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& EVENTS Archives Indonesia | Philippines | Vietnam | Archives ADPC participates
in the Asia-Pacific Conference on Early Warning, Prevention, Preparedness
and Management of Disasters in Food and Agriculture The Extreme Climate Events
Program of ADPC will participate in the Asia-Pacific Conference on Early
Warning, Prevention, Preparedness and Management of Disasters in Food
and Agriculture organized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 12 to 15 June 2001. The purpose of the Conference
is to promote the protection of farming systems, natural resources and
livelihoods in disaster-prone areas.
ADPC will present a paper on
the issues relating to the evolution of long-lead climate forecast over
a period of time in the Asia-Pacific monsoon region, and recent advances
in ENSO prediction and its potential value for agriculture and food security
planning and management. The paper, while drawing experiences from the
application of long lead climate forecast in recent years, also highlights
emerging issues for future action.
Regional Climate
Outlook Forum Conference The Global Review Meeting of
Regional Climate Outlook Forums organized jointly by WMO, World Bank,
NOAA, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI) and
South African Weather Bureau was held last 16-20 October 2000 in Pretoria,
South Africa. The review focused on the past six years of climate forecasting
applications work (particularly the regional climate outlook forums) globally.
One of the outputs of the meeting would be a summary report which will
have recommendations for forecasting applications work for the coming
years. This will include two-page recommendations (a broad plan) for Southeast
Asia in which ADPC will play a major role as a regional resource for climate
forecasting applications work.
ADPC presentation on the status
of climate forecasting applications work in Southeast Asia was well received.
International
Peer-review Meeting, Extreme Climate Events Program
From 5-6 October 2000, the
ECE Program was reviewed by over 30 experts representing the study teams
in the three target countries of Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam,
ADPC, the ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Center (ASMC), World Meteorological
Organization (WMO), Southeast Asia START Regional Center (SEA-START),
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI), National
Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), University of Hawaii, NOAA, OFDA,
ADB, USAID, and the World Bank. The meeting reviewed the work done under
the ECE Program over the last two years, discussed strategies for dealing
with future extreme climate events and charted directions for the future.
The meeting commended the work
done under the program and the role played by the program in raising awareness
on extreme climate events, and in promoting inter-sectoral dialogue for
mitigating their future impacts. The meeting also recognized that through
this program, a first-ever comprehensive information base has been built
on ENSO events and a general map of vulnerability to these events in the
target countries has been drawn. This will be extremely helpful in mitigating
the impacts of future extreme climate events. The meeting made a number
of recommendations regarding the follow-up of the ECE program. The two
main recommendations were: first, to start demonstration projects in the
target countries and second, to expand the follow-up program to two other
countries of the region namely, Bangladesh and Thailand.
For more details about the
meeting,
please click here.
First
International Forum on Climate Prediction, Agriculture and Development
The First International Forum
on Climate Prediction, Agriculture and Development was held on 26-28 April
2000 at the International Research Institute for Climate Research (IRI)
in Palisades, New York, USA, with around 60 participants from around the
world. The ForumØs goal was to strengthen research capacity and to build
interdisciplinary and international cooperation in order to create more
effective applications of seasonal-to-interannual climate predictions
for agriculture. The ForumØs comprehensive scientific program presented
advances in climate science and forecasting of impacts of large-scale
climate variability phenomena on food production, distribution and consumption
systems around the world, and explored implications of seasonal climate
fluctuations and applications of seasonal climate prediction within a
broad range of agricultural concerns, including production systems, economics,
food security, water resources, rural development and human health.
The Forum recognized ADPC as
one of the potential partners for undertaking efforts to strengthen research
capacity and to build inter-disciplinary approach to create a more effective
application of seasonal-to-interannual climate prediction for agriculture
and other sectors. The IRI will provide opportunity to bring together
major regional institutions such as ADPC to foster end to end climate
forecast application systems.
Start-up
Strategy Session on the Program on Understanding Extreme Climate Events
The Start-up Strategy Session
held at ADPC from 19-20 October 1998 launched the ECE program. The session
was attended by delegates from the program's three pilot target countries,
Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, representatives from the ASEAN
Specialized Meteorological Center (ASMC), LA RED (a Latin American network
of NGOs, individuals and organizations working in disaster prevention),
ADPC, USAID, NOAA and the U.S. Department of State.
The key objectives of the Start-up
Strategy Session were to share the preliminary design of the ECE program,
brainstorm on its different components and obtain strategic guidance from
the key stakeholders.
One of the main outputs of
the meeting was a broad implementation strategy for the program, which
identified key issues that the program should address, appropriate institutional
contacts (in different sectors) for information gathering and dissemination
and appropriate time frame for various activities. Institutional partners
for the documentation process in the three study countries were also identified.
For more information on the
workshop, please
click here.
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