Reports:
- Report by the President of the of the Commission for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS) on high level, cross-cutting or liaison activities and accomplishments of the Commission
- Report by the Chairperson of the Scientific Steering Committee on the World Weather Research Programme (SSC-WWRP) on the Programme, its achievements, current activities and future plan
- Report by the Chairperson of the Scientific Steering Committee on Environmental Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry (SSC-EPAC) on the Programme, its achievements, current activities and future plan
- Report by the Director of Atmospheric Research and Environment Branch (ARE) on progress and developments with CAS since its last session
Recommendations:
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Science for Services: Developing and implementing a new interactive model for integrating research and operations to apply the best science for improving all components of the service value chain including weather, climate, water and related environmental services.
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Seamless prediction in 2023: Making fundamental advances in the understanding of the Earth system and improving predictive capacity at all time and space scales in a seamless context across weather, climate, water and environment.
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Future infrastructures: Planning and investing in future infrastructures (computing, data-handling, observations, etc.).
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Nurturing scientific talents: Guaranteeing the sustainable development of science; breaking through geographical, gender and age barriers; ensuring institutional continuity and transfer of knowledge.
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Innovation and resources: Catalysing innovation and mobilizing resources in weather, climate, water and environment science globally and locally.
The documentation plan is available at: http://meetings.wmo.int/CAS-17/
CAS-17 will be preceeded by the Science Summit.
