{"id":26,"date":"2024-08-05T14:54:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T12:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccis.saeon.ac.za\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-05-27T12:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:57:33","slug":"climate-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nccis.saeon.ac.za\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"Climate Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Climate Services<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Overview<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The World Climate Conference-3 (WCC-3), held from the 31st of August to the 4th of September 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland, brought together more than 2000 climate scientists, sectorial experts and decision-makers. It established a Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) to strengthen production, availability, delivery and application of science-based climate prediction and services. A declaration establishing the Global Framework was adopted on the 3rd of September 2009 at WCC-3 by high-level policy-makers from more than 150 countries, including Heads of State\/Government, Ministers and senior government officials of some countries.<\/p>

Following the WCC-3 and the signing of the declaration, the South African Weather Service in partnership with the Department of Environmental Affairs and the World Meteorological Organisation hosted a workshop on the 19th to the 22nd of August 2013 with the aim of consolidating the country\u2019s climate change and variability services by bringing together key stakeholders to assess the current provision of these services. The workshop was a success and the inputs from the various stakeholders in attendance resulted in a report titled The roadmap for implementation of the GFCS. The report informed the development of the South African National Framework for Climate Services<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Vision<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The National Framework for Climate Services strives to enable society to better manage the risks and opportunities arising from climate variability and change, especially for those who are most vulnerable to climate related hazards.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The National Framework for Climate Services will mainstream and enhance climate observations and monitoring information, forecasting and prediction and transform these into sector specific products and applications that can be disseminated widely, and further develop users\u2019 capacity to manage risks of climate variability and change at all levels.\u00a0<\/p>

This will be done through developing and incorporating science based climate information into planning, policy and practice. To be effective, the National Framework for Climate Services will be user driven, and will address the entire value chain for the production, processing and application of climate services through local, regional and global collaborative efforts.\u00a0The National Framework for Climate Services\u00a0 will serve as one of enabling tools for South Africa, in the transition towards building a climate resilient country.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Goals<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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