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Global Framework for Climate Services  |
Programmes > GFCS
Regional Workshops on GFCS
To address the broad range of climate-related issues that confront many parts of the world, these workshops set out to explain the benefits of the Global Framework for Climate Services.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOPs:
- To review the current status of generating climate
information in the region and assess their
needs for climate services in the agriculture, food
security and water user sectors;
- To assess the current status of interactions of
the climate service providers with the users in
the priority sectors and identify the major areas
for improvement;
- To discuss and recommend improved arrangements
for national observation networks, enhanced
research focus on national and local climate
problems, better access to climate predictions,
sustained operational mechanisms that facilitate
the flow of climate information from global and
regional scales through the national and local
scales, and effective user interface mechanisms
at the national scale;
- To articulate the capacity building needs of the region,
in terms of mandates, infrastructure as well as
human resources, in all the components of the
GFCS;
- To identify and propose ways to promote community
understanding of climate variability and change
along with the associated risks and opportunities
for improved climate risk management and raise
user awareness of climate products and services.
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So far workshops have been held in:
Forest fires can be avoided through Early Warning Systems. Climate services such as these are vital for the lives and livelihoods of millions of people
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Guidelines for establishing Frameworks for Climate Services at the National Level
Last updated on
14-Mar-2013
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