The APEC Climate Center and Open Innovation

1. The
APEC
Climate
Center
a
nd
Open
Innova6on
Hannah
Kim
/
APEC
Climate
Center
Busan,
Korea

2. Climate
Change
UN
Climate
Summit
held
at
the
UN
HQ
in
September
2014
Defining
issue
of
our
-me,
bold
ac-on
required
to
reduce
emissions
Advance
Climate
Ac6on
on
Five
Fronts:
• Cu8ng
Emissions
• Mobilizing
Money
and
Markets
• Pricing
Carbon
• Strengthening
Resilience
• Mobilizing
New
Coali-ons
source:
www.un.org
APCC
partners
in
providing
robust
climate
predic-on
technologies

3. Na6onal
Planning
How
do
Na6ons
plan
for:
• Disaster
Management
• Energy
Demands
• Water
Usage
• Agriculture
in
the
short,
medium
and
long
term?
Busan
Flash
Flood,
August
2014
source:
www.bbc.com
How
do
policy
makers
decide
on
investments
to
meet
both
current
needs
and
future
demand?
Alleviate
risk
of
climate
change
efficiently
and
effec-vely
APCC
can
help
with
climate
informa-on,
research
and
tech
support

4. Overview
of
the
APEC
Climate
Center
The
APEC
Climate
Center
(APCC)
is
a
leading
climate
informa-on
service
provider
in
the
Asia-­‐Pacific
region.
We
provide
seasonal
climate
forecasts
and
other
climate
informa-on
products
and
services,
conduct
research
and
development
ac-vi-es,
and
organize
capacity
building
ini-a-ves
for
scien-sts
from
developing
economies

5. History
of
the
APEC
Climate
Center
•
KMA
proposed
the
establishm
ent
of
the
APEC
Climate
Network
in
1998
•
In
2005,
during
the
13th
APEC
Economic
Leaders'
Mee-ng
in
Busan,
Korea,
APCC
was
formally
launched
V I S I O N
APCC
strives
to
strengthen
scien-fic
and
technological
coopera-on
across
the
APEC
region
in
order
to
help
economies
and
socie-es
deal
effec-vely
with
the
consequences
of
current
and
future
climate-­‐related
hazards
through
the
provision
of
climate
informa-on,
research
and
technical
support

6. Structure
of
the
APEC
Climate
Center
Board of Trustees
Director
External Affairs D
epartment
Climate Researc
h Department
Climate Policy D
epartment
Administration D
epartment
Climate
Prediction Team
Climate Analysis
Team
Climate Change
Research Team
Climate Informatics
Development Team
As of August, 2014

7. Ac6vi6es
of
the
APEC
Climate
Center
v
Climate
Services
APCC
provides
opera-onal
services
such
as
monthly
seasonal
outlooks
and
climate
monitoring
and
predic-on
products,
as
well
as
conduc-ng
climate
change
R&D
and
suppor-ng
online
tools
and
data
services
• Seasonal
temperature
and
precipita-on
outlook
• Drought
and
flood
monitoring,
• 6-­‐month
lead
coupled
MME
outlook
(ENSO,
SST,
IOD)

8. Climate
Science:
MME
Climate
Forecast
o Global
climate
forecast
data
from
17
ins6tutes
(9
economies)
o
Monthly
rolling
3-­‐month
and
6-­‐month
MME
climate
forecast
o
Coopera-on
on
decadal
predic-on
and
climate
change
projec-on
··· MME
Climate
Forecast
Joint
Produc-on,
Analysis,
&
Dissemina-on
(ADSS,
OPeNDAP,
FTP)
Climate
Monitoring
Climate Network
···
*
ADSS
:
APCC
Data
Server
System
*
OPeNDAP
:
Open-­‐source
Project
for
a
Network
Data
Access
Protocol
*
FTP
:
File
Transfer
Protocol
Research
Interna-onal
Collabora-on
Outreach
&
Training
Program

