World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water

1. WMO World Meteorological OrganizationWorking together in weather, climate and water THE GLOBAL FRAMEWORK FOR CLIMATE SERVICES Geoff Love, WDS Department Avinash Tyagi, CLW Department Agenda Item 11.1 Doc s 11.1(1) and 11.1(2) Cg – XVI www.wmo.int

2. Document 11.1(1)

3. WCC-3 Outcomes(11.1.1 – 11.1.3) Relevant outcomes from the World Climate Conference-3 decided to establish a Global Framework for Climate Services to strengthen production, availability, delivery and application of science-based climate prediction and services requested the Secretary-General of WMO to convene, within four months of the adoption of the Conference Declaration, an intergovernmental meeting of Member States of the WMO to approve the terms of reference and to endorse the composition of a task force of high-level, independent advisors to be appointed by the Secretary-General of WMO with due consideration to expertise, geographical and gender balance.

4. Taskforce Terms of Reference(11.1.4 – 11.1.7) • Relevant outcomes from the Intergovernmental Meeting (a) Develop the components of GFCS and define the roles, responsibilities, and capabilities of the elements within the GFCS; (b) Develop options for governance of the GFCS, ensuring its intergovernmental nature, and provide a reasoning for the preferred option(s); (c) Outline a plan for the implementation of the GFCS, which includes: (d) Make findings and propose next steps in relation to: (i) The role of the UN system and other relevant stakeholders; (ii) Approaches to global data policy; (iii) Improving systematic in-situ observations and monitoring of climate; (iv) Approaches for reviewing the implementation of the GFCS; (v) Strategies for building capacity in developing countries; and, (vi) A strategy for promoting a common global understanding of the GFCS and for coherent and coordinated messaging and information sharing.

5. The Taskforce(11.1.6) Joaquim CHISSANO (Mozambique) Jan EGELAND (Norway) Co-chair Angus FRIDAY (Grenada) Eugenia KALNAY (Ms) (Argentina/USA) Ricardo LAGOS (Chile) Julia MARTON-LEFEVRE (Ms) (Hungary/France/USA) Khotso MOKHELE (South Africa) Chiaki MUKAI (Ms) (Japan) Cristina NARBONA RUIZ (Ms) (Spain) QIN Dahe (China) Emil SALIM (Indonesia) Mahmoud ABU-ZEID (Egypt) Co-chair Fiame Mata’Afa (Ms) (Samoa)

6. The Report of the HLT(11.1.8 – 11.1.12) Consultations Submissions High-Level Taskforce DRAFTREPORT CONGRESS FINALREPORT

7. The vision of the GFCS (11.1.13 – 11.1.15)

8. The Recommendations of the HLT(11.1.16 – 11.1.24) • Recommendation #1 • Invest USD 75 M/year to create and sustain a global Framework Around USD 72 M/year for projects in the developing world, Around USD 3 M/year for a small secretariat supporting Board and technical committees

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10. Recommendation #2

11. Recommendation #3 • Establish ad-hoc technical group for detailed implementation plan within next six months: • - modalities for operation of the Framework; • high priority, fast-track projects; • draft terms of reference for committees that will carry out the work of the Framework.

12. Recommendation #4 • Governments and development agencies give high priority to national capacity building in developing countries • Rapidly strengthen, or create the new regional elements of the Framework

13. Recommendation #5 Intergovernmental Board established by governments OPTION A

14. Recommendation #5 Joint Board established by UN entities OPTION B

15. Recommendation #5 Intergovernmental Board established by governments OPTION A Adopt Option A

16. Document 11.1 (2)

17. The process for implementation (11.1.25 – 11.1.27) Implementation of an operational Framework will focus around the work of the five technical committees:

18. Roles of National Meteorological Services (11.1.28 – 11.1.39) NMSs are ideally placed to play a central role in the development and implementation of the User Interface Platform of the GFCS: • NMSs have a long history of, and experience in the provision of weather, climate and hydrological information; • It is most efficient to meet weather and climate (and where relevant hydrological) information needs through a ‘single window’ and that, in most countries, NMSs can, and do provide such a single window; • Providing relevant climate services requires the development of partnerships with relevant intermediary organizations and specialized sectoral institutions; and, • Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs) facilitate inter alia, the development of so-called “consensus” forecasts and the interaction between climate service with users and providers at regional level and regional level.

19. Roles of National Meteorological Services (11.1.28 – 11.1.39) The Climate Services Information System will build on the experiences of NMSs in developing products and services through CLIPS and similar initiatives, and utilize the WIS as a key underlying communication system. CMA: Drought Monitoring

20. Roles of National Meteorological Services (11.1.28 – 11.1.39) NMSs own and operate an effective system for collecting and sharing observations of the global climate. The GFCS will contribute to the further development of this capability by working with the NMSs.

21. Roles of National Meteorological Services (11.1.28 – 11.1.39) • GFCS will support climate research in NMSs – especially in the developing world: • NMSs contribute to the work of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP); • Many NMSs engage in applied climate research in support of national decision making; and, • NMSs actively work with universities and other academic institutions and act as the nuclei to consolidate national climate research efforts.

22. Roles of the Constituent Bodies(11.1.40 – 11.1.43) • All the WMO’s constituent bodies are expected to play important roles in the successful implementation of the GFCS: • Executive Council will provide leadership and oversight; • The regional associations will assist with the establishment and ongoing support for RCCs and RTCs that will be vital for the GFCS • All technical commissions are expected to play a role in the GFCS with CCl having the key role; and, • A range of technical activities within ten major Programmes, and four co-sponsored programmes directly or indirectly contribute to the objectives of GFCS

23. The cost of the GFCS In essence the GFCS implementation budget will break into three pieces – A WMO Regular Budget component (CHF480K pa), a voluntary contribution to the secretariat, and a development fund component. The size of the contribution from Members to support the Secretariat of the GFCS will vary according to how the support for the Technical Management Committees (TMCs) is managed.

24. The cost of the GFCS The Secretary-General’s Budget indicates that the GFCS is to have a small coordinating office comprised of a director and secretary. The staff support of the TMCs would have to be outsourced to WMO Departments or to other UN agencies and organizations however the draft budget does contain provision for support of the Board, two short (3 day) plenaries and limited support for funding technical management committees . The estimated for the GFCS Secretariat are given in Table 1 (CHF x 1000) 2012 2013 2014 2015 Estimated cost of the secretariat support for Board Table 1

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