AMOS statements
AMOS publishes formal information and position statements that are developed, reviewed and ultimately approved by the membership over a period of many months, as well as less formal Council endorsed policy statements that can be produced in a faster and more timely manner. The details of all current AMOS statements are as follows:
- Position Statement on Climate Change [adopted 1 November 2021]
- Council endorsed policy statement on Bushfire trends and projections [adopted 17 August 2020]
- Position Statement on International Cooperation and Data Sharing in Meteorology and Oceanography [adopted 26 July 2019]
- Council endorsed policy statement on the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C – Supplementary to the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Statement on the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C [adopted 26 July 2019]
- Information statement on sea-level change [adopted 1 October 2018]
- Information statement on weather analysis and prediction in Australia [adopted 1 August 2017]
- Information statement on Coral Bleaching [published 27 September, 2016]
- Council endorsed policy statement on why observations of atmospheric and oceanic composition are important [published 9 May, 2016]
- Council endorsed policy statement on possible changes to national atmospheric and oceanographic research [published 17 February, 2016]
Archived Statements:
- Previous position statement on climate change [adopted 2 February, 2016]
AMOS Endorsed American Meteorological Society Statements
AMOS included an item in its Memorandum of Understanding with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) which allows it to formally endorse and share AMS statements of its choosing. Below is the current list of formally endorsed AMS statements, which can be found at the AMS statements webpage.
- Weather, water and climate priorities [endorsed 8 July, 2016]
AMOS Endorsed Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Statements
AMOS has now formally endorsed the CMOS IPCC 1.5 deg SR statement. An AMOS statement, supplementary to the CMOS IPCC statement, can also be viewed here: AMOS IPCC 1.5 deg SR statement.
AMOS Endorsed Australian Academy of Science statements
AAS Statement regarding Australian Bushfires [January 2020]