SOFF Support Statements

SOFF Support Statements

The international community firmly supports the creation of the Systematic Observations Financing Facility at the First Funders Forum. Countries see the challenges of lacking basic weather observations and urge bilateral and multilateral partners to accelerate the establishment of SOFF.

 

Patricia Espinosa, UNFCCC Executive Secretary from WMO - OMM on Vimeo.

 

H.E. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica from WMO - OMM on Vimeo.

 

Dr. Mari Pangestu, World Bank Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships from WMO - OMM on Vimeo.

 

Lord Nicholas Stern, Professor of Economics, LSE, former Chief Economist of the World Bank from WMO - OMM on Vimeo.

 

SOFF First Funders Forum - Statements of support of the Alliance for Hydromet Development from WMO - OMM on Vimeo.

 

SOFF First Funders Forum - Florence Rabier, ECMWF, statement of support from WMO - OMM on Vimeo.

 

SOFF First Funders Forum - Kristalina Georgieva, IMF, statement of support from WMO - OMM on Vimeo.

 

SOFF First Funders Forum - Frank Bainimarama, Fiji Prime Minister from WMO - OMM on Vimeo.

 

SOFF First Funders Forum - Statements of support from beneficiary countries from WMO - OMM on Vimeo.

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Intervention by Dr Michael Staudinger, WMO Regional President Europe, Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) first potential Funders’ Forum 24 March 2021

Intervention by Daouda Konate, WMO Regional President Africa, Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) first potential Funders' Forum 24 March 2021

Statement by H.E Mr. Sonam P. Wangdi, LDC Chair of the UN Climate Change and Secretary, National Environment Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan, at the SOFF First Funders’ Forum, 24 March 2021

Joint statement of European meteorological institutions and the World Meteorological Organization in support of the creation of the Systematic Observations Financing Facility

Ministerial Declaration Fifth Session of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET-5)

Joint statement of the Presidents of Regional Associations on the planned Systematic Observations Financing Facility