Dear GEWEX Community,
WCRP is performing several consultations as part of its new WCRP implementation plan, and the input from its core projects is essential. GEWEX and the other core WCRP programs have been requested to provide nominees to be part Regional Consultations (by August 14 for Regional Groups 1 & 2 below and by August
31st for Regional Groups 3-5 below).
The attached Discussion Note provides an overview and description of these; i.e. their purpose, audience, mode, and approach. Briefly, the goal is to engage, through these regional consultations, with the WCRP community, partners, stakeholders as well as the wider climate science communities in ways that was not possible during the previous small meetings.
These discussions will be used to explain the WCRP Strategy, implementation plan and process, proposed draft structure, and new proposed science activities. This engagement will be done via a series of Virtual Townhall (VTH) meetings around the world – this is what is referred to as Regional Consultations.
To make these happen, we seek volunteers or nominees to act as Regional Focal Points for each of the Regions listed in the table below (we are hoping for 2 – 3 per Region). The task for these RFPs is to form a “local organising committee” for each Region, drawing on WCRP and other networks, and work with this committee to roll out the Regional
Consultation.
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Virtual Townhall
Meetings
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Regional Group 1:
Africa, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, UAE
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Regional Group 2:
South America
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Regional Group 3:
North and Central America
and the Caribbean
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Regional Group 4:
Asia
a) Southeastern Asia [Vietnam, Indonesia ..)
b) Eastern Asia [China, Japan, Korea, ..]
c) Southern and Central Asia [India, Pakistan, ..]
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Regional Group 5:
Europe
[includes Russia, Iceland, Greenland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Syria]
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Please provide a short paragraph to Peter van Oevelen (gewex@gewex.org) and Narelle Van der Wel (nvanderwel@wmo.int) explaining the rationale for your nomination and include your name, your Region, home nation, and if you are an Early or Mid-Career researcher by August 14 for Regional Groups 1 & 2 and/or by August 31 for Regional Groups 3-5.
Apologies for any cross posting!
Kind
regards,
Peter van Oevelen
Jan Polcher
Graeme Stephens
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