Weather, Law, and Public-Private Engagement

doi:https://doi.org/10.1596/41937

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Weather, Law, and Public-Private Engagement

dc.contributor.author	Hodgson, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-23T20:20:46Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-23T20:20:46Z
dc.date.issued	2024-07-23
dc.description.abstract	Weather laws typically address the establishment and operation of a national meteorological service (NMS), which is usually granted the exclusive right to issue weather warnings as well as to address issues such as weather modification, liability for incorrect weather forecasts, weather observation, and the importation and placing on the market of meteorological equipment. Moreover, some weather laws go further and establish a legal framework for a range of public and private actors, collectively known as the Global Weather Enterprise (GWE). Besides the NMS, the enterprise includes academia, research funding bodies, equipment manufacturers, and a growing number of commercial weather service providers. A big problem for many low- and middle-income countries is the underfunding of the NMS - which, in turn, affects its ability to collect the basic observation data needed for weather service provision. Using a weather law to set up the NMS as an independent legal entity may enable it to generate additional income from the provision of commercial weather services, although the core public tasks of an NMS will always require public funding. This report breaks new ground by surveying the existing national weather laws and by asking whether the main obstacle to better public-private engagement the absence or the presence of a national weather law is. A key finding is that weather laws alone will usually not be sufficient to promote effective public-private engagement. Just as important are the intellectual property rights (IPRs) in data generated and held by the NMS (usually copyright and database rights) and the extent to which the data policy of the NMS permits the use and re-use of publicly funded weather data by commercial weather service providers.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099061424164032194/P1769451589c9d0fc1bca21a6206e15ecc5
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/41937
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41937
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	WEATHER LAWS
dc.subject	GLOBAL WEATHER ENTERPRISE (GWE)
dc.subject	PUBLIC-PRIVATE ENGAGEMENT
dc.subject	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPRs)
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.title	Weather, Law, and Public-Private Engagement	en
dc.type	Report
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Weather, Law, and Public-Private Engagement
okr.date.disclosure	2024-06-17
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-23T02:23:26.236554Z
okr.date.lastmodified	2024-06-17T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Other ESW
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okr.sector	Other Public Administration
okr.theme	Disaster Risk Management,Disaster Preparedness,Disaster Risk Reduction,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Climate change,Urban and Rural Development,Adaptation
okr.unit	Disaster Climate Risk Management (GFDRR)