WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo and FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 30 May to extend and strengthen an existing partnership for another ten years.
“We commit to collaborate more closely on areas of mutual interest in relation to weather, ocean, climate, hydrological, and related environmental services and their application for resilience and adaptation of the global agrifood system,” said Celeste Saulo.
WMO and FAO already work closely together to ensure that climate services are applied in the agriculture sector by farmers, agricultural planners and policy makers, and that they are relevant and actionable.
FAO has an important role to play in the Early Warnings For All initiative spearheaded by WMO and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. Early warnings and seasonal climate outlooks are crucial for resilience, adaptation, and anticipatory action in agriculture.
FAO is a partner on the Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) and has collaborated with WMO on various country and regional support activities for drought activities across Africa, Eastern Europe and South America. The programme is co-led by WMO and the Global Water…
