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Co-benefits of climate action are win-wins, such as actions that lead to health benefits or cost savings, as well as helping tackle climate change. During the month of March, we’ve been looking at co-benefits in more detail.
On this webpage, we take a look at what actions people can take in their own homes and lives to have the greatest impact on climate change. Many of these actions are also co-benefits, reducing costs, improving air quality, or having a positive impact on health and wellbeing.
Planting trees has many co-benefits to people, land and nature. Trees can help manage flood risk, enhance biodiversity and improve air quality. On Monday 3 March, we celebrated our partnership with The Wildlife Trusts with a tree planting event, symbolising our shared commitment to biodiversity and making a positive difference on our local environment.
In this news release, The Wildlife Trusts discuss a range of environmental benefits resulting from the reintroduction of beavers across several parts of England.
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23 March was World Meteorological Day, led by the World Meteorological Organization.
“The theme of this year’s World Meteorological Day – Closing the Early Warning Gap Together – reminds us that, in this new climate reality, early warning systems are not luxuries. They are necessities and sound investments – providing an almost ten-fold return,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
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On 19 March, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published the latest State of the Global Climate Report, looking back at 2024. This indicated that, whilst 2024 was the warmest on record, long-term warming remains below 1.5° C.
WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said, “While a single year above 1.5 °C of warming does not indicate that the long-term temperature goals of the Paris Agreement are out of reach, it is a wake-up call that we are increasing the risks to our lives, economies and to the planet.”
Met Office chief scientist, Professor Stephen Belcher said: “The latest planetary health check tells us that earth is profoundly ill. Many of the vital signs are sounding alarms.
“Globally, earth has experienced the ten warmest years on record over the last ten years. And at both poles we are seeing record loss of sea ice, while the largest three-year loss of glacier mass on record has occurred in the past three years.
“Without serious efforts to heed the warnings, extreme weather events - such as drought, heatwaves and flooding - will continue to worsen.”
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The impacts of human-driven climate change have never been clearer. Humanity can still steer a path to a livable future that avoids the worst impacts of climate change, but this requires rapid action.
The Exeter Climate Forum takes place between Monday 30 June – Friday 4 July, bringing together world-leading climate researchers, businesses, policymakers, and young people to shape and engage with the priorities for COP30 and beyond.
As part of the Forum, The Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter and the Met Office will jointly host the The Exeter Climate Conference. The conference will provide the opportunity to hear the latest research on the impacts of climate change and discuss innovative solutions to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of our changing climate for a resilient and sustainable future.
Want to share your research at the conference?
Submit your abstract for a poster presentation and engage in dynamic discussions during our themed sessions. The deadline for abstracts is 30 April 2025.
Join us - there has never been a more important time to come together.
Deadline for registering 14 April.
Global Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones: climate risk analytics for the reinsurance industry
Application closing date: 14 April 2025 (limited places)
The Met Office are partnering with a range of research and industry partners on a hackathon in person in Leeds (UK) in June 2025.
Calling all researchers and practitioners – join us for a collaborative and innovative experience that aims to push the boundaries of our knowledge and impact the reinsurance industry positively.
Led by the UK Centre for Greening Financial Investment with partners Aon, ASPECT, Imperial Grantham Institute, JBA Risk Management, Maximum Information, Met Office, University of Reading, CEMAC - University of Leeds.
Opportunities and challenges for global seamless weather and climate prediction/projection systems
3-6 June 2025, Bristol, UK
Join us at the Seamless Global Modelling workshop which will bring together experts to discuss the future of global model development and evaluation.
Topics include AI/ML integration, ensemble systems, and the km-scale challenge.
Don't miss the opportunity to present your work and collaborate with peers.
Submit your abstracts by 8 April 2025.
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