The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is scaling up its engagement with key international partners to strengthen technical assistance and institutional support for its Members in the face of pressing weather and climate-related challenges including health, food and water insecurity, migration and displacement, and loss and damage.
Through three new agreements signed with the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty , the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Programme , and the Santiago Network , WMO will enhance its ability to support the delivery of tailored climate services, strengthen early warning systems, and integrate hydrometeorological data and expertise into national and international decision-making frameworks.
These strategic partnerships highlight the growing role of WMO in addressing the systemic impacts of extreme weather and climate change across sectors, and its leadership in supporting countries to build resilience and protect lives and economies.
"We must ensure that WMO expertise feeds into high-level policy on climate action. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services are pivotal to socio-economic development and well-being. In the face of unprecedented environmental challenges, we are not mere observers. Rather, we are called to be game changers. In these unsettled and challenging times, international collaboration is more important than ever before," said WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo.
Supporting the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty
The Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, an initiative of the Brazilian G20 presidency, aims to accelerate efforts to eradicate hunger and poverty while reducing global inequalities. It facilitates the alignment of domestic and international support and public and private financial resources, to enable large-scale, country-led, evidence-based programmes and policy instruments.
As an Alliance member , WMO will ensure that critical and timely weather, climate and water information feed into policy dialogues and investment prioritization and actions to eradicate hunger and poverty. We will further promote the criticality of investing in hydrometeorological observation, forecasting, early warning systems and climate services to strengthen real-time operational risk management of factors contributing to hunger and poverty.
Brazil is the host of this year's UN Climate Change conference , known as COP30.
Delivery Partner for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Programme
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the world's largest climate fund. It's Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme supports country-driven initiatives to strengthen their institutional capacities, governance mechanisms, and planning and programming frameworks towards a transformational long-term climate action agenda.
In April 2025, WMO, through a competitive bidding process, was selected as a Delivery Partner. In this capacity, WMO, upon requests from countries, can submit proposals to provide readiness support, injecting climate service needs and hydromet support into climate policy making and investment planning.
Through this selection, the technical expertise, delivery capacity and institutional support provided by WMO has been recognized at the highest level as critical for national climate change adaptation planning and decision making.
Advancing the loss and damage agenda through the Santiago Network
The Santiago Network, also established under UNFCCC, catalyses technical assistance to developing countries for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage caused by climate change.
As a Network Member, WMO can directly respond to technical assistance requests from developing countries - including government and academic institutions, and civil society - to deploy technical expertise in reducing and managing losses and damages caused by weather and climate extremes.
WMO looks to promote a coordinated approach across the various loss and damage mechanisms under the UNFCCC, including the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM), the Santiago Network, and the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), elevating the role of National Hydrological and Meteorological Services (NMHSs) in responding to climate-related loss and damage. Ensuring they are empowered, resourced and integrated into national and international processes.
