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APCC and Suhyup Signed MOU to Support the Use Of Climate Prediction Information in The Fishery Sector.
APEC Climate Center (APCC) and Suhyup (National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives) signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) to support the use of climate prediction information in the fishery sector. The signing ceremony took place at APCC located in Haeundae, Busan on March 12, 2021. APCC with expertise in climate prediction, and Suhyup representing the domestic fishery sector developed an MOU to maximize the use of climate information in the fishery sector, through the provision and usage of customized information, and also to contribute to the advancement of the fishery sector. Through this MOU, APCC and Suhyup plan to discuss joint promotion of projects and workshops on providing climate information necessary for fishing activities and the usage of climate information in the fishery sectors.​ Date : 2021.03.23
APCC to Participate in the 2021 Asia Pacific Science & Technology Cooperation Virtual Forum
Ms. Sangwon Moon, head of External Affairs Department and Ms. Inja Jeon, Researcher of the same department from the APEC Climate Center (APCC), attended the 2021 Asia Pacific Science & Technology Cooperation Virtual Forum on Feb. 18, 2021.The forum was held to share the achievements of the science and technology cooperation projects on *APEC, *ASEAN, *UNESCAP, and *AMGS in the Asia-Pacific region amongst experts and to discuss the project directions for the Year 2021.* APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), UNESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific), AMGS (APEC Mentoring Center for Gifted in Science)Ms. Sangwon Moon, head of External Affairs Department, shared the progress, accomplishments and future work plan of the APEC Climate Symposium project, conducted by APCC, with the forum participants.Participants noted that there is a gap between producer and user of the climate information and appropriate delivery methods of the information are critical. In this context, the role of APCC is essential in minimizing the existing gap and identifying the most effective communication strategies for the climate information services. Date : 2021.02.18
Dr. Jong Ann Chun, APCC, Recognized for Best Paper Presentation at the ICITSE 2020.
Dr. Jong Ahn Chun from APCC was recognized for the best paper presentation at the 1st International Conference on Innovative Technologies for a Sustainable Environment (ICITSE 2020) that was held virtually on Dec. 28th, 2020.Dr. Chun presented the research results of his paper, entitled “Evaluation of near-real time weekly root-zone Soil Moisture Index (SMI) for the extreme climate monitoring web-service across East Asia”.During his paper presentation at the ICITSE2020, he introduced the extreme event monitoring system for East Asia operated by the APEC Climate Center. He particularly focused on how the system was developed using the Soil Moisture Index.This study has the potential to be useful in reducing the socioeconomic damages resulting from climate extremes by comprehensively characterizing extreme drought events.ICITSE 2020 was held to provide a platform for participants from various industries, government agencies, non-government agencies, and the academe to share their knowledge on environmental technologies that are efficient, sustainable, and economical. The Society of Environmental Engineers of the Philippines, Inc. (SEEP) was the organizer and host of the ICITSE 2020. Date : 2021.02.15
Météo-France becomes a member of the APCC Multi-Model Ensemble (MME) prediction
Météo-France became a member of the APCC Multi-Model Ensemble (MME) prediction in January 2021. Météo-France originally informally expressed their interest to join the APCC MME towards the end of 2019 and after the completion of some official procedures, the Météo-France MF Sys 7 model will be included in the FMAMJJ APCC MME climate outlook.With the addition of Météo-France as one of the APCC MME Participation Agencies, APCC now collects climate forecast information from 15 leading climate forecasting centers and institutes in 11 countries.The Météo-France forecast system, MF Sys 7, consists of ARPEGE (atmospheric model) and NEMO (ocean model).Details regarding the forecast information from Météo-France, such as model description and forecast figures, can now be found on the APCC Climate Information Services page: apcc21.org/ser/global/outlookSummary.do?lang=en. Users can also download the data through the CLIK service: cliks.apcc21.org. Date : 2021.01.21
APCC officially commits to serving as the WMO Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Prediction Project “International Coordination Office”
