Further to the outcomes of the SERCOM-2 session in October 2022 and in advance of the Cg-19 session in May/June 2023, the SC-AVI Expert Team on Education, Training and Competency (ET-ETC) has undertaken a thorough review and update of the communication package that is available to support WMO
The Snow Monitoring Competence Centre (SMCC) Davos (Switzerland) was approved by the 2nd Session of the Infrastructure Commission (( INFCOM2) as a specialized WMO-INFCOM Measurement Lead Centres ( MLCs), as defined by Resolution 10 (INFCOM-1). SMCC Davos is the result of the long standing and
To assist the WMO Members in the Regional Association VI (RA VI) to deliver better climate services and products including regional long-range forecasts, and to strengthen their capacity to meet national climate information needs, Romania has expressed interest in joining the WMO RA VI Regional
Issue 2/2022 of the WMO Services for Aviation Newsletter has just been issued. The newsletter, issued two times per year, brings the meteorological and aviation communities up-to-date on some of the latest developments within WMO, its Members and its partner organizations such as ICAO. The latest
Building greater policy coherence among Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation can contribute to advancing sustainable development. As a co-leader of the regional UN Task Team on Climate change and Disaster Risk Reduction, the WMO Regional Office for Europe supported the UN DRR
Early this year, two new tutorial videos on OSCAR/Surface were published, one on the web client toll and another one on station templates. From now on, subtitles in all WMO languages are available in these videos. The tutorial videos with subtitles can be seen in “WMO – OMM” channel in Vimeo or via
As a result of an increase in the frequency and intensity of climate-related extreme weather events, such as high energy storms, wind gusts, heavy precipitation and extreme temperatures and slow onset climate events, such as rising sea levels, thawing of permafrost, land degradation and retreating
Ms. Gwi Yeop Son, Regional Director of the UN Development Cooperation Office for Europe and Central Asia and Ms. Mona Folkesson, CCA/Cooperation Framework Officer meet the WMO Regional Office for Europe. The UN Development Coordination Office (DCO) serves as the secretariat for the UNSDG at the
The first edition of the 2021 State of the Climate in Europe report saw the light of day on November 2. This science-based policy report is a joint publication of the Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Commission and the World Meteorological Organization. However, it would not be
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in collaboration with the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) is convening a course for on-the-job trainers (OJT) and competency assessors (CA) at the WMO Regional Training Centre (RTC) in Bridgetown, Barbados from 13 to 17 February
