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As we
encounter increasingly unpredictable climate behavior
due to global warming, experts from the Commission on
Climatology managed to adopt a new strategy for better
managing information.
More than 150
participants attended the meeting of the Commission on
Climatology, sponsored by the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO). They adopted a new comprehensive
strategy that will improve information related to the
atmosphere and climate change.
The Commission
will support the development and implementation of
institutional mechanisms that generate and disseminate
high-quality climate information globally, regionally
and nationally.
Planning
Prevention Operations
Thus, the
meteorological services provide data and knowledge
through access and use of products provided by the
Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS).
The WMO
emphasized the importance that country authorities have
for reliable information to plan prevention operations
against destructive weather events and climate change
adaptation.
In September
2009, the 3rd World Climate Conference decided to
establish a global framework for climate services to
"strengthen the production, availability, delivery and
implementation of science-based climate prediction and
services”.
The Working
Group will follow up the recommendations of the proposed
elements of the GFCS. Their report will be published
before the next World Meteorological Congress, to be
held in May 2011.
Training
Programs
It may be
recalled, moreover, that through its program of
"Education and Training," the WMO helps the National
Meteorological and Hydrological Services, especially in
developing countries in their efforts to contribute with
maximum efficiency to the implementation of development
plans in their respective countries and participate
fully in the collaborative work worldwide.
Educational
Materials and Scholarships
Such
assistance includes, “inter alia”, in developing human
resources through training, provision of educational
materials and scholarships.
Training
activities are coordinated by such subjects as
meteorology (including marine meteorology and tropical
meteorology), weather forecasting, agriculture,
aviation, weather and climate forecasting, disaster
prevention, the environment, hydrology, instruments
(including satellite remote sensing and radar) and the
observations, oceanography, telecommunications and many
others.
Swisslatin
(2.03.2010) |
