BAMOS Dec 2020
10 Article
Weather and climate info podcast
The WeatherPod
The WeatherPod is a podcast exploring the role of the weather enterprise in building resilience to extreme weather and climate change.
We talk about how weather and climate information is produced and used, as well as the key role of national and international cooperation in addressing the mounting challenges to life, society and business from extreme weather and climate change.
Our podcast brings together people and organisations sharing the common goal of providing and using accurate and reliable weather information and services to save lives, protect infrastructure and essential services, and enhance economic output.
According to the World Economic Forum, environmental concerns now dominate the top long-term global risks, while an analysis of 500 of the world’ s biggest companies found nearly a trillion dollars is at risk because of climate change.
The WeatherPod is published monthly and is co-hosted by Alan Thorpe, a former Director General of the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts( ECMWF) and David Rogers, a former CEO of the UK Met Office and lead meteorological consultant at the World Bank and Global Facility for Disaster Reduction & Recovery( GFDRR).
In each episode, Alan and David invite a guest speaker to discuss various aspects related to weather and climate information and what role public, private and academia sectors could play in addressing the growing societal challenges related to hydromet hazards— from data and information processing and distribution, to its use by growing numbers of weather affected ' end users ' in business and society.
In addition, each podcast episode includes two news features called ' Wow, That ' s Interesting!' which highlight science and technology innovations, and the consequences of hazardous weather events which rarely if ever make the headlines.
A central theme of WeatherPod is the importance of cooperation between the public, private and academic sectors in providing accurate and timely weather data products and services.
The WeatherPod is supported by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction & Recovery( GFDRR) and has been launched by the Global Weather Enterprise Forum, an engagement between the public, private and academic sectors who make up the ' global weather enterprise ' and share the common goal of using weather information for the benefit of all.
Target audiences include all those engaged in acquiring and producing weather information( e. g. scientists, companies, and meteorological services), the public and private enterprises affected by the weather, plus policy and decision-makers, the development agencies which finance improvements in weather services and, of course, the public.
The WeatherPod is part of a planned range of digital communications from the Global Weather Enterprise( GWE) Forum designed to encourage discussion, share knowledge and increase understanding about the increasingly important role of weather information.
Our podcast is available to stream and download from the GWE Forum website, via ACAST, Apple iTunes and, in the near future, from other popular podcast sites.
To talk with Alan and David, in the first instance please contact the WeatherPod producer, Ian Harper, at ian @ moneyvista. co. uk.