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The GCOS Cooperation Mechanism
2. Treffen AK Klima des DKK (Berlin, 17.05.2011)
S. Rösner, Deutscher Wetterdienst
Overview
 The history of GCOS
 GCOS‘ objectives
 Organization
 What is the GCOS Cooperation Mechanism?
 Examples
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The history of GCOS
 History
 1990: 2nd World Climate Conference (WCC-2)
recommends implementation of a Global Climate Observing System;
 1992: establishment through MoU of sponsoring agencies;
 Secretariat at WMO in Geneva
 Sponsoring Agencies:
 World Meteorological Organization (WMO),
 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO,
 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), und
 International Council for Science (ICSU).
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GCOS‘ objectives
 Support all components of the World Climate Programme.
 Support the assessment role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
 Support the international policy development role of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC).
 Provide the comprehensive, continuous climate and climate-related observations needed for:
 Climate system monitoring;
 Climate change detection and attribution;
 Operational climate prediction on seasonal-to-interannual timescales;
 Research to improve understanding, modeling and prediction of the climate system;
 Applications and services for sustainable economic development;
 Assessment of the impacts of, and vulnerability and adaptation to, natural climate variability
and human-induced climate change;
 Meeting the requirements of the UNFCCC and other international conventions and agreements.
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Organization
GCOS Steering Committee
(GCOS SC)
Chairperson: Dr Adrian Simmons
GCOS Secretariat
Director: Dr. Carolin Richter
SCIENCE PANELS
Atmospheric Observation Panel
for Climate (AOPC)
Chairperson: Dr Adrian Simmons
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Ocean Observations Panel
for Climate (OOPC)
Chairperson: Dr Eric Lindstrom
Terrestrial Observation Panel
for Climate (TOPC)
Chairperson: Dr Han Dolman
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What is GCOS?
ICSU
IOC
WMO
UNEP
GEO
GCOS
Ocean
Observing
Systems
Atmospheric
Observing
Systems
Terrestrial
Observing
Systems
GEOSS
GCOS is the climate observation component of GEOSS and the GFCS.
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What is the GCOS Cooperation Mechanism?
 UNFCCC Article 5 “… Parties shall:
…
 (b) support international and intergovernmental efforts to strengthen
systematic observation … particularly in developing countries, and to promote
access to, and the exchange of, data and analyses thereof obtained from
areas beyond national jurisdiction; ...
 Decision 11/CP.9: Urges Parties
… to support, including by contributing to relevant funding mechanisms such
as the Global Climate Observing System Cooperation Mechanism, the priority
needs, identified in the second adequacy report and regional action plans, in
developing countries, … noting that filling the gaps in baseline atmospheric
networks is an urgent need that should be met during the next two years;
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What is the GCOS Cooperation Mechanism?
 Brings together donors and recipients;
 Mainly small scale activities from a few kUS$ for one-time actions up to
several hundred US$ over a couple of years;
 Strongly depending on willingness of donors;
 No sustained or longer-time (i.e. 5-10 years) funding to address structural
deficits and/ or gaps;
 Complementary to existing national, multi-national and international funding
mechanisms;
 Makes use of established GCOS trust fund managed according to accepted
UN regulations through WMO;
 Managed by and relying on a US-funded GCOS Implementation Officer.
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Examples
 Provision of GCOS Implementation Project Manager (supported by USA)
 "Technical Support Project for the Americas" (TSP) (USA and Canada)
 Establishment of a contract TSP person to support Southern Africa (KNMI,
Netherlands)
 CBS Lead Center Coordination Meeting/Workshop (USA)
 Renovation of 8 GSN stations in Angola supported by KNMI (Netherlands)
 Renovation of 4 GSN stations in Uruguay (Spain)
 Repair mission to Nairobi, Kenya; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and Harare,
Zimbabwe to repair generators and upper-air equipment (Switzerland)
 Supply of radiosondes to Maldives (UK)
 Supply of radiosondes for Mauritius (Switzerland)
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Examples - German contributions
 2007: GSN station 14652 Bjelasnica,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Support for an ice free anemometer
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Examples - German contributions
 2008: GSN-Station
33815 Chisinau, Moldova
 Support to purchase radiosondes
 2009: GUAN Station
37789 Yerevan Arabkir, Armenia
 Support to purchase radiosondes
 2010: GSN Station
37781Aragats (3.223 m), Armenia
 Renovation of observer building
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Thank you for your attention !!
Source: gcos.wmo.int
 Home Page: http://gcos.wmo.int/
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