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| Agenda Items | Download Working Papers |
| 1.0 Opening | |
| 2.1 Election of chair and vice-chair | |
| 2.2 Adoption of agenda and working arrangements | |
| 2.3 Establishment of drafting committee | |
| 3.0 Report on Actions Taken on Matters Arising from the 2nd Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-2) | |
| 4.0 Countries’ Reports | |
| 5.0 Outcomes of the Seventeenth World Meteorological Congress and Regional Programs (WMO) | |
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Agenda Item 6: Climate Services (Pacific Key Outcomes 6[1]) |
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| 6.1: Pacific Islands Climate Information System (US NOAA[2]) | |
| 6.2: Climate and Information Prediction Services Project (SPREP and APCC[3]) | |
| 6.3: Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific Project (BoM[4]) | |
| 6.4: Climate Services in the Pacific Region (PICS Panel[5]) | |
| Agenda Item 7: Marine Weather Services and Ocean issues (Pacific Key Outcome 2) | |
| 7.1:Tropical Pacific Observing System 2020 (TAO/Triton Array[6])(SPREP/US-NOAA) | |
| 7.2: Support for the Argo Program(SPREP/US-NOAA) |
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| 7.3: Marine weather services in the Pacific Region (SPREP) | |
| Agenda Item 8: Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (Pacific Key Outcomes 4 and 5) | |
| 8.1: National Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (Samoa/SPREP) | |
| 8.2: National Flood Early Warning System (Fiji) | |
| 8.3: Coastal Inundation and Hazards (SPC[7]/WMO) | |
| 8.4: Progress on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation and status on the implementation of the new Tsunami Products in the South West Pacific (Tonga) | |
| Agenda Item 9: Public Weather Services (Pacific Key Outcome 3) | |
| 9.1: FINPAC Support to Public Weather Services and Communications to Communities | |
| 9.2: Severe Weather Forecast and Disaster Risk Reduction Demonstration Project (New Zealand MetService/WMO) | |
| Agenda Item 10: Communications | |
| 10.1 Radio Internet (RANET) Communication (US NOAA) | |
| 10.2: WMO Information System (BoM/WMO) | |
| Agenda Item 11: Education, Training and Research (Pacific Key Outcome 11) | |
| 11.1: Education, Training and Research in the Pacific (USP[8]/Working Group on Education and Training) | |
| 11.2: Pacific International Training Desk and other US-NOAA Training Programs (UH[9]/US-NOAA) | |
| 11.3: Media Training on Disasters, Weather and Climate Services (SPREP/PACMAS) | |
| Agenda Item 12: Aviation Weather Services (Pacific Key Outcome 1) | |
| 12.1: Quality Management System and Competency Standards (ICAO[10]/WMO) | |
| 12.2: Cost Recovery for Aviation Weather Services(ICAO/WMO) | |
| 12.3: Safe Skies for Aviation over the Pacific (ICAO/WMO) | |
| Agenda Item 13: Monitoring and Observations Systems (Pacific Key Outcome 7) | |
| 13.1: WMO Integrated Observing System(WIGOS) for Region V (BoM/WMO) | |
| Agenda Item 14: The Update and Review of the Pacific Islands Meteorological Strategy (PIMS) 2012-2021 (SPREP) | |
| 14.0: The Update and Review of the Pacific Islands Meteorological Strategy (PIMS) 2012-2021(SPREP) | |
| Agenda Item 15: Strengthening the Pacific Meteorological Council and the Pacific Meteorological Desk Partnership (Pacific Key Outcomes 10 and 14) | |
| 15.1: Governance of the PMC (SPREP) | |
| 15.2: Pacific Meteorological Desk Partnership(SPREP) |
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| Agenda Item 16: Resources Mobilization (Pacific Key Outcome 12) | |
| 16.1: Regional Technical Support Mechanism (SPREP) | |
| 16.2: Green Climate Fund & Adaptation Fund (SPREP) | |
| 16.3: WMO Resource Mobilization and Partnership (WMO) | |
| Agenda Item 17: Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change in the Pacific | |
| 17.1: The Strategy for Climate and Disaster Resilient Development in the Pacific(SPREP) | |
| 17.2: The IPCC[11] and the UNFCCC-COP21[12]in Paris, France(KMA/SPREP) | |
| Agenda Item 18: Guidance to the 1st Pacific Ministers Meeting on Meteorology | |
| 18.1: Provide Guidance to the Agenda for the 1st PMMM | |
| 18.2: Provide Guidance to PMC-3 Presentation to the 1st PMMM | |
| 18.3: Review and Finalize the Nuku'alofa Declaration | |
| Agenda Item 19: Venue of the 4th Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council | |
| Agenda Item 20: Review and Adopt the Report of 3rd Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council | |
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Agenda Item 21: Closing |
[1] PKO - The Pacific Islands Meteorological Strategy (PIMS) 2012-2021 has 14 priority areas called the Pacific Key Outcomes (PKO) which are which are implemented from both the Regional and National levels.
[2] US NOAA – United States National Ocean and Atmosphere Administration
[3] APCC –APEC Climate Center
[4] BoM – Australian Bureau of Meteorology
[5] PICS Panel - Pacific Islands Climate Services Panel
[6] TAO/Triton - Tropical Atmosphere Ocean and Triton = Triangular Trans-Ocean Buoy Network
[7] SPC – Secretariat of the Pacific Community
[8] USP – University of the South Pacific
[9] UH – University of Hawaii
[10] ICAO – International Civil Aviation Organization
[11] IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
[12] UNFCCC-COP21 - United National Framework Convention on Climate Change - 21st Conference Of the Parties