Climate Information for Adaptation and Risk Management

World Meteorological Organization

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Climate Information for

Adaptation and Risk Management

• WMO

Open Panel of CCl Experts – 4

OPACE - 4 WMO

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Rodney Martínez & Albert Martis Co-Chairs OPACE IV

OPACE 4 Overview:

Objective

The objective of OPACE 4 is to

improve

decision-making

for planning, operations, risk management

and for adaptation to both climate change and

variability (covering time scales from seasonal to

centennial) and will be achieved through a

higher

level of climate knowledge

, as well as by access

to and use of actionable information and products,

tailored to meet their needs.

OPACE 4 Overview:

Core activities

The activities to be undertaken under OPACE-4 should

primarily focus on development of

tailored climate

information, products and services

for user application in

adaptation and risk management, and on interface with user

groups.

These activities will provide key contributions to the

Climate

User Interface Programme (CUIP)

component of the Global

Framework for Climate Services (GFCS). The work of

OPACE 4 is multidisciplinary

, and requires close

collaboration with experts from various socio-economic

sectors.

OPACE 4 Overview:

Priority Sectors

The core priority sectors for consideration by the

OPACE are

agriculture/food security and water

,

requiring close collaboration with the WMO Technical

Commissions for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM) and

for Hydrology (CHy).

These priorities expand and grow to include others such

as health, energy, urban matters, tourism, and coastal

climate change.

OPACE 4

–

Structure

Co-chairs: Rodney Martinez (Ecuador) and Albert Martis

(Netherlands Antilles)

Expert Team:

Climate Risk and Sector-specific Climate Indices

(ET-CRSCI)

Task Teams:

1. User Participation in Climate Outlook Forums

(TT- UPCOF)

2. User Interface (TT-UI)

OPACE 4

–

Members

TT /ET Leaders Members TT /ET Leaders Members

ET-CRSCI Lisa Alexander (Australia) 1. Elena Akentyeva-Russia 2. Amelia Diaz-Peru 3. Nimubona Alexis-Burundi 4. Nakaegawa Toshiyuki-Japan 5. Phil Thornton ILRI

6. G. Srinivasan-India. 7. Peigun Zhang-China TT-UI Roger Stone (Australia) 1. Maeda Shuhei-Japan 2. Houston Tamara-USA 3. Ceylan Abdulah-Turkey 4. Moisselin Jean Marc-France

(Public Weather Services) 5. Marigi Samwel-Kenya (Disaster

Risk Reduction)

TT-UPCOF

Brad Lyon (USA)

1. Ertan Turgu (Turkey) 2. Andrew Challinor (UK)

3. Da Silva (WHO-Africa) (health) 4. Patrick Luganda (Africa) (media) 5. Patricia Ramirez (Costa Rica) 6. Mohammed Kadi (ACMAD) 7. Maria Skansi (Argentina)

TT-CRM Debbie Hemming (UK) 1. Mushtaq Shahbaz-Australia 2. Dolgikh Svetlana-Kazakhstan 3. Gao Ge-China 4. Kadi Mohammed-Algeria 5. Heikki Tuomenvirta-Finland

6. External contributors: Maxx Dilley-UNDP and Holger Meinke-Australia

ET – CRSCI

Terms of Reference

1. Develop methods and tools including standardized software for, and to generate,

sector-specific climate indices, including their time series based on historical data, and methodologies to define simple and complex climate risks;

2. Promote the use of sector-specific climate indices to bring out variability and trends in climate of particular interest to socio-economic sectors (e.g., droughts), with global consistency and to help characterize the susceptibility of various sectors to climate;

3. Develop the training materials needed to raise capacity and promote uniform approaches around the world in applying these techniques;

4. Work with sector-based agencies and experts, including those of relevant WMO Technical Commissions, particularly CHy and CAgM, to facilitate the use of climate information in users’ decision-support systems for climate risk management and adaptation strategies;

ET – CRSCI

Expected Deliverables

• A collection and analysis of existing sector-specific climate indices with particular (Agriculture, water and DRR) applications at national and regional scales.

• Methods and tools, standardized software and associated training materials

required to produce new sector-specific climate indices for systematic assessment of the impact of climate variability and change and to facilitate climate risk management and adaptation (to be done in collaboration with WMO Technical Commissions, particularly CCl OPACE II and with relevant agencies and organizations if required).

• Technical publication on climate indices for sectoral application in risk assessment and adaptation.

