The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) has become an official member of the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP), a worldwide project that brings together major actors in the climate, humanitarian, and development sectors.

The United Nations sets an ambitious goal for adapting to climate change and increasingly severe weather. Everyone on Earth should be protected against more severe weather and climate change over the next five years, according to an ambitious new United Nations target published a few days ago.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has charged the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) with leading the effort and presenting an action plan to accomplish this aim during this November's UN climate summit in Egypt.

The Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister of Malaysia announced that the selection of satellite technology to strengthen the country's communications infrastructure during disasters, particularly floods, is likely to be completed this year. It was stated that the government is acquiring superior satellite technology to aid the Meteorological Department and other associated organizations in the event of a disaster.

The World Meteorological Day is celebrated worldwide on 23 March to commemorate the establishment of the Convention founding the World Meteorological Organization on 23 March 1950. It emphasizes the essential role of national meteorological and hydrological services in ensuring society's safety and well-being and is marked by worldwide activities. Additionally, this day encourages awareness of the public's role in preserving the Earth's atmosphere.

An Australian research team has developed a data-driven tool in proof-of-concept research for regional scale that can predict landslides up to a year in advance.

The tool has the potential to be a significant way to safeguard people against fatal natural disasters: around 25-50 people are killed by landslides each year in the United States alone, and the global annual death toll is estimated in thousands.

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) to support United Nations Member States. Advancing the long-standing cooperation between the parties will further contribute to making the benefits of space technologies available to everyone, everywhere.

According to a report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Norwegian GRID-Arendal organization climate change and land-use change may increase wildfire intensity and frequency globally to unmanageable levels this century. The experts forecast a global increase of extreme fires up to 14% by 2030, 30% by 2050, and 50% by the end of the century. It is hardly unexpected, given how destructive wildfires have become in recent years.

On Sunday, 27 February, China launched a Long March-4C rocket, carrying a new land observation satellite into space.