Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning Services (SC-DRR)
Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning Services (SC-DRR)
Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning Services (SC-DRR) was established by the decision of the third session of the Commission for Weather, Climate, Water and Related Environmental Services and Applications (SERCOM-3) in 2024 for the second inter-sessional period (2024 - 2027), with the terms of reference. The SC-DRR is comprised of nine subsidiary bodies in the form of Expert Teams (ETs), Advisory Groups (AGs) and Task Team (TT). Details on the nature, composition, activities and deliverables of the SC-DRR ETs are available.
The SC-DRR Chair and Vice-chairs were selected from the WMO Expert Network by the President of the Commission.
Chair: Dr Osvaldo Moraes (Brazil)
Vice-Chairs: Dr Jane Rovins (New Zealand)
SC-DRR meetings
- 7th Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR-7) (18-20 January 2024),Geneva
- 6th Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR-6) (13-14 September 2023), Online
- 4th Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR-4) (Geneva, 16-17 June 2022), Hybrid
- 3rd Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR-3) (24-26 January 2022), Online
- 2nd Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR-2) - Part II, (13-14 September 2021), Online
- 2nd Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR-2) (6 July 2021), Online
- 1st Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR-1) (7-8 January 2021), Online
Related Activities
Public Weather Services Programme
Disaster Risk Reduction Programme
Tropical Cyclone Programme
Severe Weather Forecasting Programme
Subsidiary bodies
Below you will find all documents related to the subsidiary bodies under the SC-DRR:
Expert Teams
ET-CHE: Expert Team on Cataloguing Weather, Water, Climate, Environmental and Space Weather Hazardous Events
Lead: Paul Andrew Davies (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Co-lead: Dr Ardhasena Sopaheluwakan (Indonesia) (*To be updated)
Meetings:
- First meeting of the Expert Team on Cataloguing Weather, Water, Climate, Environmental and Space Weather Hazardous Events (ET-CHE-1)
- Second meeting of the Expert Team on Cataloguing Weather, Water, Climate, Environmental and Space Weather Hazardous Events (ET-CHE-2)
- Third meeting of the Expert Team on Cataloguing Weather, Water, Climate, Environmental and Space Weather Hazardous Events (ET-CHE-3)
ET-EWS: Expert Team on Early Warning Services
Co-Chair: Mr Fred Branski (USA/NOAA) and Co-chair: Mr Florian Teichert (Germany/DWD) (*To be updated)
Meetings:
- 14th Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-14)
- Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS) (Geneva, Switzerland, 15-17 January 2024)
- 12th Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-12)
- 11th Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-11)
- 10th Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-10)
- 9th Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-9)
- 8th Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-8)
- 7th Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-7)
- 6th Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-6)
- 5th Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-5)
- 4th Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-4)
- 3rd Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-3)
- 2nd Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-2)
- 1th Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-1)
ET-WSG: Expert Team on Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Service Delivery Technical Guidance
Chair: Ms Carolina Cerrudo
Vice-Chairs: Dr Will Lang and Mr Hon-Yin (Linus) Yeung
Meetings:
ET-URB: Expert Team on Integrated Urban Services
Co-chairs: (*To be updated)
Meetings:
- To be added
Advisory Groups
Leads: Dr Marzia Santini (European Commission/Joint Research Center), Ms Isabelle Bey (Switzerland) and Ms Anni Arumsari Fitriany (Indonesia)
ET-WCM Meetings (Archive):
- First meeting of the Expert Team on the WMO Coordination Mechanism (ET-WCM-1)
- Second meeting of the Expert Team on the WMO Coordination Mechanism (ET-WCM-2)
- Third meeting of the Expert Team on the WMO Coordination Mechanism (ET-WCM-3)
- Fourth meeting of the Expert Team on the WMO Coordination Mechanism (ET-WCM-4)
