The World Climate Research Program (WCRP)
The WCRP was established in 1980, under the joint sponsorship of International Council for Science (ICSU) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and has also been sponsored by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO since 1993.
The World Climate Research Programme is uniquely positioned to draw on the totality of climate-related systems, facilities and intellectual capabilities of more than 185 countries. Integrating new observations, research facilities and scientific breakthroughs is essential to progress in the inherently global task of advancing understanding of the processes that determine our climate.
The two overarching objectives of the WCRP are:
- to determine the predictability of climate;
- to determine the effect of human activities on climate.
To achieve its objectives, the WCRP adopts a multi-disciplinary approach, organizes large-scale observational and modelling projects and facilitates focus on aspects of climate too large and complex to be addressed by any one nation or single scientific discipline.
Contact
WCRP
World Meteorological Organization
7bis, avenue de la Paix
P.O. Box 2300
1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 730 81 11
Fax: +41 22 730 8036
E-mail: wcrp@wmo.int