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Blog: Social development in a changing climate

2 September 2025

By Jana Bischler, ILO, Sayanti Sengupta, Climate Centre, and Matthew Walsham, FAO (A version of this blog, by the co-chairs of the USP2030 Working Group on Social Protection and Climate Change, appeared first on socialprotection.org; it is one of a series.) Climate change threatens to reverse gains in social development and this underscores the need for ambitious climate policies, including both [...]

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Red Cross Red Crescent joins author line-up for IPCC’s 7th global assessment

Red Cross Red Crescent joins author line-up for IPCC’s 7th global assessment

20 August 2025

By the Climate Centre The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Monday announced it had appointed 664 experts from 111 [...]

WMO certifies ‘megaflash’ lightning world record in US

31 July 2025

By the Climate CentreThe World Meteorological Organization has established a new world record for the longest lightning flash – 829km [...]

WMO certifies ‘megaflash’ lightning world record in US