9. Mul6-­‐Ins6tu6onal
Coopera6on

10. BSISO
Forecast
-­‐
Scaling
Up
from
Seasonal
to
Intraseasonal
Forecas6ng
-­‐
•
Since
Summer
2013,
APCC
has
begun
to
release
a
Boreal
Summer
Intraseasonal
Oscilla-on
(BSISO)
forecast
•
Provides
cri-cal
informa-on
for
predic-ng
the
onset
and
characteris-cs
of
the
monsoon
season
in
the
Asia
region
•
The
informa-on
can
be
useful
for
coping
with
extreme
climate
events
and
can
help
mi-gate
the
associated
agricultural
and
socioeconomic
impacts

11. Accessing
APCC
Forecasts
•
Rolling
3-­‐month
and
6-­‐month
lead
forecasts
and
“State
of
Our
Climate”
assessment
available
on
our
website
•
Climate
highlights
and
forecast
outlook
•
Detailed
monthly
and
regional
predic-on
and
relevant
verifica-on
•
Forecast
informa-on
also
distributed
through
our
mailing
list
hgp://www.apcc21.org

12. Climate
Informa6on
Tool
Kit
(CLIK)
h[p://clik.apcc21.net
•
Innova-ve,
web-­‐based
tool
fo
r
data
retrieval
and
climate
predi
c-on
•
Customized
3-­‐MON
Mul--­‐Mo
del
Ensemble
Predic-on
and
loc
ally
specific
downscaling
•
Produced
over
1,200
MME
Pr
edic-on
&
600
Verifica-on
resul
ts
by
user
requests
•
Since
March
2009,
3,882
visito
rs
from
497
ci-es
have
accessed
and
used
CLIK
•
The
visitor
count
is
con-nuousl
y
increasing

13. Ac6vi6es
of
the
APEC
Climate
Center
v
Capacity
Building
APCC
engages
in
various
capacity
building
and
training
exercises,
especially
targe-ng
par-cipants
from
developing
countries.
Through
these
ac-vi-es,
we
aim
to
build
the
adap-ve
capacity
of
these
groups
to
produce
and
access
the
highest
quality
informa-on
for
risk
management
and
strategic
planning

14. Young
Scien6sts
Support
Program
(YSSP)
•
APCC
supports
the
research
of
outstanding
young
scien-sts
from
developing
countries
as
visi-ng
scien-sts
for
a
period
of
approximately
3
months
•
APCC
provides
data,
equipment,
and
support
from
our
research
staff
•
The
visi-ng
scien-sts
conduct
research
on
themes
such
as:
o climate
predic-on
and
monitoring
o climate
change
and
impact
assessments
o climate
informa-cs
o climate
applica-ons
to
relevant
sectors

15. APCC
Training
Programs
•
2011:
Climate
predic-on,
sta-s-cal
and
dynamical
downscaling
2012a:
Climate
predic-on
and
applica-ons
(agriculture
and
water
resources)
2012b:
Climate
variability
and
seasonal
predic-on
2013:
Producing
High
Resolu-on
Climate
Informa-on:
Scien-fic
Basis
and
Applica-ons
2014a:
Producing
High
Resolu-on
Climate
Informa-on
and
its
Applica-on
Using
Downscaling
Scheme
• Since
its
establishment
in
2006,
APCC
has
trained
202
par-cipants
from
over
40
countries
External
Training
Programs
– In
response
to
requests
from
developing
countries
and
ins-tu-onal
partners,
we
s
upport
training
programs
in
the
requeste
d
countries

16. APEC
Climate
Symposium
• Annual
event
held
since
2005
• Highlights
state-­‐of-­‐the-­‐art
climate
predic-on
techniques
as
well
as
the
applica-on
of
climate
informa-on
for
social
welfare
and
economic
prosperity
• 2012
“Harnessing
and
Using
Climate
Informa-on
for
Decision
Making”,
wi
th
a
focus
on
the
Agriculture
Sector
(St.
Petersburg,
Russia)
• 2013
“Regional
Coopera-on
on
Drought
Predic-on
Science
to
Support
Dis
aster
Preparedness
and
Management”
(Jakarta,
Indonesia)
• 2014(e)
“Managing
Climate
Extremes
and
Hydrologic
Disasters:
Scien-fic
Predic-on
and
Emergency
Preparedness”
(Nanjing,
China)

