Climate Change Resilience
The Pacific Islands region will benefit from a new regional project that will be providing seasonal climate prediction services and products for longer-term decisions and early warning of potential hazards.
The Republic of Korea-Pacific Islands Climate Prediction Services or ROK PI CLIPS is a project that will provide nationally-tailored seasonal climate prediction information and build the prediction capacity of Pacific Islands. It is funded by the Government of Korea through the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and implemented by the APEC Climate center (APCC) and SPREP. The project will run for three years from 2015-2017.
The main objective of the project is to strengthen the adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities to climate risks at the seasonal timescale. The project aims to build the adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities and users of climate information and services through the strengthening the capacity of National Meteorology and Hydrology Services (NMHS) to contribute to community resiliency and national development planning. Tailored climate prediction information using a region-specific system will be developed.
This initiative will build on and work in partnership and complement previous and current relevant activities such as the Pacific Australia Adaptation to Climate Change Science and Adaptation Planning (PACCSAP), the Finnish-Pacific Reducing Vulnerability in the Pacific Island Communities Project (FINPAC), and the Climate, Oceans Support Programme for the Pacific (COSPPac), Island Climate Update (ICU) Outlook Forum, the PEAC Outlook Forums and the Integrated Climate Information Management (iCLIM) project.
The project will be running a Training and Inception workshop in Nukualofa, Kingdom of Tonga in July 2015, where 14 countries are expected to attend.
The Regional Project will benefit the following countries; Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu
The Republic of Korea-Pacific Islands Climate Prediction Services or ROK PI CLIPS is a project that will provide nationally-tailored seasonal climate prediction information and build the prediction capacity of Pacific Islands. It is funded by the Government of Korea through the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and implemented by the APEC Climate center (APCC) and SPREP. The project will run for three years from 2015-2017.
The main objective of the project is to strengthen the adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities to climate risks at the seasonal timescale. The project aims to build the adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities and users of climate information and services through the strengthening the capacity of National Meteorology and Hydrology Services (NMHS) to contribute to community resiliency and national development planning. Tailored climate prediction information using a region-specific system will be developed.
Waves, weather and wind in the Pacific. Photo: Carlo Iacovino/SPREP
The project will develop region-specific downscaling methodologies and establish a climate prediction system. The work will consider the unique geographic features of the Pacific and build upon the programmes named above, utilising APCC's multi-model ensemble prediction system and support from the Pacific Met Desk Partnership. APCC will not only provide information but also assist the Pacific island NMHSs to self-operate the system after transferring the dynamical seasonal forecasting system to SPREP Pac Met Desk Partnership. This system will be connected to the climate prediction information system in APCC via the Internet. Then, APCC and the Pacific Met Desk Partnership will develop guidelines and train participating NMHS in order for them to effectively analyse the information and apply the prediction to support decision-making processes.This initiative will build on and work in partnership and complement previous and current relevant activities such as the Pacific Australia Adaptation to Climate Change Science and Adaptation Planning (PACCSAP), the Finnish-Pacific Reducing Vulnerability in the Pacific Island Communities Project (FINPAC), and the Climate, Oceans Support Programme for the Pacific (COSPPac), Island Climate Update (ICU) Outlook Forum, the PEAC Outlook Forums and the Integrated Climate Information Management (iCLIM) project.
The project will be running a Training and Inception workshop in Nukualofa, Kingdom of Tonga in July 2015, where 14 countries are expected to attend.
The Regional Project will benefit the following countries; Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu
For more information please contact Mr. Sunny Seuseu, SPREP's Climate Prediction Services Coordinator,
sunnys@sprep.
org