Addressing vulnerability to climate change in LDCs:
A Global Framework for Climate Services
By M. Jarraud
WMO Secretary-General
IVth UN Conference on LDCs
(Istanbul, 10 May 2011)
Natural disasters & climate change
The frequency of hydro meteorological disasters is
increasing, but we are saving more and more lives
Climate change will increase the risks even further
2 closely related issues:
 Climate change adaptation
 Disaster risk reduction
A need to:
 Further reinforce the capacities of the developing
world, especially LDCs
 Expand multidisciplinary partnerships
A Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) will
contribute to provide all decision-makers with the most
relevant information to support their national mandates
IPCC 4th Assessment: Socio-economic Impacts of ClimateRelated Extremes on the Rise !
Energy
Hazard intensity and frequency increasing linked to climate
variability and change!
Transportation
Water Resource
Management
Intensity
Strong Wind
People
Heavy rainfall / Flood
Agriculture
Urban areas
Vulnerability and
exposure on the rise
!
Drought
Need for
Multi-sectoral risk
management
Heatwaves
Frequency
A seamless transition from
weather to climate prediction
The 3rd World Climate
Conference (WCC-3, 2009)
Three World Climate Conferences held in
1979, 1990 and 2009
The WCC-3 High-level segment agreed by
acclamation :
To establish of a Global Framework for
Climate Services (GFCS)
That a High-level
Taskforce of
independent
advisors should
prepare a report with
recommendations on
proposed elements
That WMO Cg-XVI
should adopt a
decision in May/June
2011
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8 implementation principles
 Prioritize capacity building for
developing countries
 Greater availability of climate services
for all countries, in particular LDCs
 3 geographic domains: global, regional and national
 A core GFCS element: operational climate services
 Governments to have a central role in GFCS
management, but each country will decide just how
 Free and open exchange of observational data, while
respecting national and international data policies
 To facilitate and to strengthen, but not to duplicate
 Based on user – provider partnerships which will
include all major stakeholders
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GFCS recommended structure
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Thank you
Merci
Gracias
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The High-level Taskforce shall now
present its report to WMO Congress
Mr Mahmoud Abu-Zeid (Egypt; Co-chair)
Mr Jan Egeland (Norway; Co-chair)
Mr Joaquim Chissano (Mozambique)
Mr Angus Friday (Grenada)
Ms Eugenia Kalnay (Argentina/USA)
Mr Ricardo Lagos (Chile)
Ms Julia Marton-Lefèvre (France/ USA/
Hungary)
Mr Khotso Mokhele (South Africa)
Ms Chiaki Mukai (Japan)
Ms Cristina Narbona Ruiz (Spain)
Mr Rajendra Singh Paroda (India)
Mr Qin Dahe (China)
Mr Emil Salim (Indonesia)
Ms Fiame Naomi Mata’afa (Samoa)
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HLT report structure
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2 HLT Governance proposals
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HLT-proposed steps for
GFCS development
By end 2011, a detailed implementation plan and
inaugural Intergovernmental plenary meeting
By end 2013, the organizational phase to be completed
for LDCs, including secretariat & management structures
By end 2017, global access to improved climate services
for 4 selected priority sectors: agriculture, disaster risk
reduction, health and water
By end 2021, improved climate services globally across
most climate-sensitive sectors
Capacity building
 Follow-up to Conference of Ministers
responsible for meteorology in Africa
(Nairobi, April 2010)
 Sustainable development
 Human resources development
 Continuing education and training
 Special needs of LDCs
 Gender empowerment
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WMO monitoring
and observations
WMO Integrated Global
Observing Systems
(WIGOS) implementation
WMO Information System
(WIS) development
 Support to the IPCC
and UNFCCC
 Disaster risk reduction
 Sustaining the needs
of the developing
world
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