Implementation plan for the global observing system for climate in support of the UNFCCC (2010 update) - Executive summary
Submission from the secretariat of the Global Climate Observing System:
This Plan contains 138 recommended actions that include agents for implementation, timelines, performance indicators and estimated costs. If fully implemented, these actions will substantially improve the availability of the observational information needed by all governments to understand, predict, and manage their response to climate and climate change.
It updates the original version from 2004 and considers recent progress in science and technology, an increased focus on adaptation, efforts to optimize mitigation and the need for improved projections. It was prepared in response to a request by Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) expressed at the 30th session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) in June 2009 and confirmed in UNFCCC Decision 9/CP.15 (December 2009).
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