• Pilot training workshop (one region) on development of the indices-• Workshop Report/Publication

TT – UPCOF

Terms of Reference

1. Review and assess the approaches in the existing and ongoing user outlook forums (e.g., MALOF, HYDROF);

2. Develop guidance and promotional material to enhance user participation in Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs) and in post-COF user interaction, particularly through implementation of user-driven outlook forums in conjunction with RCOFs;

3. Develop guidance for RCOFs to more efficiently communicate climate outlooks to the users, along with uncertainty aspects;

4. In collaboration with the concerned sectors, develop proposals to establish sector-driven user outlook forums with clear linkages to RCOFs to take climate outlooks into account;

5. Work with CHy and CAgM to develop the concepts of user outlook forums for water resources and agriculture/food security; and

6. Task team lead to inform the OPACE co-chairs that the task is finished (within a period of 12 months from the date of formation of the Task Team) and that the team can be dissolved.

TT – UPCOF

Expected Deliverables

• Review of the approaches in the existing and ongoing user outlook forums (e.g., MALOF, HYDROF)

• Guidance for RCOFs to more efficiently communicate climate outlooks to the users, along with uncertainty aspects

• Guidance and promotional material to enhance user participation in Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs) and in post-COF user interaction;

• Guidance and promotional materials, for the use of sectoral agencies, on the establishment and operation of sector-focused, sector-driven outlook forums in conjunction with Climate Outlook Forums (COFs), particularly the water resources management and agriculture/food security sectors (to be done in collaboration with relevant agencies, organizations and WMO Technical Commissions, particularly CHy and CAgM)

• Specific proposals to establish a number of sector-driven user outlook forums with clear linkages to RCOFs, to take climate outlooks into account

TT – UI

Terms of Reference

1. Develop a guideline for users on integrating climate predictions and information into climate risk management, and adaptation strategies and planning, to include a user friendly terminology;

2. Collect and assess existing case studies relevant to quantifying the social and economic benefits of using climate information, products and services;

3. Collect and develop information on the susceptibility of various sectors to climate variations and change and on the use of climate information in climate risk management and adaptation by specific sectors, and publish these in the form of an online catalog;

4. In collaboration with CBS ET on Meteorological, Hydrological and Climate Services for Improved Humanitarian Planning and Response, develop an implementation plan to facilitate the provision of meteorological, Hydrological and Climate Services to the international humanitarian agencies from National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs), RSMCs, Global and Regional Climate Centres (RCCs);

5. Inform the CCl Management Group on completion of the tasks (within a period of three years from the date of formation of the Task Team) and that the team can be dissolved.

TT – UI

Expected Deliverables

• A guideline for users on integrating climate predictions and information into climate risk management, and adaptation strategies and planning, to

include a user-friendly terminology

• A collection of existing case studies relevant to quantifying the social and economic benefits of using climate information, products and services

• Information on the susceptibility of various sectors to climate extremes and change and the use of climate information in climate risk management and adaptation by specific sectors, in the form of an online catalog

• In collaboration with CBS ET on Meteorological, Hydrological and Climate Services for Improved Humanitarian Planning and Response, an

implementation plan to facilitate the provision of meteorological, Hydrological and Climate Services to the international humanitarian

agencies from National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs), RSMCs, Global and Regional Climate Centres (RCCs). – include specific reference to climate support to include data requirements

TT – CRM

Terms of Reference

1. Develop a concept of Climate Risk Management;

2. Find or develop examples of best practices in CRM

already in use in different parts of the world (e.g. in

water and agriculture sectors);

3. Develop a strategy for extending the concept of CRM

to

WMO Members (through training workshop (s); educational

materials (preferably for e-learning); practical tools to apply

CRM principles);

4. Develop a 'summary report' to feed into Congress sixteen,

2011.

TT – CRM

Expected Deliverables

• A concept paper on CRM

• An online compendium of best practices in CRM

(examples, for various sectors)

• A strategy document outlining requirements for extending

CRM concept to members; proposals for development and

implementation of training and outreach initiatives; tools

report to CG-XVI

• A guideline for members to promote uniform approaches on

the topic of Climate Risk Management especially with

regards to disaster risk reduction and risk transfer

Our expectations from this meeting

•

Retrieve and use what exists and is available.

•

To establish a multidisciplinary dialogue.

•

Focus our discussion in the OPACE IV context:

“Climate Information for Adaptation and Risk Management”.

•

To propose, innovate and contribute with ideas and actions.

•

To agree a way to move forward.