World Meteorological Organization

National Focal Points of the Climate Services Information System (CSIS) are closely engaged with technical aspects of climate services implementation at the national level. Their designation does not supersede other technical focal points working on other technical aspects.
Key functions include:
(1) Facilitate the functioning of the mechanism for WMO contributions to the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) and the activities including to:
(a) engage with partner organizations seeking to support the implementation of climate services,
(b) implement the activities and outputs of the country-focused results based framework for WMO contributions to the GFCS Objective 1 (Institutional, technical, financial and human resources mobilized for climate services planning, implementation and results monitoring targeting climate-sensitive national
priorities),
(c) prepare products relevant for high-level climate-related policy processes and United Nations system joint action, such as catalogues of high-impact events for tracking associated losses and damage, preparation of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement, and National Climate Monitoring Products,
(d) keep under review the emerging features of the CSIS within the implementation of the GFCS at the national level and regularly report on the status and priority needs through updates to the checklist for climate services and WMO surveys contained in the WMO Country Profile Database,
(e) prepare short- and long-term action plans for national level implementation of the CSIS,
(f) monitor capacity needs for CSIS operationalization and identify, and coordinate access to, relevant capacity development resources to address those needs,
including through staff training, twinning arrangements with advanced services and expert deployments, national deployment of the Climate Services Toolkit (CST), and engagement with Regional Climate Centres (RCCs) and Regional Climate Forums (RCFs),
(2) Act as the primary contact point for liaising with WMO entities engaged in supporting climate services implementation at the national level – e.g. WMO and co-sponsored programmes, technical commission focal points, regional association working groups and focal points on climate and the GFCS, RCCs, and Global Producing Centres (GPCs) – and promote the alignment of the contributions of these entities towards addressing national climate services related technical priorities and needs.