World Meteorological Organization (WMO) "honor day" kicked off at the ongoing¹ International Horticultural Exhibition in Beijing Saturday.

 

世界气象组织“荣誉日”周六在北京世界园艺博览会上举行。

 

Zhang Wenjian, assistant secretary-general of the WMO, said a majority of the natural disasters in 2018 related to extreme weather and environmental degradation², which affected³ nearly 62 million people.

 

As global warming and climate change have increasing influence on the society and economy, WMO is devoted⁴ to providing operational, accessible and authoritative⁵ information and service on the changing earth system, Zhang told a press conference on the "honor day" event.

 

The ecological⁶ and meteorological exhibition area at the expo was supported jointly⁷ by the WMO, China Meteorological Administration and Beijing Meteorological Service, focusing on the relationship between meteorology, horticulture and life.

 

The exhibition area not only interpreted how climate change closely related to human civilization but also established the eco-meteorological observing station which was capable of providing real-time observation data on meteorology.

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