INFCOM-IV Side Event: GCOS- From Assessment to Action: The Next GCOS Status Report and High-Priority Action Plan, and progress in GSRN

The preliminary versions of the GCOS Status Report 2027 and the GCOS High-Priority Action Plan will be presented. The GCOS Status Report assesses the current observation capabilities. For the first time in 34 years of history of the GCOS programme, a threat to the continuation of the current capabilities to monitor climate has been identified. The accompanying GCOS High-Priority Action Plan defines a small set of high-priority actions to address the most urgent gaps and shortcomings brought out in the Status Report.  In the second part of the side event, the GCOS Surface Reference Network will be presented, with a focus on the progress achieved in the last 4 years and the challenges, recommendations and plans until 2030