Starting in January 2021, the APEC Climate Center committed to serving as the International Coordination Office (ICO) to coordinate the international joint research effort, “WWRP/WCRP Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Prediction Project (S2S) Phase II under the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).The S2S project was launched in November 2013, and the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) and the National Institute of Meteorological Sciences (NIMS) were in charge of operating the ICO until 2020.WMO is promoting and implementing this joint international meteorological and climate research project with leading scientists around the world in order to improve forecast skill and understanding on the S2S timescale. S2S predictions have great socio-economic ramifications but much remains to be done to improve the skill of the forecasts as well as creating forecast products.APCC, as the ICO, will support and coordinate the overall implementation of the international joint research activities related to the S2S Prediction Project, and support cooperation with other international programs.The Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Prediction refers to climate prediction information spanning the two-week to two-month period, which is serves to close the gap between the currently existing short-term and long-term prediction information.As the ICO, APCC is expected to establish its position as a leading research institute in the field of climate prediction. In addition, there may be opportunities to host international conferences and expert workshops in Busan, contributing to the vitalization of the local economy in Busan Metropolitan City. Date : 2021.01.21
APCC Held an On/Offline New Year Ceremony for 2021
The APEC Climate Center (APCC) held an annual New Year Ceremony (hybrid in-person and virtual meeting) for the year 2021 on January 4, 2021.This ceremony was held to celebrate the hard work of APCC’s employees during the year 2020 and to look forward to 2021.During the ceremony, the following awards were distributed: the Outstanding Service Award, Outstanding Paper Award, Outstanding Employee Award, and the 10-Year Service Plaque.APCC’s Executive Director, Dr. Won-Tae Kwon said, "I really appreciate all of the hard work you have done in the year of 2020. Let's do our best to achieve even better performance and further the development of APCC in 2021 based on our achievements in 2020".■ Outstanding Service Award: “Development of Comprehensive and Relative Evaluating Weekly Mean DYnamical ForecasT (CREDYT)”- Dr. Yun-Young Lee (Research Fellow)- Ms. Gayoung Kim (Researcher)■ Outstanding Paper Award: The non-linear relationship between the western North Pacific anticyclonic circulation and Korean summer precipitation on subseasonal timescales. Climate Dynamics, 54(525-541)- Dr. Sae–Rim Yeo (Research Fellow)■ Outstanding Employee Award:- Dr. Yun-Young Lee (Research Fellow)- Mr. Chang-Mook Lim (Researcher)- Ms. Bo Ra Kim (Senior International Project Manager)■ 10-Year Service Plaque:- Dr. Jin-Ho Yoo (Director, Climate Services and Research Division)- Dr. Ok-Yeon Kim (Research Fellow)​ Date : 2021.01.05
APCC to Participate in a GCF-Approved Programme, Initiated by UNEP
The APEC Climate Center will participate in the US$ 49.9 million programme on “Enhancing Climate Information and Knowledge Services for resilience in 5 island countries of the Pacific Ocean” as a technical partner.At the Green Climate Fund (GCF) 27th Meeting of the Board on 10 November 2020, the Funding Proposal (FP) No. 147, “Enhancing Climate Information and Knowledge Services for resilience in 5 island countries of the Pacific Ocean”, with a budget of US$49.9 million (GCF grant: US$47.4 million) was officially approved.The transformative new programme initiated by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) aims to establish climate and ocean information services and multi-hazard early warning systems in Pacific Small Island Developing States, which are among the most vulnerable in the world when it comes to climate change, natural disasters, and increasingly frequent or intense extreme climate events such as tropical cyclones, flooding, and drought.According to UNEP, at least 80% of the Pacific Island’s population will directly benefit from the programme through the promotion of diversified, climate-resilient livelihood practices informed by improved observation data and risk knowledge. The programme aims to achieve a 15-30% reduction in economic damage and losses incurred due to climate-related hazards, and to enhance the productivity of climate risk-informed sectors.APCC will serve as one of eight technical partners in this programme. APCC’s activities will focus on improving the already established Pacific Island Countries Advanced Seasonal Outlook (PICASO) system for the five countries, including adding some sector application features, as well as conducting capacity building activities for the five countries, such as the popular Young Scientists Support Program. Date : 2020.12.03
APCC Co-hosted the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam Climate Change Forum 2020 with BROM, Busan Metropolitan City, and BDI.
