APEC Climate Center (APCC) held the 5th APCC Multi-Model Ensemble (MME) Model Providers’ Meeting (the Meeting) at APCC Building from 29^th to 31^st August, 2023.. The Meeting was attended by representatives of the 9 climate prediction institutes (model providers) from 8 countries around the world that provide climate prediction models for APCC.

The Meeting was held to create an opportunity to enhance the reliability of climate prediction information by sharing the availability and verification results of the information produced by the APCC MME climate prediction system and the climate prediction systems of the 11 model providers. The APCC MME Providers’ Meeting is held every other year.

The climate prediction experts present in the meeting shared and discussed issues related to the performance and improvements of their seasonal MME climate prediction systems as well as the APCC MME climate prediction system. They also discussed a variety of ways to improve the reliability of prediction information and to strengthen cooperation among the model providers.