INTRODUCTION The vision of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS)1 is to enable better management of the risks of climate variability and change and adaptation to climate change through the development and incorporation of science-based climate information and prediction into planning, policy and practice on the global, regional and national scales. Climate observations, along with complementary socioeconomic and other data, must be effectively integrated to develop and provide users of climate services – farmers, public health officials, disaster risk reduction managers, water resources administrators and others – with information that will help them minimise losses due to climate variability and change and to manage natural and human systems effectively.
Functional components (pillars) of the Global Framework for Climate Services
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The GFCS accelerates and coordinates the technically and scientifically sound implementation of measures to improve climate-related outcomes. With its broad participation and reach, the framework enables the development and application of climate services to assist decision- making at all levels in support of addressing climate-related risks. The GFCS focuses on developing and delivering services in five priority areas that address issues basic to the human condition and present the most immediate opportunities for benefitting human safety and well-being. These are: agriculture and food security; disaster risk reduction; energy; health; and water.
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Source: modified from World Meteorological Organization. Step-by-step Guidelines for Establishing a National Framework for Climate Services. Geneva, 2018 1 https://gfcs.wmo.int/
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