The APEC Climate Center (APCC), Busan Regional Office of Meteorology (BROM), Busan Metropolitan City, and Busan Development Institute (BDI) co-hosted the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam (BUG) Climate Change Forum 2020 on November 11, 2020 at the Busan Exhibition & Convention Center (BEXCO) in Haeundae, Busan.This forum was attended by participants from the local government, public institutes, academia, and businesses in the BUG region who are using climate information and interested in climate change. The event’s theme was, ‘BUG, Global Extreme Climate, and Busan Metropolitan City’s Response Plan’.Director Yeong-Hwa Byun from the Innovative Meteorological Research Department at the National Institute of Meteorological Science, gave a key-note presentation entitled “Status and Prospects of Global Climate Change”.There were also topic presentations such as “Climate Change Status in the BUG Region”, “Status and Cause of Global Extreme Climate”, and “The Road Map of Climate Change Response and Greenhouse Gas Reduction”. Lastly, the panel discussion was held under the subject “The Current State of Climate Change and our Future Direction”.Through this forum, participating organizations related to climate prediction and climate change in the BUG region realized the need to promote effective GHG reduction policies along with improving the capabilities of climate prediction and information utilization to reduce human and material damage caused by climate change in the future. Date : 2020.11.20
APCC and KWSE Co-host the Planning Session of the 2nd Half Academic Conference of KSCC for the Year 2020
The APEC Climate Center (APCC) and the Association of Korean Woman Scientists & Engineers (KWSE) cohosted the planning session of the second half academic conference of the Korea Society of Climate Change Research (KSCC) 2020 at the Jeju Oriental Hotel. This event was held as a hybrid on-offline event on November 6, 2020.The planning session was held to share recent issues and research results on extreme climate events, which are rapidly increasing due to climate change, and also to hold in-depth discussions with participating experts for women scientists in the field of climate change research. With these topics, this event was designed to provide an opportunity for women scientists to expand and grow their networks.This planning session consisted of two sessions. The first session was chaired by Dr. Won-Tae Kwon, APCC’s Executive Director, with the theme “understanding and forecasting extreme climate fluctuations”. The second session was chaired by Prof. June-Yi Lee. Pusan National University, with the theme “prospect and evaluation of extreme climate”.This planning session is expected to expand opportunities for women scientists in the climate field to seek preemptive countermeasures for extreme climate events and to determine the government's climate change response policy. Date : 2020.11.13
APCC Held the ‘APCC Climate Information Services Technical Workshop’
The APEC Climate Center (APCC) held the “APCC Climate Information Services Technical Workshop” at APCC on 6 – 7 October 2020 in Busan, Korea. This workshop aimed to promote the use of APCC’s climate prediction and information services in Korea and to effectively increase the utilization capacity of climate information. 18 university (graduate) students and researchers in the field of climate information production and utilization of related domestic institutions and universities participated in the workshop. In this workshop, APCC researchers introduced the theories behind APCC’s climate prediction and conducted practical training sessions on how to use APCC climate information services. During the training workshop, participants were able to directly communicate with the APCC researchers to answer their questions on APCC climate information services. On the first day of the workshop, there was a presentation entitled ‘Introduction to APCC’s Climate Prediction and Information Services’. After that, the participants had a chance to learn how to use the ‘Climate Information Service Platform’ (http://cliks.apcc21.org), which allows climate information users to select and utilize a wider variety of climate data. Participants also learned about the ‘Climate Information Processing system’ (CLIPs, http://clips.apcc21.org), which enables users to extract and reprocess necessary data for each region, variable, and period set by the user. On the second day, there was a session on the ‘Open Web Processing Service’ (OpenWPS, http://openwps.apcc21.org), a climate data interface service offering both a visualization service based on climate data and area boundary information for detailed data extraction based on geographic information. Following the introduction to climate prediction information offered on the APCC homepage (www.apcc21.org), participants had a chance to learn how to use the ‘CLimate Information toolKit’ (CLIK, http://clik.apcc21.org), which enables its users to produce customized climate prediction information. This new technical workshop combines sessions from previously held APCC training workshops. APCC plans to hold the APCC Climate Information Services Technical Workshop annually for users of APCC's climate information service in Korea and abroad.​ Date : 2020.10.13