The First World Climate Conference was held on 12–23 February 1979 in Geneva and sponsored by the WMO.
It also led to the creation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) by WMO and UNEP in 1988.
The scientists and technology experts at the conference issued a strong statement highlighting the risk of climate change.
The goal was to create a global framework that will link scientific advances in these climate predictions and the needs of their users for decision-making to better cope with changing conditions.
The outcomes formed part of WMO input to the 2009 UNFCC COP-15 meeting for climate mitigation in Copenhagen in the December following WCC-3.