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Country and Regional Reports on GEOSS-related Activities

• Ms. Taniya Koswatta

Coordinator, APN Secretariat

What is APN

• An inter-governmental network of 22 countries in the Asia-

Pacific to foster global change research in the region

– Supporting regional cooperation in global change research on issues particularly relevant to the region – Strengthening appropriate interactions among scientists and policymakers, and providing scientific input to policy decision-making and scientific knowledge to the public – Improving the scientific and technical capabilities of nations in the region including the transfer of know-how and technology – Cooperating with other global change networks and organisations

Member countries Donors

Total 370 Projects

206 ARCP 129 CAPaBLE 35 Focused Call

*up to 2014

1999-2004 First Strategic Plan 2005-2010 Second Strategic Plan 2010-2015 Third Strategic Plan 2015-2020 Fourth Strategic Plan

Established 1996

• 10

20 30 40 50 60

$- $500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,500,000 $3,000,000 $3,500,000 $4,000,000

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Total Number of Project Contracts Total Financial Resources Total Distributed Projects Funds

APN Financial Resources Distribution

APN core Programme ARCP/CAPaBLE

Major Activities (2014/2015)

Proposal Development Training Workshops

Since 2008 APN has organised 11 PDTWs, under the 3rd Strategic evaluation APN has evaluated the outcome

– Trained 186 young scientists in the Asia- Pacific region. 170 young scientists from developing countries – Involved experts from the APN Scientific Planning Group and 18 external experts – Outcomes - 9 Projects and 2 Proposals

2014 Annual Sub-Regional PDTW will be held in Lao from 9th to 11th July 2014

SA 36% SEA 34% TEA 16% Pacific 14%

Sub-Regional Distributions of PDTWs Young Scientists

APN Sub-Regional committees

• Sub-Regional Committees (SRC) was

proposed at the 11th Inter- Governmental Meeting (IGM)

• Objectives;
• Identifying and discussing scientific

research, capacity development and other related needs that are common to the sub- region;

• To address the need for stronger links

between science and policy

• Enhance sub-regional activities and

collaboration as well as to develop and promote the APN in their sub- region and beyond.

• Updates-

– 3 proposals have been developed to address the sub-regional issues – South Asia Science Policy Dialogue January 2015,in Pune, India “Global Environmental Change: Reducing Risk and Increasing Resilience”

Southeast Asia South Asia Temperate East Asia

Partnership Programme (co-financing mechanism) to Enhance Developing Countries Participation

Awarded Project

Blue Lines-Direct Financial support to APN Black Lines-Project financial support from APN Green Lines-Project leaders distribute the project funds among the collaborators Red Lines-Project Reporting & evaluation

GEOSS-related Activities

APN

Mission- enable investigations of changes in the Earth’s life support systems and their implications for sustainable development in the Asia- Pacific region. Contribute, from the science perspective, to the development of policy options for appropriate responses to global change that will also contribute to sustainable development.

ARCP and CAPaBLE Low Carbon Initiatives Framework Biodiversity and Ecosystem Framework Climate Adaptation Framework Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (3R ) Initiatives

GEOSS

Purpose- achieve comprehensive, coordinated and sustained observations of the Earth system, in order to improve monitoring of the state of the Earth, increase understanding of Earth processes, and enhance prediction of the behavior of the Earth system Addressing nine areas of critial importance to people and society Disaster Health Energy Climate Water Weather Ecosystem Agriculture Biodiversity

ARCP and CAPaBLE programme

GEOSS- Improving water resource management through better understanding of the water cycle APN has financial supported 10 projects (773,193 USD) related to GEOSS. Seven

projects are directly related Asian Water Cycle Initiative

1. GEOSS/Asian water Cycle Initiative/Water Cycle Integrator (GEOSS/AWCI/WCI) 2. River Management System Development in Asia based on Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS) under the GEOSS 3. Climate Change Impact Assessment on the Asia-Pacific Water Resources under AWCI/GEOSS” 4. "Flood Risk Management Demonstration Project (phase 1) under the Asian Water Cycle Initiative for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (FRM/AWCI/GEOSS)" 5. International Integrated Water Data Access and Transfer in Asia (IIWaDATA) Project 6. Impact of Climate Change on Glacier Melting and Water Cycle Variability in Asian River Basins 7. Demonstration Study on Advancing Global Change Research Approaches Based on Inter- Agency Collaboration and Data Infrastructure of GENESI and GeoBrain 8. Drought Monitoring System Development by Integrating In-Situ Data, Satellite Data and Numerical Model Output 9. The Global Earth Observation System of Systems Asian Water Cycle Initiative Observation Convergence and Data Integration (GEOSS/AWCI/OCDI)

• 10. The Capacity Building for Drought Monitoring and Studying in Monsoon Asia Under the

Framework of Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI)

2014 ARCP & CAPaBLE

2013 call for proposal APN introduce 4 priority areas for funding.

