WCP ACTIVITIES RELEVANT TO CLIVAR

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WCP ACTIVITIES RELEVANT TO CLIVAR
World Climate Programme Department World
Meteorological Organization Geneva Switzerland
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World Climate Programme (WCP)

• An authoritative international scientific voice
  on the Earths Climate System and on Climate
  Variability and Change
• Helps countries collect and use climate
  information and knowledge to benefit their
  national economies and improve human well-being

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WMO/WCP Structure
CCA Climate Coordination Activities coordination
of climate activities including interagency
collaboration and international conventions
WCDMP World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme
AgMP Agricultural Meteorology Programme
WCASP/CLIPS World Climate Applications Services
Programme
Goal develop climate services, increase awareness
of benefits, develop practical products/methods,
increase utilization of climate information and
predictions
Goal improve databases and data management,
improve climate system monitoring efforts and
awareness, develop and pursue data rescue
strategies
Goal assist members in the provision of
meteorological and climate servicesfor
agriculture, assist in sustainable development
and economically viable agricultural systems
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Commission for Climatology (CCl) Overall
Objectives

• Strengthen the climate network (monitoring,
  watch, assessment e.g. of CC, SI Prediction)
• Improve NMHSs skill (training, reference docs and
  practices, support regional mechanisms such as
  RCCs,)
• End-user liaison
• Development of effective sector-specific climate
  products and services
• Contribute to cross-cutting issues
• Enable stronger visibility in climate related
  areas strategic to WMOs leadership role

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CCl-XIV Structure

• Management Group (MG)
• Implementation and Coordination Team (ICT)
• 4 OPAGs with a total of 12 Expert Teams and 3
  Rapporteurs
• Climate and Data Management
• Monitoring and Analysis of Climate Variability
  and Change
• CLIPS
• Climate Applications and Services
• Rapporteurs reporting to MG
• Climate-related hazards
• Guide to Climatological Practices
• GEOSS
• Gender Focal Point

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WMO COMMISSION FOR CLIMATOLOGY (CCl)
President Pierre Bessemoulin (France)
Vice-president Wang, Shourong (China)
Regional Representatives RA III Luis Molion
(Brazil) RA V Michael Coughlan (Australia)
World Data Centres Aleksandr Sterin (Russian
Federation)
MANAGEMENT GROUP (MG)


OPAG 3 Climate Information and Prediction
Services (CLIPS)
OPAG 4 Climate Applications and Services
Chair Abdallah Mokssit (Morocco) Co-chair José
Luis Santos (Ecuador)
Chair Dong, Wenjie (China) Co-chair Muhammed
Kadi (Algeria)
3.1 ET on Research Needs for Intraseasonal,
Seasonal Interannual Prediction Jean-Pierre
Ceron (France)
4.1 ET on Climate and Health Glenn McGregor (UK)
4.2 ET on Climate and Energy David Wratt (New
Zealand)
3.2 ET on CLIPS Operations, Verification and
Applications ServicesOperations Philbert
Tibaijuka (Tanzania) Verification Simon Mason
(USA) User Liaison Jaakko Helminen (Finland)
4.3 ET on Climate and Tourism Dan Scott (Canada)
3.3 ET on El Niño and La Niña Luc Maitrepierre
(New Caledonia)
4.4 ET on Urban and Building Climatology Sue
Grimmond (UK)
Reporting to the President or Management
Group 5.1 Rapporteur on Climaterelated Hazards
(Member of the MG,TBD) 5.2 ET on the Guide to
Climatological Practices (Ned Guttman, USA) 5.3
Gender Focal Point (Juliana Ukeje, Nigeria) 5.4
Rapporteur on GEOSS (Stephan Roesner, Germany) 7.
Implementation/Coordination Team (ICT) CCl VP
Co-Chairs of OPAGs 1, 2, 3, 4 Chairpersons of
the Working Groups on Climate-related Matters
for RAs I, II, III, IV, V and VI.
3.4 Rapporteur on Climate And Water Nakaegawa
Tosiyuki (Japan)
Reporting to the OPAG Chairs 6. CCl Experts
serving on teams of other Technical Commissions
3.5 Rapporteur on Climate and Agrometeorology
Roger Stone (Australia)
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CCl OPAGs 1 and 2 (WCDMP)

