WMO Boss Says Weather’s Getting Worse, But Data Disagrees
by Linnea Lueken Sep 3, 2024
A recent article in the Financial Times (paywalled) features a discussion between writer Attracta Mooney and Celeste Saulo, the current secretary-general of the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO). [emphasis, links added]
Claims made in the post include that 2023 and 2024 were the hottest years on record, that recent global wildfires and drought in parts of the Mediterranean are caused by climate change, and that extreme weather, in general, is getting worse. These claims are false.
Data undermine and often directly contradict such assertions.
The article, titled “Meteorologist Celeste Saulo: ‘Climate change is not a movie. This is real life’,” is mostly a flowery biographical piece about Saulo, whom the author sat down with to enjoy an insultingly decadent French lunch in Geneva, Switzerland, while they discussed how the rest of us need to cut way back on our standard of living.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/wmo-boss-says-weathers-getting-worse-but-data-disagrees/
