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October 24, 2025 Climate and environment
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recognized the potential of artificial intelligence to produce more accurate and accessible weather forecasts and improve early warning systems. The organization emphasizes the need to ensure that all countries can take advantage of this potential.
The Extraordinary World Meteorological Congress, held this week in Geneva, issued a call for the public, private, and academic sectors to collaborate on developing AI and machine learning technologies to protect people and economies from threats such as extreme heat and precipitation. The Congress also endorsed the integration of AI into the WMO's global observing, data processing, and forecasting system.
These decisions are part of a package of measures aimed at accelerating the achievement of the WMO's main goal of creating early warning systems accessible to all people on the planet by the end of 2027.
Speaking at the meeting, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres He stated, "Early warnings are not an abstraction. They give farmers the opportunity to protect crops and livestock, allow families to evacuate safely, and protect entire communities from devastation."
He stressed that “mortality rates associated with natural disasters are at least six times lower in countries with effective early warning systems.”
Congress also approved new technical regulations for early warning services to strengthen the role of countries' meteorological and hydrological services in providing reliable and accurate forecasts.
The WMO emphasizes that AI should complement, not replace, existing scientific forecasting methods.
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