“Effective climate services will facilitate climate-smart decisions that will reduce the impacts of weather extreme events and climate change impacts and related disasters, improve food security, health outcomes, water resource management, and decision making in other sectors”.
This statement was made by Dr Melchior Mataki Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment Climate Change Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) in his remarks to open a National Climate Services Consultation Workshop on 16th November 2021 in Honiara.
The Solomon Islands Meteorological Service (SIMS) is working to address the challenges of making quality weather and climate observations, understanding climate predictions and the use of climate information to better serve the needs of the public and stakeholders. This is a priority for SIMS to bridge the gap between the climate information, developed by scientists and service providers, and the practical needs of end-users.
