Joint WMO/IOC technical commission for oceanography and marine meteorology, third session
Abridged final report with resolutions and recommendations:
This document highlights some of WMO’s key accomplishments related to (i) climate services and to (ii) high impact weather forecasting, service delivery and disaster risk reduction (DRR). As part of agenda item 8.2, IOC addresses DRR through marine multi-hazards warning systems and makes some recommendations, such as the Integrated Storm Surge Watch Scheme. The document also reports on a country-level DRR survey which shows that storm surge is included in the top ten hazards of concern for WMO Members and notes the need for close liaison with aid agencies to leverage opportunities for enhancing observing systems in the developing world, particularly in coastal areas, and for linking these enhancements to improved services for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.
The overall document reports on an event held in Marrakech, 4–11 November 2009, which brought together the marine meteorological and oceanographic communities to find the most effective ways of using and sharing collective resources, through enhanced partnerships among Members/Member States for a common purpose.