
David Grimes
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David Grimes
@WMOPstPresident
President WMO 2011-2019 & Assistant Deputy Minister Environment and Climate Change Canada 2006-2019. Now President Grimes Consulting Group Inc






Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director of @Indiametdept has been elected Third Vice-President of WMO at #MeteoWorld. We congratulate all the new office holders.

Eoin MORAN, Director of Met Éireann @MetEireann has been elected 2nd Vice-President of WMO at #MeteoWorld. He is currently Chair of the @eumetsat Council and the Chair of the @ECMWF Policy Advisory Committee (PAC).

Daouda Konate, director of meteorology of Cote d'Ivoire, has been elected the 1st Vice President of WMO for the next four years. He is president of WMO's Regional Association for Africa.




Celeste Saulo of @SMN_Argentina will become WMO's 1st female Secretary-General. She will lead efforts to monitor and tackle #climatechange and increasingly extreme weather. #EarlyWarningsForAll will be a priority to protect the vulnerable. #MeteoWorld 🔗bit.ly/3WG0ehT







Should the 🇪🇺 EU require mandatory #NetZero transition plans for financial institutions? Yes, say @pierregarrault & @cesaro_pietro in a new blog ahead of a crucial @Europarl_EN vote on climate-related risks. Read it here 👇 e3g.org/news/the-eu-mu…


There are some promising signs following the outcomes of COP27 with policies and commitments to keep global warming below 2.5 degrees. Monitoring and reporting by WMO and IPCC on latest trends and science is important to remind us of the pressing requirement to do more.

Extreme conditions due to climate change are undeniable. California has received rainfall totals of 400-600% above average between Dec 26, 2022 and January 9, 2023, dramatically increasing landslide risks. Stay safe.