# World Climate Programme

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The '''World Climate Programme''' ('''WCP''') was established at the eighth World Meteorological Congress following the first [World Climate Conference](/source/World_Climate_Conference) in 1979.<!---but what is it? 1st sentence should just say what it is.---> It was created both to increase understanding of the earth's [climate system](/source/climate_system) and to apply that knowledge to help societies cope with [climate variability](/source/climate_variability) and [climate change](/source/climate_change).<ref name="wmo-wcip">{{cite web |title=World Climate Programme (WCP) {{!}} World Meteorological Organization |url=https://community.wmo.int/en/world-climate-programme-wcp |website=community.wmo.int |publisher=World Meteorological Organization |access-date=19 September 2025}}</ref>

The major sponsors are the [World Meteorological Organization](/source/World_Meteorological_Organization), [United Nations Environment Programme](/source/United_Nations_Environment_Programme), the [Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission](/source/Intergovernmental_Oceanographic_Commission) of the [United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization](/source/United_Nations_Educational%2C_Scientific_and_Cultural_Organization) (UNESCO), and the [International Council for Science](/source/International_Council_for_Science) (ICSU).

==History==
When it was first established in 1979, the WCIP consisted of four components:<ref name="wmo-wcip"/>
*The World Climate Data Programme (WCDP)
*The World Climate Applications Programme (WCAP)
*The World Climate Impacts Programme (WCIP)
*The [World Climate Research Programme](/source/World_Climate_Research_Programme) (WCRP)

Following the Second World Climate Conference of 1990, the eleventh World Meteorological Congress (1991) reorganized the programme and renamed the four components:<ref name="wmo-wcip"/>
*World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme (WCDMP)
*World Climate Applications and Services Programme (WCASP)
*World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies Programme (WCIRP)
*World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)

In 1993, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission became a co-sponsor of the programme.

After the Third World Climate Conference, the sixteenth World Meteorological Congress (2011) again restructured the program, closing its WCIRP component. Thereafter, the programme included:<ref name="wmo-wcip"/>
*[Global Climate Observing System](/source/Global_Climate_Observing_System) (established in 1992)
*World Climate Research Programme
*World Climate Services Programme (which assumed responsibility for work previously controlled by the WCDMP and the WCASP)

==See also==
*[Global Carbon Project](/source/Global_Carbon_Project)

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