WMO
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- Option one would be to maintain the current system of decentralized, issue-specific international environmental regimes along with existing specialized organizations active in the environmental field, such as FAO, UNDP, UNESCO, WMO, and the World Bank.
- WMO (World Meteorological Organization)
- WMO (Meteorological Organization)
- WMO (Organization)
Examples
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In November 1980, ICSU, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) sponsored a meeting of experts in Villach, Austria.
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Moreover, the story does not end there; the new evidence is now being considered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Even if WMO agrees, I will still not pass on the data.
Blog text (15) -
Use the thousands of stations that report through WMO.
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IPCC was sponsored by UNEP and WMO, and roughly 30 nations signed on as initial participants.
Academic text (1993) -
They may have been working under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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The IPCC, set up by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988, has issued three sets of major assessments and numerous special reports, technical papers, and other publications.
Academic text (2002) -
In addition, surely a trend—as defined by the WMO—is anything more than 30 years, so selecting any length of time greater than this—provided it finishes at the present—is surely valid?
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The WMO collects and shares vital meteorological data to help countries track climate changes.
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According to the WMO, global temperatures are rising at an alarming rate.
Synonyms
A United Nations group that helps countries work together on weather, climate, and water
Surface Forms
Morphology
WMO = W + M + O
This is an initialism whose component letters do not convey meaning by themselves to learners; the full expanded name is required to understand it.
Etymology
WMO is a short name made from the first letters of World, Meteorological, and Organization, and it stands for the United Nations agency that collects and shares weather and climate data around the world. The part Meteorological comes from words meaning 'things in the air', so WMO is about 'weather' across the globe.