Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR)

Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services

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 Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR) for the first intersessional period (2020-2023), with the terms of reference provided here. The SC-DRR Chair, Dr Osvaldo Moraes (Brazil) and Vice-chair, Ms Jitsuko Hasegawa (Japan), were selected from the WMO Expert Network by the President of the Commission.

The SC-DRR itself comprises six subsidiary bodies in the form of Expert Teams (ETs). Details on the nature, composition, activities and deliverables of the SC-DRR ETs are available here.

SC-DRR meetings

1st Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR), 7-8 January 2021, Online Session
2nd Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR), 6 July 2021, Online Session
2nd Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR) - Part II, 13-14 September 2021, Online Session
3rd Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR), 24-26 January 2022, Online Session
4th Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR-4), 16-17 June 2022, Hybrid Session
6th Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services (SC-DRR-6), 13-14 September 2023, Online Session

Related Activities

Public Weather Services Programme
Disaster Risk Reduction Programme
Tropical Cyclone Programme
Severe Weather Forecasting Programme

Expert Teams and Advisory Groups

Below you will find all documents related to the Expert teams and Advisory Groups under the Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services:

ET-WCM: Expert Team on the WMO Coordination Mechanism to support humanitarian activities of the United Nations and other organizations

Lead: Ms Jennifer Ann Milton (Canada)

Meetings:

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:

ET-MIE: Expert Team on MHEWS Interoperable Environment

Lead: Mr Jean-Noel Degrace (France) and Co-lead: Mr Nadao Kohno (Japan)

Meetings:

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:

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:

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)

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)
- Meeting report
Third meeting of the Expert Team on Cataloguing Weather, Water, Climate, Environmental and Space Weather Hazardous Events (ET-CHE-3)
- Meeting report

AG-TC: Advisory Group on Tropical Cyclones

Chair: Dr Michael Brennan (United States of America) and Vice-chair: Mr Terry Atalifo (Fiji)

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

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)

Meetings:

First meeting of the Advisory Group on Severe Weather Forecasting (AG-SWF-1) (ONLINE, 18 August 2022)
Chair: Mr James Lunny (New Zealand/ RSMC SWF Wellington) and Vice-chair: Ms Monica Sharma (India/ RSMC New Delhi)

ET-EWS: Expert Team on Early Warning Services

Co-Chair: Mr Fred Branski (USA/NOAA) and Co-chair: Mr Florian Teichert (Germany/DWD)

Meetings: