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  2. 27th Steering Committee Meeting 2019

The 27th GCOS Steering Committee meeting takes place in Paris, France from 28 to 31 October 2019.

  • Please find draft agenda here (version 25/10/2019).
  • Please find draft list of participants here (25/10/2019).
  • Please find logistical informations here.
  • Further documents and presentations in the table below (numbering according to items on agenda):

Monday 28 October 2019

Item No.

Item Presenter Details/Targeted Outcome  Documents
 1.

 Welcome

 1.1  Welcome of the   Host  Albert Fischer  

 

 1.2  Welcome of the   SC Chairperson  Stephen Briggs  Adoption of the Agenda
  • Doc. 1.0 Agenda
  • SC-26 Report, FMI, Helsinki, Finland, 2018
 2.  Sponsors remarks: Expectations and Perspectives
  • Sponsors Letter
 2.1  WMO  Lars Peter   Riishojgaard

 WMO Reform and Restructuring of   Secretariat

  • MoU 1998
  • GCOS Programme Review: Synthesis report, GCOS-181
  • New WMO Structure (presented at the Townhall meeting held 4 October)
  • WMO presentation
  • UNESCO-IOC presentation
 2.2  UNESCO-IOC  Albert Fischer

 

 2.3   UN Environment  Hartwig Kremer

 

 2.4  ISC  Mathieu Denis

 

 2.5  Discussion on Sponsor's Letter    
  • Collection of points for the response to the Sponsor's Letter
 3.  GCOS Activity   Report  Carolin Richter

 Information on:

  • Activity Report
  • Joint Panels Meeting 2019
  • GCOS Time plan until 2022
  • Document  3.0, Activity Report
  • JPM Report, GCOS-228
  • GCOS Time plan until 2022
  • List of key meetings
  • Director's Presentation
 4.  GCOS Goes   Green  Valentin Aich
  • Presenting the Green Strategy
  • Report and Statistics
  • GCOS Goes Green Draft
  • 2019 GCOS Green Preliminary Report
  • Presentation
 5.   Communication  Valentin Aich
  • GCOS Website
  • Climate data Website
  • ECV Factsheets
  • ECV Factsheets
  • Presentation

Tuesday 29 October 2019

 6.   Expert Panels Report
  • Focus on critical issues and request for guidance from Steering Committee
  • Joint Panels Meeting Outcomes
  • JPM Report, GCOS-228
 6.1  OOPC / GOOS Panels  Bernadette Sloyan

 

  • Presentation
 6.2   TOPC  Wolfgang Wagner

 

  • Presentation
 6.3   AOPC  Ken Holmlund

 

  • Presentation
 6.4  Discussions
  • WMO Climate Data Quality Assessment
  • New application areas for ECV requirements?
  • Draft manual High Quality Global Data Management Framework for Climate
  • Presentation_Discussion_Cllimatedata_Catalogue
  • Presentation_discussion_application_areas
 7.

 GCOS Work Plan

 7.1  Presentation of Work   Plan 2019-2022  Carolin Richter  
  • GCOS Work Plan and Guidelines for updating the GCOS 2015 Status Report and the 2016 Implementation Plan - v7, 11 July 2019
  • Presentation
 7.2  Climate Observation   Conference  Carolin Richter
  • Decision
  • Decision 7.2
  • Presentation
 7.3  Status Report 2021  Carolin Richter
  • Decision
  • Decision 7.3
  • Presentation
 7.4   General Discussion on   GCOS   Workplan  Carolin Richter
  • Decision
  • Decision 7.4

Wednesday 30 October 2019

 8.

 Evolution of Observations and Network

 8.1  Outcome of OceanObs'19  Toste Tanhua

 

  • Presentation
 8.2  Global Baseline   Observing   Network   (GBON)  Sue Barrell / Lars Peter   Riishojgaard
  • Decision
  • Cg-18 document on GBON
  • Decision 8.2
  • Presentation
 8.3   GCOS Surface   Reference   Network   (GSRN)  Ken Holmlund / Caterina Tassone
  • Decision
  • GSRN Report
  • Decision 8.3
  • Presentation
 8.4  Observations for   Science  Han Dolman
  • Outcome of Joint Panels Meeting, Marrakesh
  • Climate Cycles papers
  • JPM Report, GCOS-228
  • Presentation
 8.5

 Observations for & of     Adaptation

 Hartwig Kremer /   Valentin  Aich
  • Decision
  • Presentation JPM SC TT Adaptation
  • Presentation JPM TOPC TT Adaptation
  • Draft strategy for GCOS to support observations for adaptation
  • Executive Summary of Observations for Adaptation Task Team report (TOPC TT)
  • Presentation
 8.6  Regional Workshops  Tim Oakley
  • Decision
  • Decision 8.6
  • Presentation
 8.7  GCOS Cooperation   Mechanism (GCM)  Tim Oakley
  • 2018 GSN/GUAN Performance and GCOS Cooperation Mechanism update
  • Document 8.7
  • Presentation
 9.

 Partners

 9.1  GOOS  Toste Tanhua
  • Partnership between GCOS and GOOS
  • GOOS 2030 Strategy
  • GOOS Implementation road map
  • Presentation
 9.2  IPCC  Youba Sokona /       Thelma Krug
  • AR6
  • Special reports
  • Presentation
 9.3   UNFCCC  Florin Vladu
  • Systematic observations: supporting the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the Global Stocktake 
  • WGMS letter of concern to COP 25
  • GCOS Statement to SBSTA 49
  • WMO Statement on GCOS to SBSTA 50 
  • Presentation
 9.4   GEO  Sara Venturini
  • Update on GEO and ideas for GEO-GCOS collaboration
 
 9.5  ISC  Mathieu Denis
  • Strategic updates on the ISC, with a focus on ISC's new Action Plan
  • Presentation
 9.6  WCRP  Pascale Braconnot

 

 

Thursday 31 October 2019

 10.  Budget  Carolin Richter
  • Endorse Budget
  • GCOS Budget 2019
 11.   ToRs Expert Panel   Members  Carolin Richter
  • Decision
  • Decision 11
 12.

 Any other business

     
 13.   Decisions and Actions

 Carolin Richter

  • Actions from GCOS SC-26
  • Document 13.0
 14.  In Camera Session (if   needed)  Carolin Richter
  • Membership
 

 End of the Meeting

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