Correct Answer :   World Meteorological Congress

The World Meteorological Congress has approved a new greenhouse gas monitoring initiative to support urgent action to reduce heat-trapping gases which are fuelling temperature increase.

Aim : To fill critical information gaps and provide an integrated, operational framework

* The framework will bring all space-based and surface-based observing systems, as well as modeling and data assimilation capabilities, under one roof.

* The Congress resolution endorsing the establishment of the Global Greenhouse Gas Watch received unanimous  support from WMO’s 193 Members.

* It recognizes “the growing societal importance of greenhouse gas monitoring in support of improving our scientific understanding of the Earth System, and the urgent need to strengthen the scientific underpinning of mitigation actions taken by the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement.”

* It will build on WMO’s experience in coordinating international collaboration in weather prediction and climate analysis and on long-standing activities in greenhouse gas monitoring and research under the auspices of the Global Atmosphere Watch established in 1989 and its Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System.

* Many of the existing international and national activities dealing with greenhouse gases are supported mainly by the research community. At present, there is no comprehensive, timely international exchange of surface and space-based greenhouse gas observations or modelling products. .

Source : WMO