Weather, Water, Climate Services Supporting Sustainable Development Jerry Lengoasa Deputy Director General Oslo, May 2014 World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water WMO OMM

How do National Meteorological and Hydrological Services contribute to development? NMHSs are competent in weather, climate and water issues NMHSs provide weather forecasts and weather warnings, both general and focused on specialised users (agriculture, water management, transports, energy, civil protection, environmental services…) NMHSs provide climate services (climatological records, general and ad-hoc studies, medium and long range climate forecasts…) both general and focused on specialised users Studies on social and economic benefits of effective weather and climate services in key economic sectors (transport, health, agriculture-fisheries) show that the cost-benefit ratio of NMHSs is 1 to 6-10 (WMO) World Meteorological Organization UN Specialized Technical Agency Mandate for Weather, Water and Climate 191 Member States Not projects, not just core business but the business Vision: Ensure that the Member States, mainly through their National Meterological Services have effective Weather, Water and Climate Services to support the protection of live and property and the sustainable economic development WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION Weather, Water and Climate Services

How do National Meteorological and Hydrological Services contribute to development? NMHSs are competent in weather, climate and water issues NMHSs provide weather forecasts and weather warnings, both general and focused on specialised users (agriculture, water management, transports, energy, civil protection, environmental services…) NMHSs provide climate services (climatological records, general and ad-hoc studies, medium and long range climate forecasts…) both general and focused on specialised users Studies on social and economic benefits of effective weather and climate services in key economic sectors (transport, health, agriculture-fisheries) show that the cost-benefit ratio of NMHSs is 1 to 6-10 (WMO) World Meteorological OrganizationWORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION Weather, Water and Climate Services 1.Reducing the vulnerability of society to weather and climate-related hazards through better provision of weather and climate services; 2.Mainstreaming the use of weather and climate information in decision making. and demonstrating the value of the services in socio-economic, safety and sustainability terms; 3.Strengthening the links between providers and users of weather and climate services. Building relationships between providers and users of information at both the technical and decision-making levels; and 4.Maximising the utility of existing weather, water and climate infrastructure and improving the networks.

How do National Meteorological and Hydrological Services contribute to development? NMHSs are competent in weather, climate and water issues NMHSs provide weather forecasts and weather warnings, both general and focused on specialised users (agriculture, water management, transports, energy, civil protection, environmental services…) NMHSs provide climate services (climatological records, general and ad-hoc studies, medium and long range climate forecasts…) both general and focused on specialised users Studies on social and economic benefits of effective weather and climate services in key economic sectors (transport, health, agriculture-fisheries) show that the cost-benefit ratio of NMHSs is 1 to 6-10 (WMO) World Meteorological OrganizationWORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION Weather and Climate Services for Priority Economic and Social Sectors Agriculture-Food security Disaster risk reduction Water Health Transport / Tourism Gender Inclusive

National Observing networks Global Coordination & Communication Global Telecommunication System Global Observing System Global Data Processing and Forecasting System Global data exchange: WMO Resolutions 40 and 25 Coordinated Satellite System

GLOBAL/REGIONAL OPERATIONAL NETWORK OF WMO

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

90% of Natural Disasters relate to Weather, Water, Climate WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

Weather- and climate-related disasters/impacts Decadal trends in natural hazard impacts over the five last decades associated with hydrometeorological hazards  Loss of life (Figure 1a)  Economic losses (Figure 1b)

Extreme events, vulnerability, exposure and disasters WMO, A decade of climate extremes, 2013

Many countries lack the infrastructural, technical, human and institutional capacities to provide high-quality weather and climate services. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? Capacities of Countries to provide Basic, Essential, Full and Advanced Weather and Climate Services. (190 WMO Members) as of Aug 2012

Many key regions and climatic zones remain poorly observed especially tropics and high latitudes Weakness in observational coverage of important oceanographic (ocean currents, mass flux, salinity, etc) and terrestrial parameters (ground water, permafrost, lake levels) Timely access to data in many locations Access to historical Data Obs & Mon – Major gaps

Taking the planet into uncharted territory Do we know what level of climate change is dangerous, where and for whom? Can we provide society with a ‘road map’ indicating what climate changes may be expected to occur, where, and with what implications? What should society do to mitigate and adapt to climate change to avoid its worst impacts?

From mitigation to mitigation and adaptation From few to many customers/users/stakeholders Global century scenarios to regional predictions, days to decades ahead Climate change to climate change and climate variability Broad climate to characteristics of weather including extremes and impacts Operational delivery – regularly updated monitoring, forecasts, products & services Weather and Climate Services: A Revolution in the Application of Weather and Climate Science

Vulnerability

Manila Example of urban growth over 35 years monitored from space, adapted from Taubenbock et al. (2012)

17 The Weather - Climate Prediction Continuum

The pillars and priorities of the GFCS Users, Government, private sector, research, agriculture, water, health, construction, disaster reduction, environment, tourism, transport, etc. Observations and Monitoring Research, Modeling and Prediction Climate Services Information System User Interface Platform Capacity Building DRRFood security Health Water

Disaster Risk Management WEF, 2011 Early Warning

Building Resilience 2013: Typhoon Hayan 2012: Hurricane Sandy caused damage in the Outer Banks 2009/2010: extreme floods in the Danube river basin: 700 bridges damaged 2005: Katrina: damage to Highway 90 bridge

Towards a Global Hydromet Partnership GFDRR-WMO HydroMet Facilty

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