFCS to support a wide array of initiatives and to ensure that climate services are delivered at the national and local levels.

Geneva, 13 November 2013 - The year 2013 is currently on course to be among the top ten warmest years since modern records began in 1850, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

MANILA (Reuters) - Belle Segayo had travelled to the central Philippines to teach local officials how to adapt to a future altered by climate change.

Climate change is exacting a heavy price on worldwide agricultural production and smallholder farmers in developing countries are one of the most vulnerable groups, since the ecosystems they depend upon to grow food are at risk, and many lack the adaptive capacities to cope with more extreme weather events, the International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD has said.The international agri

The opening Plenary of the Warsaw climate change conference shone a spotlight on the tragic loss of life caused by Typhoon Haiyan in The Philippines. In addition to observing three minutes of silence in memory of the victims, many delegates made statements highlighting the links between extreme events and climate change.

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.