1. Carolin Richter Director, GCOS Secretariat
SCIENTIFIC AND OPERATIONAL CONTEXT AND REQUIREMENTS OF JCOMM CLIMATE RESEARCH AND SERVICES Doc. 4.1(1) GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM (GCOS) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Carolin Richter
Director, GCOS Secretariat
JCOMM-5, October, Geneva

2. 2016 II III V IV New Plan Adaptation & Mitigation I
Water, Energy and Carbon cycles II
2016
New Plan
Additional Essential Climate Variables
III
Emphasis on more help for networks in developing countries IV
Climate Indicators V
19 / CP.22
(Decision 19,
COP-22, Marrakech, Morocco)

3. 2016 2017 gcos.wmo.int @gcos_un GCOS Implementation Plan
You can download the English edited version!
Also available: French translation
gcos.wmo.int
@gcos_un
2017
2016
GCOS Implementation Plan

4. GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM (GCOS) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (JCOMM-5-d04-1(1)-GCOS-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN-draft1_en)
Key messages from INF. 4.1(1):
Implementation Plan contains 201 actions, 61 of which are relevant for JCOMM:
Actions to maintain and improve the networks
Actions to facilitate dissemination of observations and products
Actions to promote future improvements

5. GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM (GCOS) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (JCOMM-5-d04-1(1)-GCOS-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN-draft1_en)
Key messages from Doc 4.1(1):
Many of the GCOS actions for the ocean and the maritime atmosphere are addressed in the JCOMM OCG work plan and supported by the observing networks that OCG coordinates,
JCOMMOPS has agreed to track progress against GCOS actions (by network, and in future by variable),
Many of the data management actions are also supported by JCOMM (through the Observations Coordination Group, and  the Data Management Program Area). 

6. GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM (GCOS) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (JCOMM-5-d04-1(1)-GCOS-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN-draft1_en)
This document includes one proposed decision
draft Decision 4.1(1)/1 — Support to the new GCOS Implementation Plan;
Decides that WMO Members and IOC Member States who contribute to ocean monitoring should ensure that this monitoring contributes to sustainable climate observations that support adaptation to climate change and the UNFCCC, by implementing, as appropriate, the actions identified in the GCOS Implementation Plan, and especially those identified in JCOMM-5/INF 4.1(1), as important oceanographic parts of global climate monitoring system.