EFFORTS UNDER WAY TOWARDS A GLOBAL FRAMEWORK FOR CLIMATE SERVICES

04.07.09 - 10:21 ... source : World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

... Geneva, 30 June 2009 (WMO) - The climate challenge calls for a two-pronged approach: mitigation and adaptation. Intensive negotiations are ongoing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change. Meanwhile, the international community is developing tools for adapting to climate variability and change. World Climate Conference-3 (WCC-3) to be held from 31 August to 4 September 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland, aims at initiating a Global Framework for Climate Services to boost climate adaptation. The Framework will respond to the pressing need for society to have access to user-friendly climate predictions and information to make decisions and to better manage climate-related risks. It will integrate climate observations, research, assessments and predictions in order to generate information and services required for factoring climate variability and change into socio-economic decision-making. The Con ...» Next (HTML)