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Extreme heat threatens global food systems, UN agencies warn

Extreme heat threatens global food systems, UN agencies warn

  • FAO and WMO said heatwaves are becoming more frequent, intense and prolonged, damaging crops, livestock, fisheries and forests
  • “Extreme heat is rewriting the script on what farmers, fishers and foresters can grow and when they can grow,” said Zahedi
By Rueters ·
2025 among world’s three hottest years on record, WMO says

2025 among world’s three hottest years on record, WMO says

By Reuters ·
Middle East, North Africa temperatures rising twice as fast as global average, says UN weather agency

Middle East, North Africa temperatures rising twice as fast as global average, says UN weather agency

By Reuters ·
Longer exposure, more pollen: climate change worsens allergies

Longer exposure, more pollen: climate change worsens allergies

By AFP ·
UN says strong chance average warming will top 1.5C in next 4 years

UN says strong chance average warming will top 1.5C in next 4 years

By AFP ·
Head of Saudi National Center for Meteorology elected regional chair of global organization

Head of Saudi National Center for Meteorology elected regional chair of global organization

By Arab News ·
Health-harming heat stress rising in Europe, scientists say

Health-harming heat stress rising in Europe, scientists say

By Reuters ·
UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023

By AP ·
Saudi Arabia to chair UN panel on cyclones in Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal

Saudi Arabia to chair UN panel on cyclones in Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal

By Arab News ·
UN’s weather agency: 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot

UN’s weather agency: 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot

By AP ·
Special Saudi Arabia praised by WMO for climate change program

Saudi Arabia praised by WMO for climate change program

By Mai Almarzoogi ·
Arab forum on meteorology to begin in Jeddah

Arab forum on meteorology to begin in Jeddah

By SPA ·

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