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The Water and Climate Coalition and HydroSOS at AGU21

13-17 December 2021
Hybrid event (only AGU registered participants can access)

Objectives

Every year, the AGU Fall meeting convenes over 25,000 attendees from over 100 countries to share research and network. It focuses on understanding and preserving our planet and environment and also celebrates positive individual and collective outcomes of research. The theme of #AGU21 is “Science and Society.” 

At AGU21, the Water and Climate Coalition will present why water action is the best answer to climate change and on how the research community can engage with the Coalition. Furthermore, results of the pilot phase of the Hydrological Status and Outlook System – HydroSOS (a WMO led contribution to the Water and Climate Coalition) will be presented during several events at AGU21. 

Program of activities

Convention Center – Poster Hall, D-F  
This presentation aims to spark discussions on how the scientific community can engage with the WCC and similar initiatives to bridge the gap between research and water resource management and policy. Learn more about the event.

Convention Center – Poster Hall, D-F
This presentation will give an overview on what HydroSOS has achieved so far, the future plan and how the research community can get more engaged. Learn more about the event.

Convention Center – Room 255-257
As a part of the WMO Global Hydrological Status and Outlook System (HydroSOS) initiative, Guidance on Seasonal Hydrological Predictions has been developed to assist with a greater understanding of the strengths and limitations of different hydrological outlook methods, and of the causes of contrasting performance among them. Learn more about the event.

Convention Center – Poster Hall, D-F
There is an immediate need to develop accurate and reliable global hydrological forecasts in light of the future vulnerability to hydrological hazards and water scarcity under a changing climate. As a part of the WMO Global Hydrological Status and Outlook System (HydroSOS) initiative, we investigated different approaches for blending multi-model streamflow forecasts, for developing holistic operational forecasts. Learn more about the event.

Matthias Berninger, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Sustainability, Bayer

Matthias Berninger

Matthias Berninger (born 1971) is a former German politician and member of The Greens from 1993 until 2007.
From 2001 to 2005, Berninger served as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection under minister Renate Künast in the second cabinet of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. After leaving the government, he was his parliamentary group’s spokesperson on economic policy from 2005 until 2007.
Since 2019, Berninger has been serving as head of public and government affairs at Bayer.