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U.N. weather agency backs AI and climate science for early warnings

WMO's governing body expressed an urgent need to accelerate life-saving warnings and defend climate data integrity.

WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo pictured with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres at the Extraordinary Congress in Geneva.
WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo pictured with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres at the Extraordinary Congress in Geneva. (AN/UN/Irina Popa)

GENEVA (AN) — The World Meteorological Organization concluded an Extraordinary Congress with a resolution to adopt artificial intelligence and machine learning throughout its global forecasting infrastructure.

The decision by its governing body, which ended its four-day gathering at WMO headquarters on Thursday, reflects an urgent need to accelerate life-saving warnings and defend climate data integrity. The Congress marked WMO’s 75th anniversary, held under the theme of "Science for Action."

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