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Summary Report
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) will be producing a summary report from this meeting on 7 September 2009.
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World Climate Conference-3 (WCC-3)
31 August - 4 September 2009 | Geneva, Switzerland |
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 WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE-3 OPENS IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
Michel Jarraud, Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization, opened the Third World Climate Conference (WCC-3) on Monday morning. Hans Rudolph Merz, President of Switzerland and President of WCC-3, noted that short-term weather forecasts, hazard maps and early warning systems were needed for timely action. Alexander Bedritsky, President, WMO, said that investing in prediction is the best way to address variability and risk. Gro Harlem Brundtland, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Climate Change, highlighted that political action must be based on sound science. Kofi Annan, President, Global Humanitarian Forum, underscored the need for a Copenhagen agreement to be "radical" and legally binding, and have climate justice at its core. During the opening of the expert segment particpants were addressed by: Walter Erdelen, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Houlin Zhao, Deputy Secretary-General of International Telecommunications Union (ITU); Manzoor Ahmad, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Joseph Alcamo, UN Environment Programme (UNEP); Deliang Chen, Executive General, International Council for Science; Julia Marton-Lefevre, Director General, IUCN; Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General, European Space Agency (ESA); Reid Basher, Special Advisor to UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction; Thomas Stocker, Co-Chair IPCC Working Group I; and John Zillman, Chairman of the WCC-3 Organizing Committee.
In the afternoon, participants attended a plenary session on meeting user needs, with speakers including Martin Visberck, IFM-GEOMAR; Guy Brasseur, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research; Sherburne Abbot, Executive Office of the President, USA; Carlo Scaramella, World Food Programme (WFP); Letitia Obeng, Global Water Partnership; and Peter Hoeppe, Munich Re. A roundtable also convened on climate risk management and a poster session, followed by a reception hosted by the Swiss Government. |
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| Michel Jarraud, Secretary General, WMO |
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| Hans Rudolph Merz, President, Switzerland |
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| Kofi Annan, President, Global Humanitarian Forum |
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A view of the dais during the opening session
Left to right: John Zillman, Chair of the WCC-3 International Organizing Committee, Kofi Annan, President of the Global Humanitarian Forum, Michel Jarraud, Secretary General, WMO, Hans-Rudolph Merz, President of Switzerland, and Alexander Bedritsky, President of WMO and Chair of the Expert Segment |
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| John Zillman, Kofi Annan and Michel Jarraud |
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| Gro Harlem Brundtland, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Climate Change |
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| Hans-Rudolph Merz, President, Switzerland |
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| Gro Harlem Brundtland, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Climate Change |
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| Kofi Annan, President, Global Humanitarian Forum |
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Opening of Expert Segment |
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Left to right: Expert Segment Chair Alexander Bedritsky, President of WMO, Julia Marton-Lefevre, Director General, IUCN, Jean Jaques Dordain, Director General, European Space Agency, Houlin Zhao, Deputy Secretary-General, ITU, and Joseph Alcamo, UNEP |
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| Thomas Stocker, Co-Chair IPCC Working Group I, and Manzoor Ahmad, FAO |
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| Julia Marton-Lefevre, Director General, IUCN |
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Plenary Session: The Shared Challenge: Meeting User Needs |
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| Carlo Scaramella, World Food Programme, Letitia Obeng, Global Water Partnership, and Session Chair Martin Visbeck, IFM-Geomar, Germany |
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| Sherburne Abbott, Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President, US |
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Roundtable discussion: Climate Risk Management |
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Left to right: Steve Zebiak, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, US, Kuniyoshi Takeuchi, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management, Japan, Daniel Keuerleber, MeteoSwiss, Shourong Wang, China Meteorological Administration, WMO Commission for Climatology, China, and Session Chair Heidi Cullen, Climate Central |
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WMO resources
 Official site
Programme
UN resources
Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change
Informal Thematic Debate of the UN General Assembly on Climate Change as a Global Challenge
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - August 2009, 1-12 June 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - June 2009, 1-12 June 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS summary report of the Thirtieth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 21-23 April 2009, Antalya, Turkey
(English: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - March/April 2009, 29 March - 8 April 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the UN Climate Change Conference - Poznań, 1-12 December 2008, Poznań, Poland
IISD RS climate and atmosphere page
Climate-l - A mailing list for news on climate change policy
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
Climate Change Policy & Practice - News and information on the actions of international organizations in responding to the problem of global climate change
African Regional Coverage |
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