Viet Nam responds to World Meteorological Day 2023

In his message on this year's World Meteorological Day 23/3, Professor Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of WMO, emphasized WMO 2023 takes place in a special context.

This is the 150th anniversary of the founding of the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), the predecessor of WMO.

During the past 150 years, national hydro-meteorological agencies have collected and standardized the data that underlies the weather forecasts we enjoy. WMO's history of data exchange is a success story of scientific collaboration that secures people's lives and livelihoods.

In response to the message of World Meteorological Day 2023, Viet Nam came up with a practical theme "Information on weather, climate and water resources contributes to sustainable socio-economic development for today and the future".

This theme reflects that issues of climate change impacts on weather variability and water resources are ongoing and increasingly evident around the world. More people face ever-increasing dangers due to population growth, urbanization and environmental degradation.

Therefore, it is necessary to act now to ensure that future generations can survive and thrive on the planet. 

At the same time, this is a call for each individual's responsibility in the world to show their roles and responsibilities before the present and future life, to proactively adapt to climate change and minimize the impact of environmental degradation.

This is also an opportunity to honor the contributions of hydro-meteorological agencies worldwide to protecting human life and property against the impacts of natural disasters and climate change./.