SOFF
Support
Statements

Beneficiary countries

SOFF First Funders Forum – Statements of support from beneficiary countries

SOFF First Funders Forum – Frank Bainimarama, Fiji Prime Minister

H.E. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica

Hon José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva, Prime Minister of Cabo Verde

Hon. Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso

WMO Regional President Africa, Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) first potential Funders’ Forum

LDC Chair of the UN Climate Change and Secretary, National Environment Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan, at the SOFF First Funders’ Forum

Ministerial Declaration Fifth Session of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET-5)

Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change

Hon. Gilberto Silva, Minister for Agriculture and Environment of Cabo Verde

Hon. Aubrey Webson, UN Ambassador for Antigua and Barbuda, AOSIS

Hon. Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale, Chair of the African Group of Negotiators

Daouda Konate, WMO Regional President Africa

Hon. Fanomezantsoa Lucien Ranarivelo, Ministre de l’Agriculture de l’Elevage et de la Pêche du Madagascar

Hon. Carlos Eduardo Correa, Minister of Environment of Colombia

Yolanda González Hernández, WMO Regional President for South America

Joint statement of the Least Developed Countries Group and the Alliance of Small Island States in support of the SOFF

H.E Mr. Sonam P. Wangdi, H.E. Dr. Aubrey Webson 

Alliance members

SOFF First Funders Forum – Statements of support of the Alliance for Hydromet Development

Alliance for Hydromet Development (short version) – UNHLPF

Dr. Mari Pangestu, World Bank Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships 

Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, GEF CEO (1)

Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, GEF CEO (2)

Mafalda Duarte, CIFs CEO

Yannick Glemarec, GCF Executive Director

Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator

Bandar M.H. Hajjar, IsDB President

Bruno Carrasco, ADB Director General

Juergen Voegele, World Bank Vice President

David Beasley, WFP Executive Director

Mikko Ollikainen, Manager of the Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat

Akinwumi Adesina, African Development Bank President

Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General

Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director

International partners

Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General

Selwin Hart, Special Adviser and Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Action

SOFF First Funders Forum – Kristalina Georgieva, IMF, statement of support 

SOFF First Funders Forum – Florence Rabier, ECMWF, statement of support

Joint statement of European meteorological institutions and the World Meteorological Organization in support of the creation of the Systematic Observations Financing Facility

Lord Nicholas Stern, Professor of Economics, LSE, former Chief Economist of the World Bank

Mami Mitzutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of UNDRR

Patricia Espinosa, UNFCCC Executive Secretary

International partners

Hon. Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso