Pacific Region RCSD Projects & Activities (PAWS) Worksheet
Form used for a entering PAWS into Piko (Worsheet Version April 27 2012)
Acronym
Name/Title
Early Warning/Early Action Across the Pacific
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Operational Products and Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Essential Climate Variable/Parameter
Atmospheric:
Surface (e.g., temp, precip, wind)
Upper-Air
Composition
Oceanic:
Surface (e.g., SST, SSH, salinity, ocean color)
Sub-surface (e.g., temp, salinity, nutrients, carbon, phytoplankton)
Terrestrial:
(e.g., surface water, glaciers and ice caps, land cover, biomass)
Time Frame
Seasonal (outlook)
Intra-annual to Decadal
Multi-decadal (scenarios)
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Climate Impacts
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Climate Adaptation
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Policies and Legislation
Assessment and Evaluation
Sector
Public Health and Safety
Fresh Water Resources
Energy
Transportation/Communication and Commerce
Community Planning and Development
Social and Cultural Resources
Agriculture and Fisheries
Recreation and Tourism
Ecosystems
Other
Status
Completed
Ongoing
Planned
Proposed
Focus Area
Fresh Water Resources and Drought
Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience
Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Region/Locale
Central North Pacific
State of Hawaii
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Remote Islands
Western North Pacific
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Guam
Republic of Palau
Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)
Other Western North Pacific
South Pacific
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Kiribati
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Other South Pacific
Pacific Basin
Global
Description
Early Warning Early Action is about making decisions and taking preparedness actions using scientific information before disaster strikes. In tackling the humanitarian implications of climate change, we can utilise not only long-term climate predictions, but also weather and seasonal forecasts to enhance our decision-making and take action to save lives, reduce injury and impacts of disasters. Red Cross in the Pacific has been working with national and regional weather and climate information providers to bridge the gap between information and action.
Objectives/Outcomes
The regional office of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Suva, Fiji, uses regional seasonal climate updates and keeps a close eye on the status of El Nino and La Nina events as they develop. They link the potential low or high rainfall periods to specific actions that Red Cross National Societies can take at a national and community level. The Red Cross is also currently working with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology CosPACC team on linking seasonal forecast information that already exists with pre-determined Red Cross preparedness actions, triggered by various levels of risk. In particular this will involve ABoM team producing an automated table that will use yellow, orange and red stages of alert determined by the Regional Red Cross office. The regional Red Cross office will also have pre-determined actions that it will take to advise National Red Cross Societies on low cost, no-regrets actions that they can take based on elevated levels of risk. The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre is also providing NIWA with feedback on additions to the Pacific Islands Climate Update from an end user perspective. The hope is that additions to the ICU will assist regional stakeholders understand risks that ENSO events can bring and in turn help them consider preparations that can be made when there are risks of lower or higher rainfall.
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Contacts(names, emails)
Rebecca McNaught, Senior Climate Advisor, mcnaught@climatecentre.org
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations
Required Resources
Projected Timelines
Feedback Mechanisms and Evaluation Measures
Url
http://www.climatecentre.org/downloads/Image/Posters/RedCrossPacificPoster.pdf
Worksheet
PnA_EWEAP.doc
Keywords
Understanding Climate Variability and Change Operational Products and Services Best Practices/Guidance Decision Support Tools Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach Surface (e.g., temp, precip, wind) Surface (e.g., SST, SSH, salinity, ocean color) Seasonal (outlook) Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation Climate Adaptation Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach Best Practices/Guidance Decision Support Tools Public Health and Safety Community Planning and Development Social and Cultural Resources Ongoing Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience Pacific Basin