• OPAG-1 Climate Data and Data Management
• 1.1 ET on Climate data management including
  metadata
• 1.2 ET on Observing Requirements and Standards
  for Climate
• 1.3 ET on Data Rescue, Preservation and
  digitization of Climate records
• OPAG-2 Monitoring and Analysis of Climate
  Variability and Change 
• 2.1 Joint CCl/CLIVAR/JCOMM ET on Climate Change
  Detection and Indices
• 2.2 ET on Climate Monitoring including the use of
  Satellite and Marine Data and Products
• 2.3 Rapporteur on Climate Extremes

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OPAG 3 on CLIPS (WCASP)

• 3.1 ET on Research needs intraseasonal, seasonal
  and interannual prediction
• Sector-specific needs, verification and
  assessment of capabilities
• Methodologies for creation and presentation of
  prediction products
• Support to user decision process
• 3.2 ET on CLIPS Operations, Verification and User
  Liaison
• Climate outlook products (end-to-end process,
  tailoring for user needs)
• Capacity building and training workshops
• Guide to best operational practices including
  verification and user liaison
• Regional climate outlook forums (RCOFs)
  sustainability, effectiveness
• 3.3 ET on El Niño/La Niña
• Atlas of regional impacts
• Common language for ENSO communication
• 3.4 Rapporteur on Climate and Agrometeorology
• 3.5 Rapporteur on Climate and Water
• Coordinate with WCRP, AREP, CBS, CAS, DPM,
  Space/GEO, DCR (LDCs and more), Global Producing
  Centres of LRF, and with OPAG 4-Applications and
  Services

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OPAG 4 on Climate Applications and Services
(WCASP)

• 4.1 ET on Climate and Human Health
• Heat-Health Warning Systems
• Health-related information early warning
  systems infectious diseases Health and CC
• 4.2 ET on Climate and Energy
• Climate services for energy development and
  operations
• Climate aspects of renewable energy sources
• 4.3 ET on Tourism
• Role of climate in touristic frequentation/destina
  tion
• Sustainable tourism
• 4.4 ET on Urban and Building Climatology
• Urban and building climate science Education and
  Training
• Urban modelling
• Coordination with OPAG3 CLIPS partnership
  building

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Guide to Climatological Practices

• Core Content of Version 3
• Climate Observations, Stations and Networks
• Climate Data Management
• Characterizing Climate from Data Sets
• Statistical Methods for Analyzing Datasets
• Services and Products
• Work Plan
• Complete graphics, illustrations, equations,
  references Feb 2008
• Peer Review followed by editing and assembly Apr
  2008
• CCl Approval May-June 2008
• WMO Publication process (copy-editing, layout,
  translation)
• EC approval and publication of all language
  versions June 2009

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Climate Data Management

• AIM
• Managing Climate records using state-of-the-art
  data management systems
• Ensuring easy access, and Data Import-export,
• Providing quality control function
• THE CHALLENGE
• Bridging IT gap in developing Countries, LCDs and
  SIDS
• A capacity building package includes
• Four weeks training
• Provision of CDMS
• Provision of computer ready to operate

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Data Rescue, Preservation and Digitization

• Transforming old archives into invaluable data
• Rescue historical data records at risk of
  degradation and make them available in digital
  form for climate studies and climate change
  detection
• A worldwide effort through WCDMP and the
  implementation by NMHSs with International and
  Regional collaboration of
• In Americas NOAA-NCDC (USA)
• In Europe France, Belgium
• In Oceania Australia, New Zealand
• In Africa ACMAD, ICPAC, AGRHYMET

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Monitoring and Analysis of Climate Variability
and Changes

• The WMO authoritative annual statement on the
  State of the Climate An insight into the global
  and regional climate variability, trends and
  extreme climate events around the world

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WCDMP Climate System Monitoring (CSM)

• WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate
  published in all WMO official languages (2005)
  latest available in English and French (2006).
• CCl-XIV recommended that the WMO Global Climate
  System Review should be replaced by the annual
  State of the Climate article published in BAMS
  to avoid duplication of effort. WMO contributed
  to the issue of 2005 BAMS article by selecting
  authors from various region and its dissemination
  and translation into other languages.
• WCDMP will work on issuing every five years a
  summary of the state of the global climate system
  based on the annual BAMS article to replace the
  previous 5 year Global Climate System Review.
• This will enable monitoring multi-year climate
  variability . 

