Joint WMO/INFCOM - IOC - ISC – UNEP [Drafting Group on GCOS-SG] Study Group on the Global Climate Observing System (JSG-GCOS)

Joint WMO/INFCOM - IOC - ISC – UNEP [Drafting Group on GCOS-SG] Study Group on the Global Climate Observing System (JSG-GCOS)

  • Co-chairs: Martin Visbeck (Germany) and Qingchen Chao (China)

The Joint WMO – IOC – ISC – UNEP Study Group on the Global Climate Observing System (JSG-GCOS, hereinafter “the Study Group”) will consider the governance and structure for the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and, if and as necessary, make recommendations for adoption by WMO, IOC, ISC and UNEP. The governance and structure of GCOS should be reconsidered in the light of the WMO governance reform and the recommendation in the GCOS Review . The Review recommended that the co-sponsors of GCOS might consider changing the GCOS governance structure in order to strengthen the level of support, recognizing the aim of GCOS to meet the needs of climate system monitoring, for assessing the impacts of climate variability and change, applications to economic development, as well as research leading to improved understanding, modelling and prediction of the climate system.

Making reference to the letter from the Co-sponsors to the Steering Committee in November 2019, the Study Group will use the findings of the 2014 GCOS Review as a baseline, taking into account the changing external environment and, in particular, the strategic directions of the Co-sponsors.

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