- Fifth meeting of the Expert Team on the WMO Coordination Mechanism (ET-WCM-5)
- Sixth meeting of the Expert Team on the WMO Coordination Mechanism (ET-WCM-6)
- Seventh meeting of the Expert Team on the WMO Coordination Mechanism (ET-WCM-7)
AG-WCM Meetings:
AG-SWF: Advisory Group on Severe Weather Forecasting
Chair: Mr James Lunny (New Zealand/ RSMC SWF Wellington) and Vice-chair: Ms Monica Sharma (India/ RSMC New Delhi) (*To be updated)
Meetings:
AG-TC: Advisory Group on Tropical Cyclones
Chair: Dr Michael Brennan (United States of America) and Vice-chair: Mr Terry Atalifo (Fiji) (*To be updated)
Meetings:
- First meeting of the Advisory Group on Tropical Cyclones (AG-TC-1) - 03 February 2022
- Second meeting of the Advisory Group on Tropical Cyclones (AG-TC-2) - 7-9 June 2022
- Third meeting of the Advisory Group on Tropical Cyclones (AG-TC-3) - 10 December 2022
- Fourth meeting of the Advisory Group on Tropical Cyclones (AG-TC-4) - online, 16 - 17 May 2023
Task Team
TT-FIR: Task Team on Fire Weather Services
Co-chairs: (*To be updated)
Meetings:
- To be added
TT-BCM: Task Team on Business Continuity Management
Leads: Ms Mookgo Mareletse (South Africa) and Mr Riris Adrianto (Indonesia)
Meetings:
- The Ice-Breaking Meeting of the Task Team on Business Continuity Management - 11 September 2024
- The First Online Meeting of the Task Team on Business Continuity Management - 13 November 2024
Archive before SERCOM-3
ET-GSD: Expert Team on General Service Delivery
Lead: Dr William Jonathan Lang (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Co-Lead: Ms Carolina Cerrudo (Argentina)
Meetings:
- First meeting of the Expert Team on General Service Delivery (ET-GSD-1)
- Second meeting of the Expert Team on General Service Delivery (ET-GSD-2)
- Third meeting of the Expert Team on General Service Delivery (ET-GSD-3)
- Fourth meeting of the Expert Team on General Service Delivery (ET-GSD-4)
- Fifth meeting of the Expert Team on General Service Delivery (ET-GSD-5)
ET-MTG: Expert Team on MHEWS Technical Guidance
Lead: Mr Yeung, Hon-yin (Linus) (Hong Kong, China), Co-leads: Dr Jane Rovins (New Zealand) and Prof. Lei, Xiaotu (China)
Meetings:
- Eighth meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Technical Guidance (ET-MTG-8)
- Fifth meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Technical Guidance (ET-MTG-5)
- Fourth meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Technical Guidance (ET-MTG-4)
- Third meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Technical Guidance (ET-MTG-3)
- Second meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Technical Guidance (ET-MTG-2)
- First meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Technical Guidance (ET-MTG-1)
ET-MIE: Expert Team on MHEWS Interoperable Environment
Lead: Mr Jean-Noel Degrace (France) and Co-lead: Mr Nadao Kohno (Japan)
Meetings:
- Seventh meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Interoperable Environment (ET-MIE-7) (ONLINE, 26 August 2022)
- Sixth meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Interoperable Environment (ET-MIE-6) (ONLINE, 20 May 2022)
- Fifth meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Interoperable Environment (ET-MIE-5) (ONLINE, 18 February 2022)
- Fourth meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Interoperable Environment (ET-MIE-4)(ONLINE, 8 December 2021)
- Third meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Interoperable Environment (ET-MIE-3) (ONLINE, 15-16 September 2021)
- Second meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Interoperable Environment (ET-MIE-2) (ONLINE, 20 May 2021)
- First meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Interoperable Environment (ET-MIE-1) (ONLINE, 23 November 2020)
ET-GMAS: Expert Team on the Global Multi-hazard Alert System Framework
Lead: Fredrick Branski (United States of America) and Co-lead: Mr Cheng, Yuen Chung Armstrong (Hong Kong, China)
Meetings:
- First meeting of the Expert Team on the Global Multi-Hazard Alert System Framework (ET-GMAS-1)
- Second meeting of the Expert Team on the Global Multi-Hazard Alert System Framework (ET-GMAS-2)
- Third meeting of the Expert Team on the Global Multi-Hazard Alert System Framework (ET-GMAS-3)
- Fourth Meeting of the Expert Team on WMO Global Multi-Hazard Alert System Framework (ET-GMAS-4)
- Fifth Meeting of the Expert Team on WMO Global Multi-Hazard Alert System Framework (ET-GMAS-5)