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Climate Watch System

• A warning advisory for a climate related hazard
  which is likely to happen, considering climate
  monitoring products and climate predictions

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CCl/CLIVAR/JCOMM Joint Expert Team on Climate
Change Detection and Indices

• Provide International coordination and help
  organize collaboration on climate change
  detection and indices
• Develop indices and indicators of climate
  variability and change from the surface and
  subsurface ocean to the stratosphere
• Coordinate with other commissions, programs and
  international working bodies relevant to climate
  variability and climate change detection
• Explore, document and make recommendations for
  addressing capacity building

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WCASP CLIPSstriving to provide an essential
link between climate prediction/information and
their applications

• Primary objectives
• to develop the capacity of the National
  Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs)
  to take advantage of recent advances in the
  science of climate and in the processing and
  dissemination of climate information, and
• to pass on the benefits of the improved climate
  services to the user community.

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CLIPS

• Need for inter-programme coordination recognized
  right from the beginning
• Congress requested the Secretary-General and the
  president of CCl to take appropriate action to
  ensure interprogramme coordination of the
  development of the Climate Information and
  Prediction Services (CLIPS) project within the
  framework of CCl in coordination with the Joint
  Scientific Committee for WCRP and with necessary
  interaction with other constituent bodies of WMO
  and GCOS. Congress emphasized the need for
  provision of required data and other necessary
  information in order to ensure optimal
  development and global dissemination of climate
  prediction services(Paragraph 3.2.2.10, Report
  of the 12th Session of the World Meteorological
  Congress, 1995)

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CLIPS Main Tasks

• Enhance capacity of NMHSs in SIP and their
  applications
• Develop guidelines and methodologies on SIPs and
  applications on climate sensitive sectors and
  systems
• Provide users with information based on new
  scientific understanding and establish links
  between providers of and users of SIPs
• Work closely with international research
  community, especially WCRP, to exploit latest
  research advances as well as to address research
  needs.

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Capacity Building

• CLIPS Focal Points and their Global/regional
  networking
• CLIPS Training Workshops (Upcoming event CLIPS
  Training Workshop for the Mediterranean Region,
  Tunis, 29 October to 9 November 2007)
• Development of CLIPS Training Curriculum
• Engaging end-users through workshops, projects
  and Regional Climate Outlook Forums

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Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs)

• A component of CLIPS
• First established in 1996 (Victoria Falls,
  Zimbabwe), just before the major 19971998 El
  Niño event
• Regional mechanism for the formulation and
  dissemination of climate forecasts and outlooks
• Bring together providers of and users of SIPs
  facilitate partnership approach.
• Constitute an important vehicle, particularly in
  developing countries, for providing advance
  information on the likely climate features of the
  upcoming season (including communication of
  uncertainty), and for preparing a consensus
  product from amongst the multiple available
  individual predictions.
• RCOFs stimulate the development of climate
  capacity in the National Meteorological and
  Hydrological Services of the area, and do much to
  generate decisions and activities that mitigate
  adverse impacts of climate and help communities
  adapt to climate variability.

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RCOFs

• RCOFs active in several regions where NMHSs meet
  to develop regional consensus on SIP.
• Typically involve a PRE-COF session to jointly
  work towards the consensus outlook, and a COF
  session to disseminate and assist in user
  interpretation.

