Download XXV IOC Assembly 2009 urged

Sponsor Guidance for GCOS
Keith Alverson
IOC/UNESCO
Ocean Observations and Services
GCOS Steering Committee Meeting, 28 Sep – 1 Oct 2010, Geneva
XXV IOC Assembly 2009
urged Member States to
• designate a GCOS National Coordinator, representing
all national agencies involved in ocean, atmospheric,
and terrestrial climate observations;
• speed up the implementation of agreed actions that were
reported as showing slow progress in the GCOS
Progress Report;
• support the OceanObs’09 Conference, through the
involvement of national scientific experts and
representatives of relevant national agencies.
XLIII Executive Council 2010
• highlighted the necessity of sustained observations for
both climate research and services, and for national climate
adaptation
strategies
in
the
coastal
zone.
• commended Member States for their efforts in
implementation
• expressed concern with the slowing of progress and
with the fragility of the arrangements that support sustained
observations.
XLIII Executive Council 2010
•noted the importance of GO-SHIP for climate monitoring and
prediction, encouraged OOPC to ensure this was part of a
comprehensive strategy for deep-ocean observations and supported
the GO-SHIP initiative.
•welcomed OOPC efforts to improve its real-time ocean climate
indices in the framework of regional climate impacts and called on
Member States to provide the IOC Secretariat with examples of the
use of ocean climate indices in national or local decision making for
inclusion in the OOPC State of the Ocean website.
•urged Member States to address identified priorities and gaps, and
to ensure the sustained long-term operation of essential in situ and
space-based ocean observing networks;
Executive Secretary 2010
• Supports GCOS as an important co-sponsored
program delivering on IOC High Level Objective 2:
Mitigation of the impacts of and adaptation to climate
change and variability
• Strongly encourages actions be taken to improve the
gender balance on the GCOS SC and the OOPC
• Suggests bringing expertise in climate change
adaptation, specifically sealevel rise adaptation, onto
the GCOS SC