Media calendar 2013

For use of the information media
Not an official record

Forthcoming Events

Date

Event

Venue

14-15 January	Meting of Presidents of Technical Commissions	Geneva
11-15 March	High-level meeting on National Drought Policy, Towards More Drought Resilient Societies	Geneva
22 March	World Water Day	Global
23 March	World Meteorological Day: Watching the Weather to protect life and property. Celebrating 40 years of the World Weather Watch	Global
8-12 April	Hurricane Committee of the Regional Association for North America, Central America and the Caribbean	Curacao
13-19 April	Regional Association for North America, Central America and the Caribbean meets	Curacao
29 April-3 May	Meeting of the WMO Forum: Social and Economic Applications and Benefits of Weather, Climate and Water Services	Geneva
15 - 23 May	Executive Council	Geneva
1-5 July	1st session of the Intergovernmental Board on Climate Services	Geneva

Date

Event

Venue

October
15-19 October	2nd Session WMO Conference of African Ministers responsible for Meteorology in Africa	Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
24 October	AFRIMET Conference of Directors of the West African NMHSs	Boadilla del Monte, Spain
26-27 October	Dialogue for Climate Services Users and Providers	Geneva
29 October	Release of joint WHO-WMO Atlas of Health and Climate	Geneva
29-31 Oct	World Meteorological Congress Extraordinary Session on the Global Framework for Climate Services	Geneva
November
5-7 November	40th Mtg of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites	Lugano, Switzerland
6-14 November	Commission for Hydrology-14th Session	Geneva
20 November	Release of annual WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin	Geneva
26 November-7 December	Annual UN Climate Change Conference	Doha, Qatar
28 November	Release of provisional WMO statement on the status of the global climate in 2012

This calendar covers meetings of media interest organized by WMO and major events with significant WMO contribution

For more information, please contact:

Communications and Public Affairs, Tel: +41 (0) 22 730 8314, E-mail: cpa[at]wmo.int

Clare Nullis, Press Officer, Tel:+41 (0) 22 730 8478 E-mail cpa[at]wmo.int