World Climate Conference-3
WCC-3, WMO recognizes that climate variability and change pose both risks and opportunities to human society and the environment, which can best be capitalized through improved climate information and services. WCC-3 is expected to agree upon and establish an international framework to facilitate decision-making based on sound climate prediction products.
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| When |
Aug 31, 2009 12:00 AM
to Sep 04, 2009 12:00 AM |
| Where | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Contact Name | Dr Buruhani Nyenzi - Director, WCC-3 Secretariat |
| Contact Phone | +41 (0) 22 730 82 73 |
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World Climate Conference-3
Climate prediction and information for decision-making
Geneva, Switzerland
31 August – 4 September 2009
Geneva International Conference Centre
Conference theme
The theme of the Conference is "Climate prediction and information for decision-making: focusing on scientific advances in seasonal to inter-annual time-scales, taking into account multi-decadal prediction". It includes the application of climate prediction and information to societal problems enabling adaptation to climate variability and change in various sectors such as agriculture and food security, forestry, energy, water, health, urban and rural settlements, infrastructure, tourism, wildlife, trade and transport that contribute to sustainable socio-economic development.
Sub-themes
There will be four sub-themes in parallel sessions on:
- Advancing climate prediction and information science
- Climate risk management strategies and information needs
- Climate impacts and adaptive strategies
- Mainstreaming climate predictions and information services.
As the focus of the conference is on the integration of climate prediction and information in decision-making in relation to user needs, there will be parallel sessions for sectors that contribute to sustainable socio-economic development such as agriculture and food security, energy, water, health, tourism, disaster management and transport.
The details of the sessions are presented in the preliminary conference programme.
