TOPIC: AT THE FRONTLINE OF CLIMATE ACTION

Climate change is a real and undeniable threat to our entire civilization. The effects are already visible and will be catastrophic unless we act now. Therefore, the theme of World Meteorological Day 2024 is „At the frontline of climate action “.

Climate actions mean different things to different people. But everyone agrees that those activities are necessary, urgent and means a call to all. We all must act in the same direction. Our meteorological and hydrological communities collect, share and analyze data about weather, water and the environment. These data form the basis for understanding what is currently happening to the climate and how it is changing.

As a priority, hydrometeorological services around the world are engaged in improving their early warning systems, which form the basis of adaptation and disaster risk reduction. However, today many countries are unable to provide these early warnings to protect their people. This is the reason why, WMO (World Meteorological Organizaton) as part of the global community, starts the initiative „Early warning to all “. Every person on Earth should have access to timely and reliable information about the weather and climate risks until the end of 2027.

Climate and weather affect almost every activity, and weather and climate information drive economic growth. We need to do more to turn climate science into services. And we need to make these climate services more accessible to everyone and use them more efficiently.

At the World Meteorological Day, National meteorological and hydrological services are in the centre of attention. They play a key role at risk reduction, development, adaptation, mitigation and sustainability. Their expertise must be incorporated into high-level policy on climate action. Faced with unprecedented environmental challenges, we meteorologists are not mere observers. Instead, we are called to be game changers. Our role as scientists and advocates for the planet has never been more crucial.

Together we stand on the front lines of climate activities as we embrace the journey through collaboration and innovation, using collective expertise to overcome challenges and achieve our shared vision of a safer and more resilient world for future generations – A world where children grow up in harmony with nature.

In the Club of Deputies,06.12.2023,starting at 10:00, the first working version of the VFR map of the Republic of North Macedonia was presented.

The map is completely created  in M-NAV, using content which was obtained from the Real Estate Cadastre Agency, aeronautical data published in The Journal of Aviation information, obstacle data obtained from Civil Aviation Agency (CAA) and regular geodetic measurements carried out by M-NAV every year, as well as data obtained by calculation according to ICAO standards contained in ICAO DOV 8168.

At the work meeting, there were representatives from:

• Directorate for Protection and Rescue
• Ministry of the Interior
• Air Wing – Аrmy of the RNM
• Ministry of Defense
• Aviation Accident And Serious Incident Investigation Committee
• Aviation Federation
• Air club Shtip
• Аir club Skopje

Today, the Minister of Transport and Communications, Blagoj Bochvarski, together with the deputy minister and the state secretary, was on a working visit to our Company, where, together with M-NAV`s Management they inspected the new ATM equipment, the installation of which is in progress.

The purchase of the new ATM system, enables maintaining safety at the highest level, in compliance with the latest technological standards, it will contribute to capacity building, increasing the efficiency of the entire system, and will also enable the ability to handle an increased volume of air traffic successfully.

Minister Bochvarski also met with Union representatives of M-NAV as part of the joint agreement for permanent coordination and meetings in order to fulfill the undertaken obligations by both parties.