As a global WMO community, trusted to monitor, research, understand and predict the state of the Earth system and deliver much needed data, informati… - Susan Lesley Barrell

The challenge starts at home, and it's especially timely for Members to accelerate efforts to create the diverse and inclusive workforce needed now and into the future to better serve our shared mission, and to ensure that the information shared with users genuinely reflects their needs. It's not just about being fair and equitable to everyone; it's about making the best use of the resources and capability we share to deliver the best outcomes for all,

Connecting the dots, across the global programs, to a national level and down to the people that need to be informed, alerted, warned, mobilized and kept safe, is an exceedingly important task, and the UN Secretary General's challenge to WMO reinforces the need to put people not at the end of the line, but at the center,

"“We often talk of data as being the lifeblood of WMO. However, we sometimes forget that the beating heart of WMO is its people and that without them, there would be no data, never mind systems, sharing, collaboration, services, research nor innovation,”