In an effort to fight hunger and address the issue of food shortage,the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the World Food Program (WFP) have agreed to share data on climate change and weather patterns. WMO data concerning floods,hurricanes,mudslides,drought and other forms of severe weather can give WFP a critical advantage in helping communities to prepare and react to such impacts of climate change those damage crops,homes and lives,the two UN agencies said yesterday. A memorandum in this regard was signed recently,according to which WFP and WMO will broaden collaboration on the collection and use of complex weather data,which the food agency analyses for its emergency preparedness,disaster risk reduction and vulnerability assessment efforts in the field. "Climate change is a crisis multiplier," said WFP Deputy Executive Director Staffan de Mistura. In countries affected by conflict or the double blow of the financial and food price-hike crises,climate change intensifies the suffering,he said.
