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Better weather forecasts could help billions adapt to climate change

A worldwide collaboration among meteorology services is trying to fill in the huge gaps in weather observations in countries vulnerable to climate change

By James Dinneen

22 December 2023

Weather balloons provide vital data for forecasting extreme weather events

Edward Haylan/Shutterstock

The following is an extract from our climate newsletter Fix the Planet. Sign up to receive it for free in your inbox every month.

“Yesterday was a catastrophe,” said Ladislaus Chang’a at the Tanzania Meteorological Authority, speaking to a crowd at COP28 in Dubai on 4 December. The day before, heavy rains in northern Tanzania triggered mudslides that killed more than 63 people and injured more than 100 others.

But even as rescue operations continued, Chang’a said his mind was…

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