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Maintenance keeps radars running
Meteoworld : December 2017
The policies and practices of radar maintenance have not been widely discussed in the international radar community. Thus, the members of the European radar project – Operational Programme for the Exchange of Weather Radar Information (OPERA) – have shared their experiences an article published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS).
Call for proposals for climate services for Africa
Meteoworld : December 2017
The European Commission has issued a call for proposals for “Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement.” This call falls under Horizon 2020, the largest European Union Research and Innovation programme with close to €80 billion in funding available over seven years (2014 to 2020).
Enhancing climate resilience
Meteoworld : December 2017
MeteoSwiss and the University of Bern co-convened a session at the 4th International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD) from 5 to 8 September to exchange experiences on how to enhance climate resilience of for the poorest in our societies who are often unprepared for and have limited possibilities to cope with the impacts of climate change and variability. Such climate services could also provide financial benefits to the stakeholders in question. A study within the Climandes[1] project, which is financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), demonstrated that...
TAHAK – A two-way communication
Meteoworld : December 2017
The Islamic Republic of Iran Meteorological Organization (IRIMO) initiated a comprehensive climate information services project in 2104 called TAHAK, which focuses on farming communities. The project aimed to minimize quantitative and qualitative losses of agricultural products, to reduce damages due to weather and climate hazards, to fill gaps in information systems, and save time, energy and financial resources. TAHAK was implemented using the WMO Strategy for Service Delivery.
New working arrangement for AMDAR
Meteoworld : December 2017
WMO and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) established a new Working Arrangement on the Operation of the Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay (AMDAR) Programme in July. It commits the two organizations to develop a business case and framework for future collaboration on the operation, expansion and enhancement of AMDAR.
Building HydroSOS
Meteoworld : December 2017
Leading hydrologists from around the world met in Entebbe, Uganda, from 26 to 29 September to discuss a four-year plan to implement the WMO Hydrological Status and Outlook System (HydroSOS), which will be capable of assessing hydrological variability on a global scale. The group also looked at how HydroSOS can help deliver the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6, which stresses the importance of attaining human health, environmental sustainability and economic prosperity through access to safe water and sanitation, and sound management of freshwater ecosystems.
National Adaptation Plans, Vehicles for climate service implementation
Meteoworld : December 2017
Over the last months, WMO has led sessions in a series of regional training workshops designed to support countries in advancing their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), key instruments for scaling up climate action under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The WMO aims to help the countries to benefit from scientific information on climate variability, trends and extremes and to demonstrate how these can be imbedden in their sustainable development strategies, so that they serve as vehicles for implementing the climate services needed to achieve the best...
HKO, a “Centennial Observing Station”
Meteoworld : December 2017
WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas awarded a certificate to the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) on 18 October officially accrediting it as a WMO Centennial Observing Station. The certificate was presented to HKO Director Shun Chi-ming, at WMO headquarters in Geneva.
The WMO Science Summit
Meteoworld : December 2017
The WMO Commission for Atmospheric Sciences held a Science Summit on Seamless Research for Weather, Climate, Water and Environment at WMO headquarters in Geneva from 20 to 22 October. The Summit defined a new framework for collaboration to achieve urgently needed breakthroughs in our understanding of the Earth system and to transform knowledge and technologies into concrete services for humanity.
New WMO-UNFCCC cooperation agreement
Meteoworld : December 2017
WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas and UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 6 November, the opening day of Conference of Parties (COP) of the...