Climate Change is one of the greatest threats the world is facing at present. There are species that are slowly getting extinct or on the verge of extinction because of the fluctuations in the environment. The rise in pollution levels have rendered terrible results in every part of the world.

The world is facing situations like environmental degradation, natural disasters, weather extremities, lack of fresh water and rising temperatures. The Arctic region is witnessing layers of ice melting, coral reefs are dying, the oceans are acidifying, and forests are burning. Recent forest fires have created a disruption in the flora and fauna.

The prime reason towards such devastation is the ignorance of humans as we are constantly extending industries leading to drastic deforestation. Even the industrial waste is consumed by large water bodies polluting the aquatic life.

Climate change is the defining challenge of our time and it is occurring faster than we anticipated.

More than half of the world's population is worried about the rapidly growing climate change. As 70 per cent of the planet contains water, the risk of water-borne disasters are higher. As the icecaps are melting constantly, by 2030 the change in climate is expected to aggravate these circumstances and increase our susceptibility to water-related disasters.

Several water-related resolutions were approved during the Extraordinary World Meteorological Congress to address these concerns. The most important of them is a Vision and Strategy for Hydrology, as well as the corresponding Plan of Action. To accomplish this extraordinary new vision, WMO is urging greater collaboration and aiming to establish new partnerships in hydrology.

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The, World Meteorological Organisation affirms that by 2030, a cooperative global society should be effectively tackling concerns connected to hydrological extremes, water availability and quality, and food security.

It claims that this may be accomplished through enhancing operational hydrology through greater research, more and better infrastructure, capacity-building, and associated services, all within the context of sustainable development and resilience.

The strategies outlined are as follows:

• Water-related policy and decision-making that contributes to the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals
• Real-time flood and drought event management, as well as integrated flood and drought management, in support of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) Integrated water resource management in national and transboundary catchments
• In civil engineering, choices on agro-technical practices, drainage and irrigation schemes, and management are made. In agriculture, decisions on agro-technical practices, drainage and irrigation schemes, and management should be made.
• Management of ecosystems
• Academic assistance with climatic and hydrological regime research, trend analysis, and decision-making.

The accompanying Action Plan asks for collaboration in executing a strategic suite of initiatives to improve operational hydrological services, which will be supported by WMO in the period 2022–2030 in order to realise the long-term water aspirations.

WMO Members, National Hydrological and Meteorological Services, UN agencies, other partner international organisations and relevant public, corporate and academic institutions are all invited to participate. Partnerships and collaboration would greatly boost Members' ability to supply upgraded goods and services based on cutting-edge research and technology.