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Review of Working Group on Climate Services

Ryuji Yamada Chair, WG-CS Tokyo Climate Center, Japan Meteorological Agency. Working Group, Implementation and Coordination Team, and Task Team Chairs’ Meeting on Implementation and Development of Strategic and Operating Plan in Regional Association II (Asia) (Doha, Qatar, 27-28 May 2014).

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Review of Working Group on Climate Services

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  1. Ryuji Yamada Chair, WG-CS Tokyo Climate Center, Japan Meteorological Agency Working Group, Implementation and Coordination Team, and Task Team Chairs’ Meeting on Implementation and Development of Strategic and Operating Plan in Regional Association II (Asia) (Doha, Qatar, 27-28 May 2014) Review of Working Group on Climate Services

  2. Working structure of WG-CS Working Group on Climate Services Expert Group on Climate Services (EG-CS) Expert Group on Agrometeorology (EG-AgM)

  3. Terms of reference of WG-CS • To provide assistance and advice to the president of Regional Association II on all matters pertaining to the regional aspects of the relevant components of the World Climate Programme and the Agricultural Meteorology Programme and, in particular, to assist and advise the president of RA II all matters relevant to implementation of the Global Framework for Climate Services in the Region; • To cooperate with the CCl and the CAgM and other WMO bodies on activities related to climate services; • To undertake and to coordinate activities relating to climate services as listed in the terms of references of EG-CS and EG-AgM, respectively; • To report, through the chair of the WGCS, to the president of RA II on an annual basis on activities relative to the above terms of reference;

  4. Expert Group on Climate Services (EG-CS) Co-coordinators: Ghulam Rasul (Pakistan) Ryuji Yamada (Japan) Theme Leader in User Liaison and Applications of Climate Information and Products for Climate Risk Management and Adaptation to Climate Change: Ali Karem Kadhum (Iraq) Theme Leader in QMS Implementation and Operation of Regional Climate Centres: Peiqun Zhang (China) Theme Leader in Operational Regional and National Climate Outlook Forums: A. K. Srivastava (India) Theme Leader in Climate Monitoring and Climate Watch: YuliyaPlotnitskaya (Uzbekistan) Theme Leader in Climate Research for Development: Yuping Yan (China) Volunteer experts

  5. Expert Group on Climate Services (EG-CS) • Terms of reference • To foster, promote and advise on the implementation of the Global Framework for Climate Services, particularly its Climate Services Information System and User Interface Platform, in the Region, including through pilot projects; • To assist and advise the president of RA II on all matters relevant to implementation and operation of Regional Climate Centres (RCCs) in the Region; • To promote the use of Global Producing Centre and RCC products in national climate services; • To seek cooperation with relevant regional bodies and organizations on issues related to implementing user-targeted climate services for key sectors (for example, agriculture, water resources, health), including to foster and promote best practices in establishing national frameworks for climate services;

  6. Expert Group on Climate Services (EG-CS) Terms of reference (cont.) To identify the optimal means of meeting regional and national needs for climate information, products and services for Climate Risk Management and Adaptation; To promote best practices in and to advise on implementation of new Regional Climate Outlook Forums; To promote best practices in climate system monitoring and operational climate watch initiatives; To promote regionally coordinated capacity development activities in support of climate services; To promote and advise on research initiatives required to improve operational production of climate products; To report, through the EG-CS co-coordinators, to the chair of the WGCS annually;

  7. Expert Group on Agrometeorology (EG-AgM) Co-coordinators: N. Chattopadhyay (India) Alexander Kleshchenko(Russian Federation) Theme Leader in Agrometeorological Training Needs: FeruzaRakhmanova(Uzbekistan) Theme Leader in Soil Moisture Monitoring: Xuefen Zhang (China) Theme Leader in Drought Preparedness and Management Strategies: Mir Hazrat (Pakistan) Theme Leader in Seasonal Climate Forecast Applications for Agriculture: Liuxi Mao (China) Theme Leader in Socio-economic Impact of Agrometeorological Information: TBD Volunteer experts

  8. Expert Group on Agrometeorology (EG-AgM) • Terms of reference • To survey RA II Members to identify agrometeorological experts/staff and training needs in the Region; • To make recommendations on establishing Agromet Advisory Services in RA II countries; • To review the monitoring and forecasting of soil moisture conditions and their use in assessing crop water requirements; • To review the monitoring and preparedness strategies for drought including drought indices and early warning systems, and the extent of their implementation in the Region;

  9. Expert Group on Agrometeorology (EG-AgM) • Terms of reference (cont.) • To review and evaluate the operational use of seasonal to interannual climate forecast applications to agriculture in RA II and make recommendations to improve the presentation of these forecasts to the agricultural community; • To review studies on the socio-economic impact of agrometeorological information in the Region to agriculture, livestock management, forestry, rangelands and fisheries sectors; • To report, through the EG-AgM co-coordinators, to the chair of the WGCS annually;

  10. Thank you for your attention.

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