17. Climate
Science
for
Society
and
Susta
inable
Global
Communi6es
v
Societal
Applica6ons
APCC
strives
to
respond
to
societal
needs
and
is
beginning
to
create
specialized
forums
and
informa-on
products
for
stakeholders
in
sectors
such
as
Agriculture,
Health,
Water
Resources
Management,
and
Energy
Efficiency

18. Climate
Science
for
Society
and
Susta
inable
Global
Communi6es
A
Fire
and
Haze
Early
Warning
System
for
Southeast
Asia
Crea-on
of
a
prototype
Early
Warning
System
(EWS)
for
Fire
Danger
Condi-ons
in
Indonesia,
Malaysia
and
Singapore
by
using
seasonal
forecasts
to
predict
the
drought
condi-ons
that
trigger
forest
fires
APCC’s
exper-se
in
opera-onal
seasonal
climate
forecas-ng
and
experience
with
capacity
building
and
training
programs
makes
it
uniquely
qualified
to
carry
out
this
project

19. Climate
Science
for
Society
and
Susta
inable
Global
Communi6es
Pilot
Study
of
Early
Warning
and
Risk
Assessment
on
Drought
Disaster
–
Chinese
Taipei
Applied
sta-s-cally
downscaled
precipita-on
predic-on
to
extreme
droughts
over
northern
Chinese
Taipei.
Developed
new
tools
for
drought
predic-on
bas
ed
on
dynamical
sta-s-cal
forecast
results.

20. Climate
Science
for
Society
and
Susta
inable
Global
Communi6es
Assessing
agricultural
produc6vity
under
the
changing
climate
AR5
Climate
Change
Scenarios
→
Downscaled
Locally
Specific
Informa6on
GIS
+
process-­‐based
crop
model
→
Agricultural
Produc6on
Scenarios
→
Provincial
&
Na6onal
Policy
Crop
Modeling
Agriculture
Sector
• 80%
of
Cambodia’s
popula-on
• More
than
30%
of
the
GDP

21. Climate
Science
for
Society
and
Susta
inable
Global
Communi6es
Interna6onal
Collabora6ons
&
Interdisciplinary
Research
Collabora-ve
Research
on
Applica-on
of
Seasonal
Forecasts
to
Predict
the
Electricity
Demand
in
Japan
Central
Research
Ins@tute
of
Electric
Power
Industry,
Japa
n

22. Climate
Science
for
Society
and
Susta
inable
Global
Communi6es
Interna6onal
Collabora6ons
&
Interdisciplinary
Research
Development
of
an
Atmospheric
Model-­‐Based
Rainfall
and
Flood
Forecas-ng
System
for
Real-­‐Time
Flood
Alerts
in
Urban
Areas
Ministry
of
Land,
Infrastructure
and
Transport,
Korea
Development
of
an
APCC
Opera-onal
ISO
MME
System
and
Inves-ga-on
of
Arc-c
and
High-­‐la-tude
Influences
on
the
East
Asian
Climate
Interna@onal
Pacific
Research
Center,
University
of
Hawaii,
U.S.A.

23. Conclusion
APCC
goal
is
to
support
more
effec6ve
planning
and
implementa6on
of
climate
change,
energy
and
environment
policies
with
robust
climate
predic6on
• APCC
would
like
to
invite
access
to
our
data
services
• APCC
can
support
and
collaborate
on
future
projects
For
more
informa@on
please
visit
www.apcc21.org

24. THANK
YOU!
web:
www.apcc21.org
email:
hannah.kim@apcc21.org
TEL:
+82-­‐51-­‐745-­‐3900,
FAX:
+82-­‐51-­‐745-­‐3949