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Noted Norwegian
Intelectual and Deirector NUPI, Jan Egeland to co-chair
international taskforce
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Oslo, March
3, 2010 – Jan
Egeland was elected today to co-chair the High-level
Taskforce for the Global Framework for Climate Services, an
international taskforce that is to compile and make
available climate information.
Mr Egeland was
elected at a meeting in the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) today. He is to co-chair a high-level
taskforce charged with developing a global framework for
climate services.
“Mr Egeland’s
background and expertise make him eminently qualified for
this important task. This is particularly important for the
poorest countries, which are by far the hardest hit by
climate change,” said Minister of the Environment and
International Development Erik Solheim.
Jan Egeland will
co-chair the taskforce together with Dr Abu-Zeid, former
Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation. Other
members of the taskforce include Emil Salim, former State
Minister for Population and Environment of Indonesia, and
Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile.
In the coming
year the taskforce is to prepare a report containing
recommendations for proposed elements of the Global
Framework for Climate Services. The report is to be
presented at the WMO Congress in 2011.
“This will make
information on current and future weather and climate change
more readily accessible, which will benefit all those
working on health, agriculture and disaster preparedness in
poor countries,” said Mr Solheim.
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