GFCS Coordination Mechanism: Through an RCC Lens

Adrian Trotman and David Farrell

What did we have to consider wrt Coordinating Mechanisms?

The principles of the GFCS

• Priority shall go to building the capacity of climate-vulnerable developing countries

• Ensure greater availability of, access to, and use of climate services for all countries

• Three geographic domains; global, regional and national

• Operational climate services will be the core element of the Framework

• Climate information is primarily an international public good provided by governments, which will have a central role in its management through the Framework

• Promote free and open exchange of climate-relevant observational data while respecting national and international data policies

• The role of the Framework will be to facilitate and strengthen, not to duplicate

• Built on user needs through user – provider partnerships that include all stakeholders

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GFCS Components

• User Interface Platform - to provide a means for users, user representatives, climate researchers and climate service providers to interact

• Climate Services Information System - to collect, process and distribute climate data and information according to the needs of users and according to the procedures agreed by governments and other data providers

• Observations and Monitoring - to ensure that the climate observations necessary to meet the needs of climate services are generated.

• Research, Modelling and Prediction - to assess and promote the needs of climate services within research agendas

Users, Government, private sector, research, agriculture, water,

health, construction, disaster reduction, environment,tourism,

transport, etc

User Interface

Climate Services Information System

Observations and

Monitoring

Research, Modeling

and Prediction

CAPACITY BUILDING

Users, Government, private sector, research, agriculture, water,

health, construction, disaster reduction, environment,tourism,

transport, etc

User Interface

Climate Services Information System

Observations and

Monitoring

Research, Modeling

and Prediction

CAPACITY BUILDING

• Capacity Building - to support systematic development of the necessary institutions, infrastructure and human resources to provide effective climate services.

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Regional Climate Centres (RCC)

• WMO Regional Climate Centres are centres of excellence that create regional climate products including long-range forecasts in support of regional and national climate activities and thereby strengthen capacity of WMO Members in a given region to deliver better climate services to national users.

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RCC Functions • Mandatory Functions:

• Operational Activities for LRF • Operational Activities for Climate Monitoring • Operational Data Services, to support operational LRF and

climate monitoring • Training in the use of operational RCC products and services

• Highly Recommended Functions: • Climate prediction and projection • Non-operational data services • Coordination functions • Training and capacity building • Research and development

RCC

Strong/ NCC

National stakeholders

RCC

Weak NCC/ Facil.

National stakeholders

GPC

Requires: • RCC has a good knowledge of

national stakeholders and the confidence of national stakeholders.

• RCC must have access to national databases to effectively support needs of national stakeholders.

HYBRID

Influenced by a Caribbean RCC Lens

Challenges In the Implementation of the GFCS in the Caribbean

• Needs to establish sustainable funding mechanisms to create and maintain National Climate Centres and a the Regional Climate Centre

• Sectoral participation and buy-in to support establishing an in-depth understanding of the regional and national demands for climate services and products

• Access to national and regional climate, sectoral and socio-economic data

• Integration of climate services within national and regional strategic plans

• Limited national and regional human and technical capacity

• Lack of clearly articulated national and regional strategies for meteorology and meteorological services in the Caribbean

Key Issues from Meeting – Session 3

• Need more expertise and resources • More cross sectoral fertilization • Better linkages with users and a shift from climate data to climate services • Sustainability • Most of the needs can be addressed through partnerships and a

coordinated approach to link and align initiatives. • Better value for money • One project in one sector i.e. water can benefit from another project in

another sector e.g. DRR, etc …

• One partner may cover one aspect another partner may cover another aspect based on expertise …

• Partnerships

How do we get this done? What Coordination Mechanism(s) is/are necessary?

Coordinate - bring the different elements of (a complex activity or organization) into a harmonious or efficient

relationship

RCC Lens

Important reminder

• create regional climate products for …

• strengthen capacity of WMO Members (countries)

• national users

• Therefore need for National Coordination

National Coordination is Key! Example from Belize

• Inter-Departmental Committee chaired by NMS…

• Along with a group of ministries (may want to include other groups such as NGOs, Community Groups) who would benefit from climate services and are willing to participate and tasked with …

• Redefining the Mission and Vision of the NMS to include the aims of producing climate services to support decision-making in climate sensitive areas

• Advocating the need for a strengthened NMS with appropriate staffing and budget to deliver on the proposed remit

• Developing a strategy paper for the further development of the NMS

What should the strategy include?

• Who coordinates nationally – LEAD (NMHS?) • What key assets does the coordinator bring to the table?

• National Stakeholders as part of Coordination Group/Committee

• Roles and responsibilities of each organization clearly articulated

• Data and information as inputs to the system • Need for clear data policy at the national level

• Identify needs and gaps – approach to filling gaps • Need for an integrative platform or approach

• Identify resources to sustain activity (mixture of national & international)

• Cross-sectoral dialogue and fertilization

• WHAT INFORMATION IS NEEDED, WHO NEEDS IT, WHEN IS IT NEEDED AND HOW DOES IT GET THERE

What can the RCC Offer?

• WHAT INFORMATION IS NEEDED, WHO NEEDS IT, WHEN IS IT NEEDED AND HOW DOES IT GET THERE

• Support to Build Capacity… • …In NMHS technical training to build national climate products

• …For the stakeholders (known out of national mechanism) building awareness, interpretation, application of data and information

• Products necessary to serve NMHS – based on user needs

Two spheres of Regional Coordination 1. Of Regional Stakeholders – also users of regional information (e.g. CDEMA) 2. Of Regional Meteorological Community

Regional Coordination for Greater Support – Regional Agencies • Regional Agencies exist primarily to support National Agencies (this is where it all

happens)

• Is there a role for a coordinated group of regional agencies, each of which has a mandate to support the national group in the discipline?

• Agencies with one of their responsibilities to consider CC and CV Adaptation and DRR – Lead by RCC

• Regional Task Force – a common understanding/unified voice - Resource Mobilisation one of its mandates?

• Dialogue between National Committees and Regional task Force – Cross-scale dialogue

• How would this benefit?

• Related Regional Programmes and Projects (hence human and financial resources procured and sought) support the National NEEDS

Regional Coordination for Greater Support – Amongst Meteorological Entities

• Avenues for Dialogue and Planning amongst the RCC and NMHS – Lead by RCC

• Refines the Regional Climate Products that will be needed by the NMHS

• Determines the Capacity needs and approaches of the NMHS

Global Coordination on Three Scales

1. Global Programmes – Partnership and Inter-Agency Coordination Group – WMO/GFCS

2. Donor Community – Overlap with Group 1

3. GPCs – Collaboration with NCC and RCC

Donor Community

• Charged with working together to remove duplication in programmes and therefore more effectively utilise the “pot” of funding

• Dialogue/collaboration with Regional and National groups (in each region)…

• …most effective when National and Regional actors are coordinated

• Who leads the coordination? What would be the relevant mechanism? Bigger than GFCS, but rather incorporates all related areas including CCA and DRR (but also others such as Water Resources, Biodiversity …)

GPCs -

Workshop On - OPERATIONAL LONG-RANGE FORECASTING: GPCs AND RCCs, IN SUPPORT OF NMHSs AND RCOFs

• What needs to be coordinated?

• GPC-RCC interactions need to be strengthened - would assist in focussing GPC products

• Strengthen Data Exchanges – would enhance products at both the regional and global scales

• Improved mechanism for coordination between global, regional and national forecasts – to reduce inconsistencies

• Enhanced collaboration across and GPCs and RCCs would lead to an increased but more focused range of products

Make sure of fertilization across and within scales