Transcript WMO – HOW IT WORKS (Well, at least one view) Geoff Love Director, Weather and Disaster Risk Reduction Services Department.

WMO – HOW IT WORKS
(Well, at least one view)
Geoff Love
Director, Weather and Disaster
Risk Reduction Services
Department
Background, History, Role
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a
specialized agency of the United Nations. WMO has a
membership of 189 Member States and Territories.
The WMO originated from the International
Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was
founded in 1873.
Established in 1950, WMO became the specialized
agency of the United Nations in 1951 for meteorology
(weather and climate), operational hydrology and
related geophysical sciences.
It aims to contribute to the safety and well-being of
people throughout the world and to the economic
benefit of all nations through the provision of world
leadership in expertise and international cooperation
in weather, climate, hydrology and water resources
and related environmental issues.
WMO PROGRAMMES
WMO scientific and technical programmes
•World Weather Watch (WWW) Programme
•World Climate Programme (WCP)
•Global Atmosphere Watch Programme (GAW)
•World Weather Research Programme (WWRP)
•Applications of Meteorology Programme (AMP)
•Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP)
•Education and Training Programme (ETRP)
•Technical Cooperation Programme (TCOP)
•Regional Programme (RP)
•WMO Space Programme (SAT)
•Disaster Risk Reduction Programme (DRR)
Co-sponsored programmes
•Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
•World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
•Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
•Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)
•Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)
From the
discussions
yesterday it is clear
that you recognise
the need for
climate services.
GFCS - SCHEMATICALLY
What I now want
to focus on is the
need for a
Global
Framework for
these services.
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The major gaps in the observing
systems are predominantly in
the developing
10 countries account for 76% of the
World’s engineers and scientists.
(global survey 1990 -1998)
Global requirement for: a north to south transfer of
capacity;
a south-south capacity exchange and commitment to
mutual support;
a south-to-north transfer of experience and understanding
of vulnerabilities.
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Another view of the
GFCS:
Focusing on the Framework
aspect
FRAMEWORK (def):
Broad overview, outline or
skeleton of interlinked items
which supports a particular
approach to a specific
objective, and serves as a
guide that can be modified as
required by adding or deleting
items.
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The User Interface
Platform (UIP)
1. Establish processes to bring
people together to
continuously monitor the
requirements for climate
services
2. Monitor the user satisfaction
with the overall performance
of the GFCS
3. Provide education and
training for climate service
users
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CSIS:- 1.
Product
generation
CSIS :- 2.
Communication
systems
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Climate Observations:
To meet the publics’
needs for data and
information.
Underpinned by:
1. National expenditures
2. Global standards
3. Global protocols for data
exchange
4. Global exchange of
technologies and scientific
advances in
environmental
measurement.
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Capacity
Development:
Within and between the
GFCS components,
including:
1. The north - south transfer
of capacity
2. The south-to-north
transfer of experience and
understanding of climate
vulnerabilities
3. The south – south
building of regional
support networks
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Conclusions
No one country, or even
regional alliance, can meet
the global needs
Many of the required services
are public goods in nature
Governments have a key role
to play, but NGOs and the
private sector are also crucial
The solution must be a
FRAMEWORK and it must be
GLOBAL
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Thank you
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Blue dots – more than 90% of data received
Red and yellow dots – less than 5% of data received
Europe
Nth America
Asia
Antarctica
Aus/Pacific
TOTAL
Sth America
Africa
Thank you
WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL
CONFERENCE
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
SIX REGIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS
EIGHT TECHNICAL
COMMISSIONS
Basic Systems
Atmospheric Sciences
Climatology
Aeronautical
Meteorology
Agricultural Meteorology
Instruments and
Methods of Observation
Hydrology
Marine Meteorology and
Oceanography
WMO SECRETARIAT
FOUR YEAR
PLANNING
CYCLE
Working Mechanisms
CONGRESS
POLICY &
BUDGET
PRIORITIES,
REGIONAL
ASSESS,
ASSOCIATIONS
PRIORITIZE, EXECUTIVE
FILL IN DETAIL, COUNCIL
MONITOR &
IMPLEMENT ONGOING OVERSIGHT
ACTIVITIES
IMPLEMENT
TECHNICAL
COMMISSIONS
TASK TEAMS, IMPLEMENTATION & COORDINATION TEAMS, ETC.
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