Chapter 8 Summary of International Linkages and National Activity

International Linkages and Activity > National Coordination of the WCP and Related Programs

The Australian agencies and committees with national coordination responsibilities for the component programs of the WCP, along with GCOS and IGBP and the three Working Groups of the IPCC, are identified schematically in Figure 8.2. The principal contacts for the Australian counterpart bodies are given below.

Figure 8.2 Australian agencies and national committees counterpart to the component programs of the WCP and the closely related IGBP and GCOS and the IPCC. The full names of the various committees and agencies along with principal contacts are elaborated in the text and consolidated in Appendix 1.

NCESS Dr M Manton, Chairman, AAS National Committee for Earth Systems Science (c/- Bureau of Meteorology)

NCC Mr M J Coughlan, Superintendent, National Climate Centre, Bureau of Meteorology

AGO Mr H Bamsey, Chief Executive, Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO)

JWG Dr M Manton, Chair, Joint Working Group for G C O S / G O O S / G T O S . (Secretariat, Dr S Barrell, Executive and International Affairs Branch, Bureau of Meteorology.

BOM Dr J W Zillman, Australian Principal Delegate to the IPCC (c/- Bureau of Meteorology). (Australian IPCC Secretariat, Climate Change International, AGO)

ACIHDP Dr M Wasson, Co-Chair: International Liaison HDPAustralia (c/- Australian Academy of the Humanities).

Other related National Committees and working groups with direct or indirect links to the above include:

ANCAR Dr I Allison, Chairman, AAS Australian National Committee on Antarctic Research (c/- Cooperative Research Centre for Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems)

CCST Dr Graham Cook, Chair, Coordination Committee on Science and Technology (c/- Department of Education, Science and Training)

GCOS ESG Dr M Manton, Chairman, GCOS Expert Sub-Group (c/- Bureau of Meteorology)