APEC Climate Center and Emergency Preparedness

Mara Baviera, International Project Manager APEC Climate Center APEC Emergency Preparedness Working Group 13 –14 May 2015 Boracay, What We Do

APEC Climate Center  Climate Prediction and Applications Research  Operational Forecasting Products and Services  Capacity Building  Projects

Personnel: 67 Years in operation: 10 Partnerships : 28 formal agreements Location: , APEC Climate Center in APEC

APEC Climate Network APEC Climate Center endorsed by ISTWG and endorsed by ISTWG SOM

1999 2005

2004 2015

APEC Climate Center APEC Climate Center noted by STMM 10th anniversary

APEC Climate Center  Active participation in ISTWG and PPSTI Meetings, cooperation with EPWG  Supported APEC Economies through the APCC Working Group representing 20 economies  Invested  Contributed 11 APEC funded and self‐funded projects Supporting Climate Services in the APEC Region and Beyond Supporting Climate Services in the APEC Region and Beyond Management and Policy: WATER and AGRICULTURE

2012 Australian Bureau of Meteorology and K‐water International Conference on Water, Climate, and Policy

2013 – 2014 Cambodian Government Assessing Rice Productivity and Adaptation Strategies for Southeast Asia under Climate Change through Multi‐Scale Crop Modeling

2014 – 2016 Tongan Government Improving Agricultural Productivity through Ensuring Data Availability and Enhancing Climate Services Management and Policy: DISASTER MANAGEMENT

2015 – 2017 ASEAN (PIPELINE) Science‐Based Disaster Management Platform

PROPOSED OUTCOMES:

 Mainstream use of science in disaster management and policy  Create a knowledge platform  Build the capacity of AHA Centre in knowledge management Engagement with the Emergency Preparedness Working Group

Role of Climate Information in Emergency Preparedness Presentation of APCC to APEC Emergency Management CEOs Forum Ha Noi, Viet Nam 2009

Forum on Disaster Preparedness during the APEC Climate Symposium 2010 Building Adaptive Capability to Extreme Climate Events

Climate Information for Disaster Preparedness Survey

Identified issues on geographic scope of data, interpreting climate Information, need for climate change projections, and lack of Interface between scientists and disaster managers 2013 APEC Climate Symposium

Regional Cooperation on Drought Prediction Science to Support Disaster Preparedness and Management

November 11 –13 ,

Need for increased financing and investments on: ‐ Adaptation measures Improved resilience to ‐ Enhancing communications tools drought ‐ Prioritizing drought policy based on risk reduction ‐ Assessing factors contributing to vulnerability 2014 APEC Climate Symposium

Managing Climate Extremes and Hydrologic Disasters: Scientific Prediction and Emergency Preparedness

October 27 –29 ,

Stronger partnerships and knowledge brokering Improved operational ‐ impact forecasting disaster and reservoir ‐ addressing information gaps ‐ data sharing management 2015 APEC Climate Symposium

From Science to Action: The Use of Weather and Climate Information for Efficient Disaster Risk Management

November 4 –6 Manila, Philippines

Proposed outcomes: Uptake of forecasts ‐ Increased understanding of the role of forecasts in disaster management to reduce disaster ‐ Policy recommendations impacts ‐ Capacity building on flood forecasting 2015 APEC Climate Symposium

Session Themes:

 Keynote Policy Presentations  Science and Technology for Extreme Forecasts  Sharing of Best Practices in the Use of Weather and Climate Information for Disaster Risk Management  Integrated Risk Assessments THANK YOU! www.apcc21.org

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