CCl OPAG 4

Terms of Reference for OPAG 4 Chair and co-chair

Background:
The Commission for Climatology, at its thirteenth session, CCl-XIII (2001, Geneva), established OPAG 3 on Climate Applications, Information and Prediction Services, under the leadership of Pierre Bessemoulin (France), with an ICT, Expert Teams (9), and Rapporteurs. CCl-XIV (3-10 November 2005, Beijing, China) decided to split the work into two streams, creating OPAG 3 on CLIPS, and OPAG 4 on Climate Applications and Services.

In collaboration with partnering agencies and academia, the ETs will strive to determine the role of climate in the activities and decision-making for the sectors, and will develop wherever possible joint workshops and publications on relevant issues. Each ET is guided by Terms of Reference (ToR), and will establish workplans with deadlines and deliverables for the period ending November 2009.

OPAG 4 Terms of Reference

a) To maintain an active and responsive overview of all activities related to climate applications (WCASP), (including applications of climatology to human health, energy, tourism and urban and building climatology);

(b) To ensure that the subsidiary bodies of the OPAG are well informed of global and regional activities within the OPAG’s areas of responsibility;

(c) To monitor the roles, activities and priorities of Expert Teams and Rapporteurs established by the Commission under the responsibility of the OPAG, to ensure coordination of work between the Teams and to advise on changes;

OPAG 4 is comprised of four Expert Teams (ETs) that focus on climate applications to important socio-economic sectors:

4.1 Expert Team on Climate and Health

Members & ToR

Workplan

Expert Team meeting November 2006

Documents

4.2 Expert Team on Climate and Energy

Members & ToR

Workplan

Documents

4.3 Expert Team on Climate and Tourism

Members & ToR