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1 APEC Climate Center and Emergency Preparedness Mara Baviera, International Project Manager APEC Climate Center APEC Emergency Preparedness Working Group May 2015 Boracay, Philippines
2 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: Busan, South Korea
3 APEC Climate Center in APEC APEC Climate Network endorsed by ISTWG 1999 APEC Climate Center endorsed by ISTWG and SOM APEC Climate Center noted by STMM 2015 APEC Climate Center 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
4 Supporting Climate Services in the APEC Region and Beyond
5 Supporting Climate Services in the APEC Region and Beyond
6 Management and Policy: WATER and AGRICULTURE 2012 Australian Bureau of Meteorology and K water International Conference on Water, Climate, and Policy Cambodian Government Assessing Rice Productivity and Adaptation Strategies for Southeast Asia under Climate Change through Multi Scale Crop Modeling Tongan Government Improving Agricultural Productivity through Ensuring Data Availability and Enhancing Climate Services
7 Management and Policy: DISASTER MANAGEMENT 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
8 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
9 2013 APEC Climate Symposium Regional Cooperation on Drought Prediction Science to Support Disaster Preparedness and Management November Jakarta, Indonesia Need for increased financing and investments on: Adaptation measures Enhancing communications tools Prioritizing drought policy based on risk reduction Assessing factors contributing to vulnerability Improved resilience to drought
10 2014 APEC Climate Symposium Managing Climate Extremes and Hydrologic Disasters: Scientific Prediction and Emergency Preparedness October Nanjing, China Stronger partnerships and knowledge brokering impact forecasting addressing information gaps data sharing Improved operational disaster and reservoir management
11 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: Increased understanding of the role of forecasts in disaster management Policy recommendations Capacity building on flood forecasting Uptake of forecasts to reduce disaster impacts
12 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
13 THANK YOU! Mara Baviera International Project Manager T: E: W: ClimateCenter
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