ABSTRACT
The secretariat acts as an administrative, documentary and information centre; undertakes special technical studies; produces publications; organizes meetings of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) constituent bodies; acts as a link between the meteorological and hydro-meteorological services of the world, and provides information for the general public. Members are grouped in six Regional Associations, whose task is to coordinate meteorological activity within their regions and to examine questions referred to them by the Executive Council. A Water and Climate Leaders Panel met for the first time in March 2021, under WMO auspices, with the aim of developing integrated action on water and climate in support of the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The 16th World Meteorological Congress adopted a restructured and strengthened World Climate Programme, and decided that it would be a key programme in the delivery of the newly endorsed Global Framework for Climate Services.
