Gianpaolo Balsamo
@gpbalsamo
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@ECMWF scientist, passionate about weather & climate science & technology applied to monitor🛰️ & predict🌐 the Earth system 🌎🌍🌏⏱️
United Kingdom
Joined September 2011
📈 In 2024, GHG reached their highest annual levels ever recorded in the atmosphere. 🌁 Carbon dioxide concentrations reached 422 ppm, 2.9 ppm higher than in 2023, & methane 1897 ppb, 3 ppb higher. ▶️ All details, charts and data in the #GCH2024 report: https://t.co/s3JeRjZUyg
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🌍🌐 Two new webpages are now available, providing an overview of the #DestinE digital twins on #ClimateChange Adaptation and Weather-Induced Extremes. Discover their functionalities, models, simulations and how to access their data. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/LCZQ0bRNtV
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More than 230 experts from over 70 countries are in Kuala Lumpur this week for the #IPCC Scoping Meeting to draft the outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the IPCC's seventh report assessing the science related to #climatechange.
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With just 5% of Africa’s AI talent having access to the computational power needed, it's vital to bridge the #DigitalDivide. The AI Hub for #SustDev, co-led by @UNDP & Italy's @G7 Presidency aims to support transformation of Africa’s AI landscape. https://t.co/NXndfbWRhL
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🌐 The Triple Dividend of Resilience (TDR) framework offers a systematic approach for evaluating the benefits of climate resilience investments. 🔗 https://t.co/jfoMbZRJkV
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Looking for free and ready-to-use forecast charts on aerosols, carbon dioxide, methane, other pollutions and pollens? Read our guide and learn how to monitor our atmosphere in near real time with our #CopernicusAtmosphere charts. ▶️ https://t.co/xwYSdDuB1h
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#COP29 in Baku closed with a new finance goal to help countries to protect their people and economies against climate disasters, and share in the vast benefits of the clean energy boom. 💪 🌍 Learn more here: https://t.co/naqg3Db1L3 Or here 👇
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Question for #COP29: will it make the World a better place? Here my thoughts & impressions from a week spent in Baku Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 https://t.co/AsdgDjF2Ae on @LinkedIn
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COP29 has just closed and many articles aim at summarizing outcomes (here one of my favorites). The 29th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UNFCCC...
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A much-needed dialogue has started on how to address diverging estimates of man-made land use emissions. Two recent analyses offer complementary views: - IPCC Expert Meeting https://t.co/J4ndqULwqV - Allen et al. 2024
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Nature - Including passive CO2 uptake as an anthropogenic removal in greenhouse gas accounting systems could undermine the Paris Agreement; measures to address this include acknowledging the need...
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👩💻👨🔬👩🔧Science and technology are key for global climate action. They can help us track changes as they happen and support preventing the worst impacts. With reliable data and technology, we can make more informed decisions protecting lives and livelihoods worldwide. #COP29
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Earth Observations play an important role in both climate change mitigation AND adaptation @ESA’s @CAlbergel delivers a keynote presentation at the Science for Climate Action pavilion organised by WMO @IPCC_CH & MERI foundation during #COP29
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An interesting panel date on climate mitigation AND adaptation with @esa @GEOSEC2025 @GOOSocean With excellent chairmanship from @IPCC_CH author Bart van den Hurk
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No country is spared from the effects of climate disasters. They kill people - everywhere. In a global economy, supply chain shocks raise costs - everywhere. Decimated harvests push up food prices - everywhere. Destroyed homes increase insurance premiums - everywhere. We
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Our session on 'Leveraging Data and Technology for Infrastructure Risk Resilience' saw Ajay Lavakare, @gpbalsamo @CAlbergel & Ashaki Goodwin discuss ways to leverage data and technologies for risk-informed infrastructure planning. #resilientinfrastructureresilientworld
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#COP29 #StateOfClimate 2024 update was presented alongside the #GreenhouseGas Monitoring & Research initiatives at @WMO. Grateful for the opportunity offered by the #Earth Information Day ➡️ https://t.co/uAsVw8E79z to promote the brilliant work by the #GHG Global Community!
🌐 Today at #COP29 we release the latest #StateOfClimate global update and the message is clear: 📈 2024 is on track to be hottest year on record as warming temporarily hits 1.5°C 🔗 Full report: https://t.co/IRzRXXGPhl
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As world leaders gather @COP29_AZ to consider progress on reducing emissions, the latest global carbon budget shows CO₂ emissions are still going up, not down, despite some promising signs. @pepcanadell @CSIRO @gcarbonproject #COP29Baku @ConversationEDU
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As world leaders gather at COP29 to consider reducing emissions, the latest global carbon budget shows CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are still going up, not down, despite some promising signs.
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1/n We have just published the new @gcarbonproject Global Carbon Budget, 2024. It contains a mix of bad news and some less bad news. The latter signals some progress, albeit slow, towards decarbonizing the global economy. https://t.co/rwFiBkgAOj
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Is land use a source or a sink of CO2 globally? 📢The report of the IPCC Expert Meeting on “Reconciling Anthropogenic Land Use Emissions” is out https://t.co/J4ndqULwqV 🔈It will be presented at an IPCC event during COP29, Sat. 16th Nov., 11am Baku time. https://t.co/AOzPoJNN2w
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The value of blue Carbon: from NDCs to cultural co-benefits ESA’s @CAlbergel discusses how Earth Observation helps to monitor the whole ecosystem from currents salinity to sea level temperature and of course carbon ‘It is a common goal to make EO data available to the local
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