Weather, Water and Climate Information for a Resilient Future

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(America/Belem: 14 November 2025, 16:45 - 18:15)
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Location: Side Event Room 4

The session will highlight how the support provided by the World Meteorological Organization, including through the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), helps countries transform climate data, information, and knowledge into action at national and community levels. It will demonstrate how activities ranging from research and systematic observations to localized early warnings and user-driven climate services enable effective and timely climate responses.

Discussions will also focus on the essential role of sustained global observations in strengthening the climate information value chain, from planetary monitoring to local action. Participants will explore how impact-based forecasting and prediction can enhance risk-informed decision-making and increase the societal relevance of climate information for users.

Agenda

16:45 – 16:48 UTC-3 — Opening 
Introductory remarks by event moderator Mr. John Harding, Director of CREWS

16:48 – 16:52 UTC-3
Keynote Speech

  • Prof. Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General, WMO (Video)

16:52 – 17:40 UTC-3 
Panel 1 UN System: From global to national full value cycle

  • Ambassador Benoit Faraco (France), Climate Risk Early Warning System (CREWS)
  • Prof. Amr Hamouda (Egypt), Vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC/UNESCO)
  • Ms. Loretta Hieber Girardet, Chief, Risk Knowledge, Monitoring and Capacity-Development Branch, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
  • Ms. Heather Jacobs, Climate Technology and Policy, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • Dr Thelma Krug, Chair of the GCOS Steering Committee, Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
  • Mr. Markus Repnik, Director, Systematic Observation Financing Facility (SOFF)
  • Dr Cerin Kizhakkethottam, RISE UP Climate Adaptation Portfolio Coordinator, Office of the Executive Director, UN-HABITAT

17:40 – 18:10 UTC-3 
Panel 2: Party Representatives at COP30

  • Dr Lucy Mtilatila, Director of National Meteorological Service on Malawi: Role of AI in Early Warnings for All (EW4All) – A national experience
  • Dr Aderito Aramuge, Director of NMHS, Mozambique: Implementing EW4All
  • Dr Arlene Laing, Coordinating Director of the Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO), The British Caribbean Territories
  • Mr. Fetene Teshome, Director, Meteorological Service of Ethiopia
  • Mr. Zeng Qin, Director General of the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of International Cooperation, China Meteorological Administration (CMA)

18:10 – 18:15 UTC-3 — Closing 
Closing remarks by event moderator Mr. John Harding including a short synthesis of main messages