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RCOFs Worldwide
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WMO El Niño and La Niña Update

• The WMO El Niño/La Niña Update is a global
  consensus statement.
• Several international experts, including
  WCRP/CLIVAR community, participate in the
  discussions leading to the final statement.
• NMHSs provide information on expected impacts
  after considering other factors that influence
  regional climate.
• A collaborative effort between WMO and IRI
• Issued once in about 3 months
• The latest WMO El Niño/La Niña Update (July 2007)
  indicates a slight possibility of the development
  of La Niña in the later half of 2007.

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WCASP/CLIPS activities continue

• Congress XV (2007) endorses continuation of
  WCASP/CLIPS calls for an Implementation Plan for
  future evolution of CLIPS.
• Capacity building training workshops
• RCOF sessions extension to more regions
• WMO Conference on  Living with Climate
  Variability and Change Understanding the
  Uncertainties and Managing the Risks , July
  17-21, 2006, Espoo, Finland integration of
  outcomes into CLIPS future plans.
• Development of CLIPS webpages Curriculum
• Expansion/revitalization of the CLIPS Focal Point
  Network
• RCC development WMO designation process underway
• Guidance documents on topical issues (heat-health
  warning systems verification of LRF, best
  practices in user-liaison, )
• TNs Energy Urban climatology Socio-Economic
  benefits
• Partnership building, especially with application
  sectors

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Heat-Health Warning Systems

• Goals
• Reduce mortality and morbidity associated with
  life-threatening heatwaves
• Strengthen WMO/NMHS partnerships with health and
  social services (global, regional, national) for
  effective service delivery Met forecasts alone
  are insufficient
• Develop Guidance on and tools for
• early warning and detection of health effects of
  heatwaves
• national/local preparedness planning for extreme
  heat events
• public/media outreach
• interventions to save lives.

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WMO Initiatives on Heat-Health Issues

• CCl Expert Team on Climate and Health, with
  partnering agencies (WHO, LSTM, etc.),
• developed the outline of Heat Waves and Health
  Guidance on Development of Warning Systems
• set up project deliverables
• gained commitment of authors and coordinated
  their contributions.
• Developed a WCP/CCl/DRR project plan for
  multi-country multi-agency demonstrations to lead
  to implementation of HHWS and scope the special
  needs for developing countries (potential hosts
  to include China, France, Canada, India)
• Guidance document Authors meeting held in Feb
  2007
• Draft Guidance document presented to Cg-XV
  (May-June, 2007)
• Resource mobilization (WCP, DRR and partners) for
  demonstration phase
• Planning/organizing, with partners, of the
  demonstration activities in 2008

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WMO/WCRP/IPY Workshop on CLIPS in Polar Regions

• Spring/summer 2008
• IPY legacy project
• ID the sectors at risk in and the socio-political
  groups serving people living and working at high
  latitudes
• Survey to assess user needs
• Focus on
• monthly to seasonal prediction, and other climate
  services
• future climate scenarios for impacts assessments
• Research accomplishments and gaps (i.e.
  predictive skill)
• Capacity-building for climate service providers
• Key outcomes
• lay groundwork for regular polar RCOFs (PCOF)
• Recommendations for gaining commitments of polar
  countries and socio-political mechanisms to
  sustain the legacy

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Regional Climate Centres (RCCs)

• RCCs will be Centres of Excellence, designated by
  CBS and CCl, to perform regional-scale climate
  functions, including
• Operational LRF and Climate Monitoring
• Coordination between RCCs, GPCs and NMHSs in the
  region
• Data services
• Climate Applications
• Training and capacity building
• Research and Development
• RCCs will be complementary to and supportive of
  NMHSs, who will deliver all Warnings and
  national-scale products
• Establishment of RCCs will be initiated by
  Regional Associations, based on regional needs
  and priorities
• RAs will ensure guidance for and coordination
  between RCCs
• Guidelines sent to regions December 2003

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Regional Climate Centres (RCCs)

