WORLDCLIMATERESEARCHPROGRAMME

JPSReport(incl.WMOupdate):MikeSparrow

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WCRP‘JointPlanningStaff’->‘WorldClimateResearchDivision’

Gwen Hamon Consultant

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WCRPBudget•  70kbasetoeachCoreProject,10ktoeachGrandChallenge•  ReductioninJPStravelbudget(ofabout30-40%)•  FundsforTransitionandIntegration(125kin2020)

•  StilleatingintoReserve(byabout~340k)•  Anadditional265kfromWMOforfundstobespendacrossthree

WMOprogrammes,tobedecidedbyallthree/ResearchBoard(Urban,socialscienceengagement,highperformancecomputing….)

•  Activelyworkingtoincreasevoluntaryfundingbasewithco-sponsors;increasedproposaltoNSF

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Long-term Goals . Better serve societal needs: delivering, authoritative,

accessible, user-oriented information and services

Enhance Earth system observations and predictions: Strengthening the technical foundation for the future

Leveraging leadership in science to improve understanding of the Earth system for better services Enhancing service delivery capacity of developing countries to ensure availability of essential information and services

Strategic realignment of WMO structure for effective policy- and decision-making and implementation

WMOStrategicPlan2020-2023

TodelivertheLongTermGoaloftheWMOStrategy"AdvanceTargetedResearch”

•  AdvanceScientificKnowledgeoftheEarthSystem•  Enhancethescience-for-servicevaluechainensuringscientificand

technologicaladvancesimprovepredictivecapabilities•  Advancepolicy-relevantscience

ResearchBoard

RBPrioritiesfor2020/21

A.   developingtheconceptofScienceforServicesandthevaluecycleapproach,

B.   promotinginnovationintheregionsandstrengtheningorimprovingcapacitybuildinginlessdevelopedcountriesandSIDs,

C.   fosteringanintegratedandmultidisciplinaryresearchapproach,D.   mobilisingresourcesthroughsciencefundingandpartnership.Foreachpriority:1)KeyareastobeadvancedbytheRBintheperiod2020/21;2)Elementstobeanalyzedfurtherorinmoredetail

PresentStatus•  CelesteSaulo(Chair),SarahJones(Vice-C),DetlefStammer(WCRP),

GregoryCarmichael(GAW),KeithWilliams(WGNE),NelsonTorto(RAI),YihongDuan(RAII),ArleneLaing(RAIV),LiteaBiukoto(RAV),JörgKlausen(RAVI),AndreiV.Khristoforov(WMC),ChiashiMuroi(WMC),VeroniqueBouchet(WMC),AndrewBrown(UN/Int),JianLiu(UN/Int),MaryScholes(UN/Int),JudyOmumbo(SIDS/LDC),FatimaDenton(SIDS/LDC),CarolineBrassard(SIDS/LDC),JulianaUngaro(SERCOM),DeonTerblanche(INFCOM),CraigMcLean(IOC),MartinVisbeck(ISC),AntonioBusalacchi(Expert),MadhavanNairRajeevan(Expert),MatthewWheeler(Expert),AaronSalzberg(Hydrology),WalterCollischonn(Hydrology),FatenAttigBahar(YoungScientists)

MembershipandFunctions

“ThePanelshallprovideforward-lookingstrategicadviceonemergingchallengesandopportunities“•  MrS.Belcher(UK),MrG.Brunet(Australia),MsP.Dube(Botswana),

MrV.Kattsov(Russia),MrT.Koike(Japan),MrM.Kulmala(Finland),MrD.Lettermeier(USA),MsA.Lynch(USA),MrC.Nobre(Brazil),MrL.Ogallo(Kenya),MsN.Pelesikoti(Tonga),MsJ.Slingo(UK),MrT.Stocker(Switzerland),MsC.Vera(Argentina)andMrYuRucong(China)

•  Initialtermofengagementofthememberswillbeoftwoyearswiththepossibilityofrenewal

ScienceAdvisoryPanel

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