Figure 3. G3W funding mechanisms for financial sustainability
Resource mobilization for G3W is part of the broader WMO wide activities to raise voluntary contributions for its strategic objectives, including those in support of climate change mitigation. The WMO Resource Mobilization Strategy is aligned with the G3W-IPP 2024 – 2027, coordinated by WMO, in response to the World Meteorological Congress resolution. As such, G3W does not have a separate resource mobilization strategy. The G3W, together with Early Warnings for All (EW4All) and the Global Basic Observing Network (GBON), are among the priority initiatives of WMO that include a set of activities for climate action support and assessment at the service of the UNFCCC. Alike other initiatives, its funders may include traditional and emerging donors, climate funds —including the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF), multilateral development banks (MDBs), philanthropy and the private sector, recognizing that climate change mitigation is not only a necessity for sustainability but also a corporate duty in many countries (e.g., Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)). The G3W resource mobilization actions will aim at covering running costs of G3W infrastructure and services and therefore will be WMO wide.
In particular, the resources will fulfil the needs of technical, coordination, monitoring and communications leadership of G3W, as well as for non-WMO contributions to G3W, to help ensure that climate action and development support and investments are built robustly on science and services for society according to the needs of WMO Members.