Hon Speaker, hon Deputy President, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that each year on 23 March the World Meteorological Organisation, its 189 members and the worldwide meteorological community celebrate World Meteorological Day on a chosen theme;
2) further notes that the theme for World Meteorological Day 2012 is: Powering our future with weather, climate and water;
3) acknowledges that the theme focuses on the critical roles of weather, climate and water services in powering a sustainable future for us and for generations to come;
4) further acknowledges that the World Meteorological Organisation provides the basis for a better understanding of the climatology of severe weather and extreme events such as tropical cyclones, El Nio, floods, heat waves, cold waves, droughts and other natural hazards, contributing to saving both lives and property and improving our understanding and monitoring of the climate system and environment; and
5) calls on everyone to increase their knowledge about how global climate phenomena play out at regional, national and local levels.
Agreed to.