World Climate Programme - Water (WCP-Water)

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A Resource for Climate-Related Critical Water Issues

The World Climate Programme . Water (WCP-Water) promotes hydrological activities in the World Climate Programme and related conventions, and provides the water community with current data and information on hydrological and water resources conditions and variations, in a climatic context, over a wide range of time and space scales.

WCP-Water activities are grouped into four operational functions:

· Bridging function

Seeks to link climate and water-related activities in the areas of disaster mitigation, human health, food security, and water quality.

· Coordinating function

Strives to avoid or minimize redundancy in the climate and water-related activities of WMO and UNESCO.

· Outreach function

Endeavors to liase with other relevant activities of UN agencies, such as WWDR.

· Enabling environment

Wherein researchers and organizations are invited to contribute to the topical areas and activities of WCP-Water.

National Services and related organizations engaged in projects that conform to these three focus areas, and that are interested in having their projects promoted by WCP-Water, are invited and encouraged to contact the WMO Secretariat at dhwr@wmo.int .