Climate services are the provision and use of climate information to help individuals and organizations make climate-smart decisions. With the ever-increasing demand from all social and economic sectors, climate services can only be sustainable and effective if all players along the climate-service value chain are involved and mutually supported. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has actively promoted engagement among public, private, and academic sectors, as agreed to in the 2019 Geneva Declaration.

In this high level discussion, the WMO Secretary General, together with representatives from NOAA and the international philanthropic community will each highlight their approaches to leveraging the strength of different sectors and stakeholders to facilitate the transformation of climate science and knowledge into practical and productive climate services for societal benefit. Some additional questions to be considered include:

• What are the key obstacles in developing and forging effective and mutually-beneficial engagement in climate services;
• What strategies should be taken at global, regional and national levels to increase the institutional and technological capacities of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) to support the growing needs for basic climate data and products on which better and more accessible climate services can be developed and delivered.

Following presentations by the panelists, the moderator will encourage all to participate in a Q&A session to further consider these important questions.

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