Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss)

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MeteoSwiss is the Swiss Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology.

Originally established as the Central Meteorological Institute (MZA), by 1863 it operated 88 weather stations. Its name was changed in 1979 to Swiss Meteorological Institute (SMA). Since 1996, it has been operating as MeteoSwiss. Since 2006, its official name is "Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss".

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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Hazards

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Publication

26 September 2018

Designing user-driven climate services

What we can learn from the Climandes project: A checklist for practitioners, scientists and policy makers This paper outlines the approach, key findings and lessons learnt from Climandes project, a cooperation project between the Pe

Publication

17 March 2014

CH2014 - Impacts: toward quantitative scenarios of climate change impacts in Switzerland

This report aims to contribute to a future comprehensive quantitative depiction of potential climate change impacts in Switzerland, from which the impacted community can draw upon to inform and support stakeholders and policymakers.

News

20 August 2010

Suisse: Dangers naturels majeurs: la Confédération diffusera l'alerte par radio et télévision

Dans des situations indiquant l'imminence d'un danger naturel majeur, les organes fédéraux compétents alerteront désormais la population via la radio et la télévision. Le 18 août 2010, le Conseil fédéral a adopté à cet effet une révision complète de l'ordonnance sur l'alarme...

Publication

20 August 2010

Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss annual report 2009

Offers a comprehensive insight into the work of the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss, as the national provider of weather and climate services in Switzerland, protecting the Swiss public against weather and climate risks

Meetings and conferences

In person

13 September 2010 - 17 September 2010

Zurich

10th EMS annual meeting and 8th European conference on applied climatology (ECAC)

Conference Themes High resolution climatology – towards climate change services

Meetings and conferences

In person

13 September 2010 - 17 September 2010

Zurich

8th European conference on applied climatology

Conference themes High resolution climatology – towards climate change services