Classification of Member climate services capacity levels

Mechanism for WMO contributions to the GFCS

2 June 2019

Maxx Dilley, Director Climate Prediction and Adaptation Branch

Climate and Water Department

Location and overview of materials

• Location of materials → public.wmo.int, “meetings”

• Overview of materials – Checklist description, status and additional data

collection – Exploration of use of checklists for tracking SP SO1.2

Checklist status (n=125)

Checklist status (n=125)

• Customized package has been prepared for each PR to be delivered at Congress – Request to complete the five revised governance

questions (Q2-Q6), the originals of which did not adequately capture NMHS involvement

– And/or request to complete missing answers to specific questions

– Or request to complete checklist – Plus request to identify national CSIS focal point if

not already identified

Use of checklists for tracking SO1.2

• Checklist main purpose is for Members to prioritize efforts and mechanism to prioritize assistance

• Possibility of using aggregate checklist responses to track progress of the WMO Strategic Plan (2020-2023) climate objective – Strategic Objective 1.2: “Broaden the provision of policy-

and decision-supporting climate information and services”

– Indicator 1.2.1: “# Members with basic, essential, full and advanced climate services provision capacity”

Climate services checklist overview • 137 yes/no questions in six groups • Questions are

– Grouped to align with outputs of objective 1 in the results based framework for WMO contributions to the GFCS

– Categorized according to CCl climate services capacity levels

Results of the Analysis (n=109): Basic Systems

Results of the Analysis (n=109): Service Delivery and Overall

Provisional classification

Thank you