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05 December 2025

GRUAN ICM-16, Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, 17-21 November 2025

Panelists sit on stage at the COP30 Belém Climate Summit, with a large screen displaying "Earth Information Day 2025" and the name Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC.

11 November 2025

WMO at COP: Science warns us and helps us adapt to climate change

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28 October 2025

iClimateAction strengthens partnerships at EuroGEO Workshop to turn data into decisions

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Magazine Article

Call for Review of Essential Climate Variable

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Magazine Article

GCOS Accreditation of the Global Terrestrial Network for Rivers (GTN-R)

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iClimateAction engages with Earth Observation community at the GEO Global Forum in Rome

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The Global Terrestrial Network for Rivers (GTN-R) was accredited as a GCOS Affiliated Networks

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WMO launches iClimateAction to strengthen global climate intelligence

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Meteorological services are vital for the ocean economy

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18 November 2024

WMO at COP29: Close the gap in Earth Observations

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30 October 2024

Global Climate Observing System delegation visits China

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27 October 2023

Report card gives update on the Global Ocean Observing System

GCOS events

Meeting

27 May 2025 - 29 May 2025

Potsdam, Germany

Meeting

02 July 2024 - 05 July 2024

Genève, Switzerland

31st Session of the GCOS Steering Committee (GCOS SC-31)

Meeting

25 September 2023 - 29 September 2023

Turin, Italy

2nd Meeting of the GCOS Surface Climate Reference Network Task Team (GSRN-TT-2)

Meeting

07 December 2022 - 12 December 2022

30th Session of the GCOS Steering Committee