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BAMOS
Special Issue
David Grimes
President of the World Meteorological Organization
WMO’s role as a Convening Power for
Global Science
Weather, climate and the water cycle know no national
boundaries, and oceans are both national and international
and interact profoundly with the overlying atmosphere. Global
cooperation between researchers and service providers is
important for the development of meteorology and hydrology
as well as to reap the benefits from their application. This talk
provided a short overview of the WMO, showing how WMO
facilitates global cooperation and serves as an enabler in
bringing to together the global community to meet societal
challenges.
Polar and High Mountain Science for
Life
The polar regions are a principal, global driver of the climate
system. Polar regions are undergoing an unprecedented rate of
change having consequences beyond well beyond the poles.
WMO and the global scientific community are working to
better understand the linkages between polar regions and mid-
latitudes on weather and climate. This presentation highlighted
some of the significant changes taking place in polar regions
and outline some of the activities being undertaken to respond
to the threats, inviting the AMOS community to engage in this
critical work.