World Meteorological Organization

About:

• It is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 192 Member States and Territories. India is a member.
• It originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was established after the 1873 Vienna International Meteorological Congress.

Establishment:

• Established by the ratification of the WMO Convention on 23rd March 1950, WMO became the specialized agency of the United Nations for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical science.

Headquarters:

• Geneva, Switzerland.
• Recently, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released its annual State of the Global Climate for 2020.
• The report was released ahead of the Leaders Summit on Climate, hosted by the US.
• Extreme weather combined with Covid-19 was a double blow for millions of people in 2020. However, the pandemic-related economic slowdown failed to put a brake on climate change drivers and accelerating impacts.