UN support to the UN Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience

A survey of 1,207 households across three severely affected districts (Buner, Shangla, and Swat) revealed that 85 percent of families received no warning before the flood waters arrived. For those that did, half had less than thirty minutes to act.

An increase in pollution from wildfires and heatwaves risks undermining international efforts to improve air quality and protect human and ecosystem health, according to a new WMO report, which traces interlinkages between air quality and climate.

The sixth WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin examines links between air quality and climate change, highlighting aerosol impacts, wildfire smoke, ozone pollution and atmospheric monitoring needs.

An evaluation of more than two decades of World Bank Group support for epidemic preparedness, highlighting achievements, gaps, and opportunities to strengthen global health security.

WMO update on the strengthening El Niño event and its implications for global temperature and rainfall patterns through early 2027.

The latest seasonal forecasts from WMO Global Producing Centres indicate an exceptionally high likelihood (nearly 100% probability) that El Niño will persist through September–November 2026 and December 2026–February 2027.

The report examines pathways to limit and reverse1.5°C overshoot. While limiting warming to 1.5°C remains central to the Paris Agreement, current policies and near-term trajectories say exceeding this threshold is now widely considered unavoidable.

WFP’s community-supported initiative is restoring degraded ecosystems in five sub-Saharan African countries – building food security, incomes and bonds in the process.