• Working Groups on Climate-Related Matters in all
  regions have discussed needs and requirements
• Pilot phases established in RAs II and VI
• CCl and CBS are revising the Manual on the GDPFS
  (Vol 1, global aspects) to cover RCC function
  requirements for designation
• Steps
• CCl ICT (Oct 2007)
• Expert drafting session (Jan/Feb 2008)
• CCl submission to CBS (Spring/summer 2008)
• CBS approval (fall 2008)
• EC approval (June 2009)

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RCCs and climate prediction

• GPC global products essential to RCCs
• RCCs will downscale and develop regional-scale
  prediction products
• RCCs will serve NMHSs, all latitudes/regions
• End-users are sectoral experts, governments, the
  public

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WCRP
AREP
Climate Watches
WCP
GCOS
HWR
GAW
AgM
GEOSS
WWW
RCOFs
CLIPS
DPM
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International Climate Activities
GOOS (IOC, WMO, UNEP, ICSU)
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UNFCCC related Activities

• WMO distributed a Concept Paper on the Role of
  WMO and NMHSs in the Implementation of the
  Nairobi Work Programme
• WCP and WCRP finalizing a joint brochure for
  COP-13 entitled Climate Information for
  Adaptation and Development Needs.
• WCRP, WCP and GCOS are organizing a side event
  for COP13 entitled Improved Decision Making for
  Climate Adaptation Providing a Science Base

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World Climate Conference-3

• Following the request of EC-LVIII
• WCP organized 3 meetings of Provisional
  Orgnaizing Committee
• Representatives from 10 international
  organizations, including UN Agencies, ICSU, WCRP,
  etc. joined regular members of the committee
• Cg-XV approved the overall theme for WCC-3
  Climate Information for Decision Making
  Focusing on Seasonal to Inter-annual Timescales

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WCC-3

• Delivery of projects/actions with decision makers
• Leading to improved climate coordination at
  international level
• Current and future actions
• Strategies to promote contributions from multiple
  sources
• Establishment of WCC-3 International Organizing
  Committee (WIOC) with representatives from major
  institutions
• Organizing the 1st WIOC meeting in February 2008
• A Trust Fund for the Conference has been
  established
• A local Secretariat is being established

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WCC-3 is expected to

• Build more social science into the science
  sessions
• Improve linkages between users and providers
• Consider extreme events economically as well
• Review scientific advances on anthropogenic
  climate change
• Consider observing systems in the context of
  GEOSS

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Strengthening CLIVAR-WCP Linkages

• Concerted efforts being made to ensure close
  coordination and support joint activities
• Recent examples
• CLIPS support to VACS Southern and Eastern
  African Climate Predictability Workshop, Dar es
  Salaam, Tanzania (July 2006)
• CLIPS support to WCRP Workshop on Seasonal
  Prediction, Barcelona, Spain (June 2007)
• Joint initiatives to contribute to UNFCCC
• CLIVAR experts within CCl Expert Teams and
  capacity building initiatives of WCDMP and
  WCASP/CLIPS
• CliC technical support to WMO/WCRP/IPY Workshop
  on CLIPS in Polar Regions (2008)

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Concluding Remarks

• Networking between climate information
  providers, researchers, users and other
  stakeholders will be essential.
• Clear need for close coordination between
  WCRP/CLIVAR and CCl/WCP to optimize climate
  applications in real world context.
• CLIVAR research into predictability, indices,
  improved modeling, and development of new tools
  for users (NMHSs) is vital to GPC and RCC product
  skills and socio-economic benefits of users
• CLIPS Implementation Plan could include a
  recommendation for a sustained CLIPS/CLIVAR
  interface (A CLIVAR-CLIPS Intersect ?), and use
  of RCOF process for transfer of research
  accomplishments, capacity building, including
  user-feedback to research
• Local ownership of climate products crucial for
  their effective use enhancement of regional
  capacities in research/operations need to be
  proactively pursued, particularly in developing
  countries.
• CLIVAR expertise (especially its regional panels)
  is vital for professional capacity-building for
  operational climate services specalists
  training, development of curricula

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Thank You

• B. Nyenzi
• O. Baddour
• A. Delju
• R. Kolli
• H. Kontongomde
• L. Malone
• M. Sivakumar
• R. Stefanski