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:
Lead: Ms Jennifer Ann Milton (Canada)
Meetings:
- 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)
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:
- First meeting of the Expert Team on MHEWS Technical Guidance (ET-MTG-1)
- Second meeting of the Expert Team on the WMO Coordination Mechanism (ET-MTG-2)
- Third meeting of the Expert Team on the WMO Coordination Mechanism (ET-MTG-3)
- Fourth meeting of the Expert Team on the WMO Coordination Mechanism (ET-MTG-4)
- Fifth meeting of the Expert Team on the WMO Coordination Mechanism (ET-MTG-5)
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-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-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)
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)
- Third meeting of the Expert Team on Cataloguing Weather, Water, Climate, Environmental and Space Weather Hazardous Events (ET-CHE-3)
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:
- 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)
- 3th Tag-up Meeting of the Expert Team on Early Warning Services (ET-EWS_Tag up-3)
- 2th 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)