Help shape the future of the UK’s weather and climate sector.
The Royal Meteorological Society, in partnership with the Met Office, is conducting a major new study to evaluate the state of the UK weather and climate sector.
The State of the UK Weather and Climate Sector Report will provide the first ever comprehensive picture of our professional landscape, exploring how the sector is evolving, the challenges we face, and the opportunities ahead.
Your input is vital and will help build a stronger, more connected, and forward-looking profession across public, private, and academic spheres.
Please note: This survey will remain open until January 31, 2026. We appreciate your participation.
Privacy Notice – Royal Meteorological Society State of the Sector Survey 2025/2026
How we use your information
The aim of the State of the Weather and Climate Sector in the UK is to Evaluate the state of the weather and climate sector in the UK.
If you choose to provide personal data in response to any of our questions, you should understand that we will hold and process that information in the dataset we generate from the survey responses.
We will retain the raw data from the survey responses until December 2026 when it will be deleted. We will retain our anonymous/analysis and reporting.
You are under no obligation to complete this survey.
Personal data
Personal data is explicitly asked for in this survey. Should you provide personal data in response to any of our questions, please consider whether your responses reveal circumstances which may identify you and whether you wish to include them. Any disclosure of personal data is at your own discretion. You should restrict your answers to the matter at hand and avoid disclosing the personal data of others.
Data controller
Should you provide personal data in response to this survey the Royal Meteorological Society would be the data controller for this information. This data may be processed by the Society agents such as sub-contractors, software or service providers. Data will be processed using the Society’s and sub-contractor business systems. These include Microsoft 365 and Microsoft OneDrive.
Lawful processing
If you choose to provide personal data in response to our questions, it will be processed by the Society on the basis that it is lawful for it to process your personal data, as the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Society as data controller.
Your rights
The Society respects your rights and preferences in relation to you. If you wish to update, access, erase, or limit the use of your information please let us know by emailing: info@rmets.org by the end of January 2026
If you wish to complain about the Society’s use of your information, please contact our data protection team in the first instance by emailing info@rmets.org. You may also wish to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.