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Friday, February 08, 2008

Climate conference recommends OA for data

Paul Garwood, World Climate Conference-3 To Seek More Support For Improving Climate Predictions, Innovations Report, February 7, 2008.
Next year's landmark WMO World Climate Conference 3 (WCC-3) will urge the international scientific community, including governments, to do more to improve seasonal climate predictions to enable the planet to adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change, saving lives and protecting economies in the process.

This was the call from more than 20 organizations, including many United Nations agencies, who today ended a three-day meeting in Geneva held to prepare for next year’s event, hosted by Switzerland, titled: "Climate prediction for decision-making: focusing on seasonal to inter-annual time-scales taking into account multi-decadal prediction." ...

Key points identified during this week’s first meeting of the WCC-3 International Organizing Committee included the urgent need to enhance global environmental observations and to preserve climatic records. Open access to climate data and information is also needed, as well as improvements of the accuracy, resolution and scope of climate analyses and predictions.