World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) The World Meteorological
Organization is a specialized UN agency that is tasked with
supporting the activities of meteorological services around the
world by fostering international networking and standardisation
of observation data and the statistical basis for data
evaluation. The WMO’ s activities are particularly important for
the maritime shipping, aviation and agricultural sectors and
have a huge practical impact on investigating and gaining better
insight into climate change and the related risks. This
multilateral international cooperation format in the field of
meteorology dates back to the year 1873 when the International
Meteorological Organization (IMO) was established at the first
International Meteorological Congress in Vienna based on the
initiative of the Österreichische Zentralanstalt für
Meteorologie und Geodynamik (Austrian Central Institute for
Meteorology and Geodynamics). Headquartered in Geneva since
1951, the World Meteorological Organization suc