The Royal Meteorological Society is a British charity with the mission to “continue to be a world-leading professional and learned society in the field of meteorology.” The society promotes collaboration with organizations that are active in Earth systems sciences. It supports the advancement of meteorological science, its applications, and its understanding not only for its professional members, but also for the wider community.
The society also aims to provide scientific and reliable recommendations to policymakers on global warming and climate change. In February 2007, the society endorsed the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), although this endorsement has provoked internal debate. The society’s statement on the IPCC’s conclusions argued that government, scientific, and business communities and the general public should take global warming seriously and work to limit emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs).
A council and its committees are responsible for running the society within the constraints of the royal charter. The council comprises a total of 21 officers and ordinary members of council elected at the annual general meeting. The president, elected for a two-year term, is supported by a vice president for Scotland and three other vice presidents, the treasurer, general secretary, four journal editors, four main committee chairmen, and ordinary members of council. The council convenes five times a year to consider applications for membership and supervise the running of the society through its honorary officers, committees, and permanent staff. The work of the council is largely organized by the recommendations made by its committees. The society staff are based at the society’s headquarters in Reading, where committee meetings are normally held. The society’s patron is the Prince of Wales. Its membership in 2008 consisted of more than 3,000 members worldwide.
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