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The Global Framework for Climate Services Implementation Plan

by Sharon LeDuc The Third World Climate Conference (WCC-3), held in 2009, established the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) and set a time table to develop an implementation plan (See http://www.wmo.int/hlt-gfcs/). The high-level task force leading this development requested input and feedback from a diverse array of stakeholders. IEDRO has great interest in the […]

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Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) is WMO’s Top Priority

The world relies on up-to-the minute, reliable weather forecasts for everything ranging from social activities to multi-million dollar decisions. According to one recent study, U.S. economic output varies by up to $485 billion a year – about 3.4 per cent of Gross Domestic Product – owing to weather variability. The Global Framework for Climate Services […]

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