Weather Chit Chat Issue 80 - Climate Change (March 2021)
Weather of Hong Kong in 2020
Dr Cheng Cho-ming, Director of the Observatory, appeared on RTHK’s programme “Climate Watcher” (programme is broadcast in Cantonese) to review the weather of Hong Kong in 2020 and help members of audience understand the major weather events that occurred in 2020, including tropical cyclones and rainstorms that affected Hong Kong. (More……)
World Weather in 2020
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 2020 was one of the three warmest years on record, with extreme high temperatures in many parts of the world and the hottest summer in the northern hemisphere. (More……)
Latest Developments in Climate Change
Although global carbon dioxide emissions decreased briefly in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide continued rising. (More……)