Standing Committee on Climate Services (SC-CLI)
At its first meeting in 2020, the First Session of the Commission for Weather, Climate, Water and Related Environmental Services and Applications (SERCOM) decided to establish the Standing Committee on Climate Services (SC-CLI) for the first intersessional period (2020-2024).
SC-CLI has been reestablished at the SERCOM-3 session held in Bali, Indonesia, in March 2024. It is composed of members from all WMO Regions, selected from the WMO Expert Network by the President of the Commission.
Leadership
Dr Qingchen Chao (RA II) – Chair of SC-CLI
Dr Roger Pulwarty (RA IV) – Vice-Chair of SC-CLI
Dr Fatima Driouech (RA I) – Vice-Chair of SC-CLI
The following bodies have been established under SC-CLI:
Expert Teams
- ET-CIDS: Climate Services Information Systems for Decision Support
- ET-MCVC: Monitoring and Communicating Climate Variability And Change
- ET-DDS: Climate Data Development and Stewardship
- ET-CDC: Capacity Development for Climate Services
- ET-IHS: Integrated Health Services
Task Teams
- TT-1.5°C-2°C: Methods and Monitoring of Temperature Against Paris Agreement Goals
- TT-NFCS: National Frameworks for Climate Services
Useful documents
- SERCOM work programme: Resolution 2 (SERCOM-3)
- Terms of Reference of the Standing Committee on Climate Services (SC-CLI): Resolution 3 (SERCOM-3)
SC-CLI meetings
- SC-CLI-1, 19-20 February 2021 (online session)
- SC-CLI-2, 21-22 April 2021 (online session)
- SC-CLI-3, 5-6 October 2021 (online session)
- SC-CLI-4, 5-7 April 2022 (hybrid session)
- SC-CLI-5, 31 August - 1 September 2022 (hybrid session)
- SC-CLI-6, 13 - 15 June 2023 (Geneva)
- SC-CLI-7, 15 November 2023
- SC-CLI-8, 5-7 February 2024 (Geneva)