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The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) is a governmental institution under the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources. IMO has 135 fulltime employees, 80% with a university degree, thereof 20% with Ph.D. degree. The gender balance of the office is 65% male and 35% female.
The main purpose of IMO is to contribute towards increased safety and efficiency in society by:
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Monitoring, analyzing, interpreting, informing, giving advice and counsel, providing warnings and forecasts and, where possible, predicting natural processes and natural hazards;
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issuing public and aviation alerts about impending natural hazards, such as volcanic ash, extreme weather and flooding;
- conducting research on the physics of air, land and sea, specifically in the fields of meteorology, hydrology, glaciology, climatology, seismology and volcanology
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maintaining high-quality service and efficiency in providing information in the interest of economy, of safety affairs, of sustainable usage of natural resources and with regard to other needs of the public;
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ensuring the accumulation and preservation of data and knowledge regarding the long-term development of natural processes such as climate, glacier changes, crustal movements and other environmental matters that fall under IMO‘s responsibility; undertaking of risk assessments for natural hazards as requested by the government.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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