About Global Climate Observing System (GCOS):
- The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) is a co-sponsored programme which regularly assesses the status of global climate observations and produces guidance for its improvement.
- It is co-sponsored by the
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO),
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO),
- United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), and
- International Science Council (ISC).
- GCOS expert panels maintain definitions of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) which are required to systematically observe Earth`s changing climate.
- The observations supported by GCOS contribute to solving challenges in climate research and also underpin climate services and adaptation measures.
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