Global Framework on Climate Services

A Dialogue for Climate Services Users and Providers: Towards Implementation of the GFCS

26-27 October, 2012

CICG

FINAL PROGRAMME

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Friday 26 October

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 (Click on the names/titles highlighted in blue to see the according presentation or be linked to the information on the side event)

08:30                   Registration

SESSION I:      OPENING SESSION (Moderated by Dr. David Grimes)

09:30                 Opening address and welcome remarks

                      Dr. David Grimes, President World Meteorological Organization

10:00                 The Benefits of Climate Services

                       Professor Julia Slingo (UK Met Office)

10:30                 Coffee Break

                           Launch of ‘Climate ExChange’ (David Grimes & Michel Jarraud)

11:00             GFCS – General Presentation

                      Filipe Lúcio, Head GFCS Office, WMO

11:30                 GFCS – User Interface Platform Presentation

                      Marjorie McGuirk (National Climatic Data Center)

SIDE EVENTS

12:00                   World Meteorological Organization - From theory to practice - 3 national GFCS pilot projects in West Africa

12:00                   Pacific Meteorological Council and Pacific Meteorological Desk - Pacific Side Event – SPREP

12:00                Food and Agricultural Organization – Data, tools and methods for climate information services for food and agriculture

SESSION II:     Panel on Climate and Health

(Moderated by Bettina Menne; Rapporteur: Joy Guillemot)

Background material: HEALTH EXEMPLAR  & Summary of Exemplar

13:30                 Global Framework for Climate Services: using meteorological information for public health decisions

Bettina Menne                  Programme Manager for Climate Change, Sustainable       

                                     Development and Green Health Services (WHO Europe)

Wayne Elliott                   World Meteorological Organization /UK Met Office

Steven Connor                 Columbia University, USA

Virginia Murray                 Health Protection Agency, UK

Salim al Wahaibi (call-in)     Director General, Ministry of Health, Oman

15:30                 Coffee Break

SESSION III:    Panel on Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction

(Moderated by Elizabeth Longworth; Rapporteur: John Harding, Silvia Llosa)

Background material: DRR EXEMPLAR

16:00                 Climate Services for reducing risks of disasters

Professor Julia Slingo       UK Met Office

Adama Diallo                  Centre Africain pour les Applications de la Météorologie au

                                   Développement

Katiuscia Fara                International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Richard Choularton         World Food Prgramme

SIDE EVENTS

18:00                   World Meteorological Organization - Building international consortium for accelerating Data Rescue and bringing the development of high quality climate data for the 21st century climate services

18:00                International Research Institute, Columbia University - Climate Services Partnership

18:00                    UK Met Office - Working together to support climate services in Africa

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Saturday 27 October

SESSION IV:    Panel on Climate, Agriculture and Food Security

(Moderated by Richard Choularton; Rapporteur: Oscar Ekdahl)

Background material: AGRICULTURE EXEMPLAR

08:30                 Towards Implementation of the GFCS for the Agriculture and Food Security Communities

L.A Ogallo                          Intergovernmental Authority on Development/ Climate 

                                       Prediction and Applications Centre

Dulla Shanko                      National Meteorological Agency, Ethiopia

Selvaraju Ramasamy           Food and Agricultural Organization

James Hansen                   The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture

                                      and Food Security

Hilary Motsiri                     International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent

                                      Societies

Daniel Kull                         The World Bank

10:30                 Coffee Break

SESSION V: Panel on Climate and Water Resources

(Moderated by Eugene Stakhiv; Rapporteur: Joachim Saalmüller)

Background material: WATER EXEMPLAR

11:00                 Towards Implementation of the GFCS for Water Resources Communities

Neil Plummer                      Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Julius Wellens Mensah          President of WMO’s Commission for Hydrology

Johannes Cullman               Chair of the Intergovernmental Council of the International

                                       Hydrology Programme (IHP) of the United Nations Educational,

                                       Scientific and Cultural Organization

Alex Simalabwi                    Global Water Partnership

Anil Mishra                         United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization

SIDE EVENTS

13:00                International Research Institute, Columbia University - Enhancing Climate Services in Africa by Improving the Availability, Access and Use of Climate Information

13:00                 Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) - Climate Services Projects in Yemen and Nepal

SESSION VI:    Cross-sectoral Round Table Discussion

(Moderated by Rifat Houssain; Rapporteur: Marjorie McGuirk)

14:30                 Towards Implementation of the GFCS across Communities

Simon Mason                          International Research Institute, Columbia University

Daniel Kull                              World Bank

Jonathan Abrahams                 World Health Organization

Silvia Llosa                             Author of the DRR Exemplar

Richard Choularton                  World Food Programme

Eugene Stakhiv                       U.S. Army Institute for Water Resources

16:30                   Closing remarks

                        Dr. David Grimes, President WMO

17:00                   Closure of the event

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Last Update 17-Jan-2013

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