Friday, October 20, 2023 – 10:15 p.m
Geneva, October 20 / WAM / From October 23 to 27, Rwanda will host an international research conference on “The Acceleration of Climate Change.”
The World Meteorological Organization stated in a report that the conference, which is hosted by the Environmental Management Authority in Rwanda on behalf of the government and university of Rwanda and is held once every decade, will discuss changes in the Earth’s climate system, which it said will leave their effects for centuries on human life.
She explained that this open scientific conference of the World Climate Research Program will bring together more than 1,400 experts in a collaborative effort to ensure that progress in climate science keeps pace with the speed of its change and to help support a more sustainable future for the planet.
The organization said that the conference is being held at a critical time in terms of unprecedented temperatures, whether on land or at sea, and pointed out that the temperatures last September were off the charts, in addition to the fact that the amount of sea ice in Antarctica is record low and in a huge amount, while concentrations of The greenhouse gases driving this change are at record levels.
She explained that the dramatic climate events this year raised many questions about whether the Earth is witnessing a faster climate shift to a warmer state and whether there is a fundamental change in the circulation patterns of the atmosphere and oceans. She noted that the conference will witness increasing discussions about whether we are approaching Some of the major “tipping points” include rapid and/or irreversible change in ice sheets, sea ice, forests, coral reefs and other major components of the Earth system.
The organization said, through Detlev Stammer, co-chair of the conference, that there is an urgent need for transformative measures to ensure a sustainable future, and stressed that decision makers need strong climate science to understand, predict and plan for the impacts of climate change. It explained that the conference is being held to discuss the latest developments in climate science and how to ensure access to climate change. Actionable and contextually relevant climate information for everyone.
She noted that the conference is being held in the heart of Africa as elsewhere in the Global South there is insufficient research funding in the very places where society is disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
She noted that there is a need to find ways to shift the balance so that researchers in the Global South can complement their local knowledge with the tools, data, information and expertise needed to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change on their own terms.
The organization noted that the conference discussions will culminate in the “Kigali Declaration,” which is the statement that will be presented to the Twenty-Eighth Conference of the Parties (COP28), hosted by the UAE at the end of this year.
She said that the conference agenda includes three main topics that focus on progress and future challenges in understanding the Earth’s climate, and that the sessions, in turn, focus on climate variability and predictability, global and regional monsoons, polar processes and changes, in addition to rapid or irreversible changes in the climate system and interactions between the atmosphere and climate. Atmospheric, land, ocean and atmosphere, advances in climate monitoring and regional climate modeling along with human interactions with climate and risks to human and ecosystem health.
WAM correspondent – Switzerland
2023-10-20 18:17:06
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