• 1. Water security (inland and ocean): in the face of extreme events; including

management, quantity, quality, etc.;

• Developing an Operational Water Security Index and Its Application in Selected

Diverse Regions of Asia- ARCP2014-16NMY-Babel

• Climate Change Adaptation through Optimal Storm water Capture Measures:

Towards a New Paradigm for Urban Water Security- ARCP2014-20NMY-Mishra

• Assessment of Climate-Induced Long-term Water Availability in Ganges Basin and

Impacts on Energy Security in South Asia- ARCP2014-22NMY-Zhou

• Collaborative Monitoring System for Enhanced Watershed Management Services

in the Philippines-CBA2014-03NSY-Cruz

• 2. Climate Impacts on health

GEOSS- Understanding environmental factors affecting human health and well- being

• Assessing the Health Effects of Extreme Temperatures and the Development of

Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Asia Pacific Region (Seed grant)

Low Carbon Initiatives Framework

GEOSS - Improving management of energy resources APN has financial supported (460,000USD) 2 capacity development activities and 5 regional researches

• 3 projects are addressing need of Improving management of energy

resources

• 3 projects related to low carbon city policies (with direct involvement of

policy markers)

Proposed Future activities

• Based on LCI project output, APN expects to produce a synthesis report &

policy brief on LCI project outputs.

• Collaboration with LoCARNet
• 2014 Annual sub regional proposal development training workshop ( July

2014) -“Green Economy as related to the Energy Sector”

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (3R ) Initiatives

The scoping meeting (June 2014) will aims;

• To explore the most important topics under 3R agenda and its relation to energy for

the region,

• Review works undertaken (particularly case studies)
• Discuss needs and opportunities on research and capacity development activities

that will support APN’s developing countries to promote a science oriented 3R policy in relation to energy efficiency.

Under the 3R frameworks;

• Promotion of the implementation of waste incinerator for power generation and waste to

energy (biogas, biofuel). What are the factors for enabling environment?

• Creating enabling environment to promote 3R practice. How to enhance the capacity to

raise awareness on 3R? What are the incentives for 3R implementation? How can policy and regulation support the 3R implementation?

• Social and environmental impact assessment of waste management scenario.
• Partnerships and multi stakeholders’ involvement in 3R implementation.
• Scaling up community-based 3R efforts.

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Framework (B&ES)

GEOSS- Ecosystems: Improving the management and protection of terrestrial, coastal and marine resources Biodiversity: Understanding, monitoring and conserving biodiversity Four Thematic Areas under the APN B&ES Framework

1. Identification of drivers and pressures for biodiversity change that influence ecosystem services (land-use change; climate change, etc.) 2. Assessment of the impacts of biodiversity loss and vulnerability to the shrinking of ecosystem services 3. Prediction of changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services through model-based scenarios 4. Adaptation, response and mitigation of the depletion of biodiversity and ecosystem Services

APN activities

• APN became stakeholder to Inter-governmental Platform on Biodiversity &

Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

• “Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Regional Interpretation of the IPBES Conceptual

Framework and Knowledge Sharing” Republic of Korea

• APN approved 5 projects at the 19th IGM (2014) related to B&ES Framework two

regional researches 145,000 USD three Capacity development activities 120,000 USD

• Partnership with UN-CECAR to develop a toolkit for Climate Impacts on Biodiversity

and Ecosystems Services. APN looking for partners for the toolkit development GEOBON?

Climate Adaptation Framework

GEOSS- Reducing loss of life and property from natural and human-induced disasters Understanding, assessing, predicting, mitigating, and adapting to climate variability and change Climate Adaptation Framework-established in 2012

• Aim to address the gaps, status and future directions for bringing together “Climate

Change Adaptation (CCA)”, “Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)” and “Loss and Damage (L+D)”.

• APN has distributed 1.2 Million US dollars for 9 regional researches and 5 capacity

development activities in 2014

• Integrated flood modeling and Pre-Disaster Loss Estimation in Asian countries-

CAF2014-RR06(ARCP)-NMY-Wang

• An analysis of longer-term (5-10 years) recovery following major disasters in the Asia

Pacific Region: Lessons for resilient development -CAF2014- RR03-NMY-Thomalla

• Developing and promoting a people-centred approach to assess and address impacts
• f climate change induced loss and damage-CAF2014-RR02-NMY-Singh
• APN financial supported develop Asia Pacific Forum on Loss and Damage
• Activity is lead by International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD)
• Aims to share information on loss and damage within the Asia Pacific region

2014 Call for proposal on Climate Adaptation Framework

Future Collaborative Activities

Areas where APN can assist and collaborate

• Funding support for research and capacity building activities through the annual calls for

proposals programme and framework

• 2014 Call for proposal on Climate Adaptation Framework
• 2014 & 2015 annual call for proposal programme
• Involving in new Partnership Programme to Enhance Developing Countries Participation
• Sharing research results/accessing data-APN E-Lib
• Capacity development activities and technology transfer in the region in cooperation with
• ther institutions
• APN proposal development training workshop for young scientist
• Developig a toolkit for Climate Impacts on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services
• Facilitating science-policy linkages
• South Asia Science Policy Dialogue January 2015,in Pune, India “Global

Environmental Change: Reducing Risk and Increasing Resilience”

• Linking with partner research programmes and facilitating regional collaboration (AWCI is a

current good example)

For more information…

APN Website:

News, announcements and global change community updates http://www.apn-gcr.org/

APN E-Lib:

Archive of publications, completed/ongoing project metadata and outputs www.apn-gcr.org/resources

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