World Climate World Climate ConferenceConference

Geneva 1978Geneva 1978

World Climate Conference, what is it?World Climate Conference, what is it?

The World Climate The World Climate Conference proposes to Conference proposes to

create a Globalcreate a GlobalFramework for Climate Framework for Climate Services through which Services through which

the developers andthe developers andproviders of climate providers of climate

information, predictions information, predictions and services, and theand services, and the

climate-sensitive sectors climate-sensitive sectors around the world, will around the world, will work together, to helpwork together, to help

the global community the global community better adapt to the better adapt to the

challenges of climate challenges of climate variability and change.variability and change.

• A series of international meetings A series of international meetings held to tackle the issues of climate held to tackle the issues of climate

• Held by the World Meteorological Held by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Organization (WMO)

• Since the conference in Geneva, Since the conference in Geneva, there has been a total of three there has been a total of three conferences heldconferences held

• Still to this day, the conferences Still to this day, the conferences continue to work towards finding continue to work towards finding solutions for climate related issues solutions for climate related issues that effect our worldthat effect our world

WMO in BriefWMO in Brief • ““voice on the state voice on the state

and behaviour of the and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the its interaction with the oceans, the climate it oceans, the climate it produces and the produces and the resulting distribution resulting distribution of water resources”of water resources”

• played a powerful role played a powerful role in contributing to the in contributing to the safety and welfare of safety and welfare of humanityhumanity

HistoryHistory• Held in Geneva in 1978, this was one Held in Geneva in 1978, this was one

of the first conferences to be held of the first conferences to be held regarding the issue of climateregarding the issue of climate

• Mainly, it focused on climate change Mainly, it focused on climate change and research needed for forecasting and research needed for forecasting future climate trendsfuture climate trends

• Aim: to encourage global action from Aim: to encourage global action from all countries to cope with future and all countries to cope with future and current climate changes current climate changes

History History • Held on the 12-23 of Held on the 12-23 of

February February

• More or less a scientific More or less a scientific conference on what was conference on what was happening with climate happening with climate changechange

• Organized by scientists with Organized by scientists with the goal of looking into the goal of looking into climate data and trends on climate data and trends on climate changeclimate change

• Led to second conference Led to second conference

So why have the conference?So why have the conference?• The conference led to the creation of the The conference led to the creation of the

World Climate Programme and the World World Climate Programme and the World Climate Research Programme Climate Research Programme

Second World Climate Second World Climate ConferenceConference

• Held in October of 1990 in Geneva, this Held in October of 1990 in Geneva, this conference was essentially a continuation of conference was essentially a continuation of the firstthe first

• More political; a review of the WCP set up More political; a review of the WCP set up from the first meetingfrom the first meeting

• Risk of climate change grew and issues Risk of climate change grew and issues were announced to the publicwere announced to the public

• Led to the establishment of the United Led to the establishment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the Global Climate Change (UNFCC) and the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)Observing System (GCOS)

• Kyoto Protocol and Global FrameworkKyoto Protocol and Global Framework

Global FrameworkGlobal Framework

• With the first two With the first two conferences focusing conferences focusing on climate change, on climate change, this led to the idea of this led to the idea of “Global Framework” “Global Framework” which was addressed which was addressed mainly in the third mainly in the third conference of August conference of August 3131stst – September 4 – September 4thth 20092009

Global FrameworkGlobal Framework ““Enable better management of Enable better management of the risks of climate variability the risks of climate variability and change and adaptation to and change and adaptation to climate change at all levels, climate change at all levels, through development and through development and incorporation of science-incorporation of science-

based climate information based climate information and prediction into planning, and prediction into planning,

policy and practice.”policy and practice.”

Global Framework Global Framework

• Designed to link scientific advances on Designed to link scientific advances on climate predictions to the needs of their climate predictions to the needs of their users for decision making allowing users for decision making allowing individuals to better cope with climate individuals to better cope with climate changeschanges

So What Does the Future Hold?So What Does the Future Hold?

With the outcome of With the outcome of Global Framework, Global Framework,

we are better we are better equipped to equipped to

support disaster support disaster risk management risk management and climate risk and climate risk

managementmanagement

Future PlansFuture PlansThanks to the first Thanks to the first

conference held, conference held, we’ve created we’ve created

“widespread social, “widespread social, economic and economic and environmental environmental

benefits through more benefits through more effective climate risk effective climate risk

management and management and increased capacities increased capacities

for adaptation to for adaptation to climate variability and climate variability and

change”change”

To Learn More…To Learn More…

Visit these websites:Visit these websites:

http://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.htmlhttp://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.html

http://www.wmo.int/wcc3/documents/brief_note_en.pdfhttp://www.wmo.int/wcc3/documents/brief_note_en.pdf

http://www.wmo.int/wcc3/page_en.phphttp://www.wmo.int/wcc3/page_en.php