This session will welcome the participants to the conference, Stockholm and Sweden with the following speakers:

 

  • Rolf Brennerfelt - Director General of Swedish Meteorological & Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
  • Jan Olsson - Environment Ambassador, Ministry of the Environment and Energy, Sweden
  • Filipe Lucio - Head of Global Framework for Climate Services, WMO (remote)
  • David Carlson - Director World Climate Research Programme
  • Filippo Giorgi and William Gutowski - co-chairs WCRP CORDEX
  • Nina Kirchner - Director for Research at Bolin Centre, Stockholm University