RA II Working Group on Climate Services (WGCS)

16 Pages·2017·0.99 MB·English

10 Nov., 2017 EASCOF-5
RA II Working Group
on Climate Services (WGCS)
Kiyotoshi Takahashi
Chair, WGCS
Coordinator, Expert Group on Climate Services (EG-CS)
Tokyo Climate Center (TCC) / Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
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Congress
WMO Governance
Regional Association Technical Commissions
Secretary-General
Secretariat
Sixteenth session of RA II
Structure of RA II WGCS
Working Group on Climate Services (WGCS)
Chair (1)
Expert Group Expert Group
on Climate Services on Agrometeorology
(EG-CS) (EG-AgM)
Coordinators (2) Coordinator (1)
Theme Leaders Theme Leader
5 themes
5 themes
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Membership of RA II WGCS
(as of May., 2017)
Chair of WGCS Mr Kiyotoshi Takahashi Japan
Mr Kiyotoshi Takahashi Japan
Coordinators
Dr Dildar Hussain Kazmi Pakistan
Mr Cheolhan Bang Republic of Korea
EG-CS
Mr Yasushi Mochizuki Japan
Theme Leader Mr Tshencho Dorji Bhutan
Dr WANG Zunya China
Dr Pulak Guhathakurta India
Coordinator Mr Kamalesh Kumar Singh India
Ms YANG Feiyun China
EG-AgM Mr Masoud Haghighat Iran
Theme Leader
Dr Azmat Hayat Khan Pakistan
Ms May Chaw Myanmar
Ms olga Bereza Russian Federation
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Theme Leaders of EG-CS
Theme Leader
Leader in user liaison and applications of climate
Mr Cheolhan Bang
information and products for climate risk management
(Republic of Korea)
and adaptation to climate change
Leader in implementation and operation of Regional Mr Yasushi Mochizuki
Climate Centres and Regional Climate Outlook Forums (Japan)
Leader in implementation of the country-focused results-
Mr Tshencho Dorji
based framework and mechanism for WMO
(Bhutan)
contributions to the GFCS
Dr Wang Zunya
Leader in climate monitoring and climate watch
(China)
Leader in climate data management system, data rescue Dr Pulak Guhathakurt
and homogenization (India)
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Theme Leaders of EG-AgM
Theme Leader
Ms YANG Feiyun
Leader in RA II agrometeorological training needs
(China)
Mr Masoud HAGHIGHAT
Leader in soil moisture monitoring
(Iran)
Leader in drought preparedness and management Dr Azmat Hayat KHAN
strategies (Pakistan)
Leader in seasonal climate forecast applications for Ms May CHAW
agriculture (Myanmar)
Leader in socio-economic impact of agrometeorological Ms Olga BEREZA
information (Russia)
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Main subjects in RA II-16
ToRs have been adopted in RA II 16th-session in February, 2017.
Based on the ToRs, a work plan of WGCS is under consideration.
• Promotion of RCCs and RCOFs activities and further cooperation
among RCCs
• Support and coordination for establishment of new RCCs or RCC-
networks
• Support of activities relevant to and implementation of GFCS
• Promotion of application of climate information, especially in climate
risk management and adaptation to climate change including
agrometeorological perspective
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Promotion of RCCs and RCOFs activities and
further cooperation among RCCs
Currently, 4 RCCs are in operation
with full functions as RCC in RA II.
NEACOF
(2011~)
By introducing possible
mechanisms for coordination
among RCCs, their services could
（２０１３）
be enhanced.
（２００９）
FOCRAII(2005~) （２００９）
EASCOF
(2013~)
（２０１７）
■Pune
SASCOF
ASEANCOF
(2010~) (2013~)
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Support and coordination for establishment of
new RCCs or RCC-networks
 Polar Regional Climate Centres (PRCC)
• Arctic and Antarctic regions
• Third Pole (High-mountain) region
 Candidates of (Proposed ) RCC
• Astana, Kazakhstan -- Central Asia
• Tehran, Iran -- West Asia
• Saudi Arabia
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