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World Meteorological Organization
Working together in weather, climate and water
WMO
UN SYSTEM COORDINATED ACTION
ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Dr E. B. Manaenkova
Director of Cabinet and External Relations Department
UN Climate – E. Manaenkova - October 2008
www.wmo.int
WMO
“Climate
change is
a defining
issue of
our era”
Ban Ki-moon
CEB
HLCP
HLCM
UNDG
Framework and mandate
 UN Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB)
initiative under UNSG leadership: System-wide Coherence on
Climate Change (CC)
 Objective: coordinated action-oriented approach on CC by
UN system and entire international community to:
 support process under UNFCCC for the post-2012
 support countries’ efforts in tackling challenge of CC
 Successive developments presented at COP-13 (Bali), 62nd
UN GA (A/62/644), High-level UN meetings on CC, UN
organizations’ governing bodies (e.g. WMO EC-LX item 9.1)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Work is being done by CEB High-level Committee on
Programmes (HLCP); UN Development Group (UNDG)
supports country-level coordination
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III.2007
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Progress
 “Overview of UN activities in relation to climate change” and
“Coordinated UN System Action on Climate Change” - UN GA
report www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/62/644
 Indicative inventory of UN organizations climate-related
mandates and activities (distributed at COP-13)
 The UN Gateway to climate change entry portal
www.un.org/climatechange
 Coordination framework established, teams activated,
consultations under way
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 “Acting on Climate Change: the UN Delivering as One” –
brochure with snapshot of collaborative programmes/initiatives
 UNSG report to COP-14 – key system’s messages
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Focus
Areas
CrossCutting
Areas
UN Coordination on Climate Change:
Areas (conveners)
 Adaptation (All UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes)
 Technology transfer (UNIDO, UNDESA)
 Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest
Degradation (FAO, UNDP, UNEP)
 Capacity Building (UNDP, UNEP)
 Financing (WB, UNDP)
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 Supporting Global, Regional and National Action
(UNDP, UNDESA, UN Regional Commissions)
 Public awareness (UN Communication Group, UNEP)
 Climate-neutral UN (UNDP, UNEP)
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UN Coordination on Climate Change:
Sectors (conveners)
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Energy
Agriculture
Water
Oceans
Forestry& Fishery
Transport
Health
Disaster Risk Reduction
Human Settlements
Education
Industry
UN-Energy
FAO, IFAD, WFP
UN-Water
UN-Oceans
FAO
IMO, ICAO, UPU
WHO
ISDR, WMO
UN-Habitat
UNESCO
UNIDO, WIPO
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UN Coordination on Climate Change:
Climate knowledge for all
SECTORS
Science, Assessment, Monitoring and
Early Warning
FOCUS AREAS
CROSS-CUTTING AREAS
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Climate knowledge: mandate & objectives
 CEB asked WMO and UNESCO to convene a forum for
coordination, integration and dissemination of the climate
change knowledge developed by the UN system
organizations and broad international community for access
and use by the public, policy and decision-makers worldwide, in particular in support of the UNFCCC process and
IPCC 5th assessment
 Specifically the scientific basis should be provided for the
work of countries on adaptation in key sectors, especially
energy, agriculture and fisheries, disaster risk reduction,
freshwater, health, transport and oceans.
 Special efforts should be made to assist in responding to
immediate challenges such as food security and disaster risk
 Key message: Investment in climate knowledge is
investment in safety and human welfare
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Climate knowledge: priority areas
 Undertake to sustain and enhance systems that provide critical data
and information on weather, climate, biodiversity, water and biomass
resources and human welfare;
 Warning and informing citizens of high impact weather and projections
of climate so they can adapt their behavior appropriately;
 Provide easy access to scientific data and information that are clear
and useful to governments and international organizations governments
for assessment and applications;
 Harness international science and technology and develop tools that
reduce uncertainty of weather forecasts and climate projections while
encouraging investments in developing countries with a focus on climate
extremes such as floods or droughts;
 Strengthen the links between science, policy and action by providing
policy makers and other stakeholders with appropriate information in a
timely manner;
 Strengthen capacities of countries to better utilize available information
resources for response planning including disaster risk reduction.
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Climate knowledge: plan for the near future
(1 of 2)
World Climate Conference-3 (WCC-3) "Climate prediction
and information for decision-making".
 Focus on the application of climate information and
predictions to societal issues and the achieving of
sustainable development
 UN organizations engagement and contribution, dialogue
between climate information providers and sectoral users,
new science-based tools for managing and adapting
societies to increasing climate risks
 Garner the commitment of the political leaders and the
scientific community for a global multi-stakeholder
transparent mechanism for climate risk management.
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Climate knowledge: plan for the near future
(2 of 2)
 UN Climate Knowledge Web Portal on the UN Climate
Change Gateway
Delivery of the best available information and knowledge
to different sectors based on their needs in a useable
format “pull model”.
 Demonstration of enhanced delivery in pilot sectors
Feasibility and effectiveness of conceptual “users pull”
model will be demonstrated in a few sectors (e.g. water,
food, health, energy). Based on the lessons learned and
best practices extend it to all sectors of interest to UN
sister agencies and organizations.
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Climate knowledge: GCOS
 GCOS is prominently featured across One-UN climate
provisions, is visible in UNFCCC process. Need more
visibility for data providers – basic components of GCOS
 Governments commitments for supporting
observations
 Outreach of observations improvements and problems
 Observational support for impacts assessment
 Observational support for adaptation – downscaling
(regional to local models, forecasting, assessments)
 Accommodating other networks e.g. CTBTO Intl.
Monitoring System
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WMO commitment to address climate
variability and change (EC-LX)
WMO core contribution in addressing climate variability and change
is founded by the three top-level objectives, which WMO should deliver
and communicate in a manner enabling engagement with the United
Nations system to support other organizations with its infrastructure and
scientific expertise, to fulfil their missions, as well as to draw upon the
expertise and resources available from the United Nations system
members.
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WMO commitment to address climate
variability and change (EC-LX)
WMO particular contribution consistent with UNFCCC Art. 5:
 Creating and maintaining the knowledge base:
 Sound and unbiased data and information from coordinated networks of
systematic global observations and monitoring consolidated under the WMO
 Integrated Observing Systems and exchanged through the WMO
Information System;
 Fostering scientific research and generation of improved climate
scenarios;
 Assessments and authoritative statements on the state of the global
climate, climate variables and impacts, informing the IPCC assessments;
 Provision of climate predictions, early warnings on hazards and other
information and services in support of Members’ measures to adapt to the
impacts of climate change;
 Assisting Members in building capacity in climate change issues and
monitoring climate trends and use of climate predictions at a national
level;
 Public awareness activities.
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