Role of APN for GEOSS Asia-Africa
Water Cycle Initiative
Akio TakemotoDirector, APN Secretariat
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change ResearchE-mail: atakemoto@apn-gcr.org

GEOSS Joint Asia-Africa Water Cycle Symposium
25 – 27 November 2013, Tokyo Japan

What is APN
An inter-governmental network of 22 countries in
the Asia-Pacific to foster global change research in
the region• Established 1996
• Secretariat in Kobe,
Japan since 1999
• Financial contribution
from four donor
countries: Japan (+Hyogo), USA, Republicof Korea, New Zealand• Financial Resources: US$3.4 Million (2013/14)* Pacific Island Countries, Singapore , Myanmar and Maldives
are approved countries whose scientists are eligible to receive
funding under APN awards.



Supporting regional cooperation in global change research on
issues particularly relevant to the regionStrengthening appropriate interactions among scientists andpolicy makers, and providing scientific input to policy decisionmaking and scientific knowledge to the publicImproving the scientific and technical capabilities of nationsin the region including the transfer of know-how and technology

Cooperating with other global change networks andorganisations

Major Activities (2013/14)
 Funding regional research projects (ARCP) Funding capacity building/development

projects (CAPaBLE)
 Focused activities through 3 frameworks◦ Low Carbon Initiatives (2012)◦ Climate Adaptation (2013)◦ Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (2013)
 Strengthening science-policy linkages

More than 70 projects annually

APN Involvement in Water Related Issues inAsia and Pacific– APN support for the water related issue are diverse, as example APN
third strategic plan address following topics•••••••••

Regional scenarios for climate change including climate extremes
Climate change and climate variability in cryosphere and water and food security
Changes in the carbon cycle and the water cycle
Freshwater ecosystems, lakes and rivers
Water quality and quantity, water reuse
Downscaled climate change scenarios
Extreme weather events and water ocean hazards
Regional water resource issues related to international river flows

APN have funded more than 66 projects water related issues throughout theAPN history under ARCP, CAPaBLE, LCI, EBLU and RUSD

• 2013 Annual call for Proposal– Topics of interest under the 2013 Annual Calls for Proposals• Water security (inland and ocean): in the face of extreme events;
including management, quantity, quality, etc.

APN Involvement in Water Related Issues
in Asia and Pacific• Special Call for Proposal on adaptation, disaster risk
reduction, loss and damage– Activities of high priority• Development of high-resolution observational, model anddownscaled datasets that can contribute to filling data gaps
• Sharing of needs-oriented data
• Calibration and validation of regional climate models; and analysisof projections and assessment of uncertainties– Under APN low carbon Initiatives framework
Understanding and Quantifying the Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus for Low
Carbon Development in Asian Cities -LCI2012-02NMY(R)-Dhakal– APN Recent Published book “Climate in Asia and the Pacific: Security,
Society and Sustainability” has a main chapter Security: food, water,energy which address the water security issues of Asia and PacificAPN & AWCI PARTNERSHIPAPN contribution towards theGEOSS/AWCI Activities• APN has supported to AWCI Phase 1 where AWCI collected In-situ
data from the basins and also contributed to start AWCI phase 2,
which targets closer cooperation with operational sector.

• Total Financial contribution 733,250 USD– 5 ARCP Projects
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ARCP2013-11CMY-Yabe
ARCP2011-02CMY-Koike
ARCP2011-05CMY-Bae
ARCP2009-01CMY-Fukami
ARCP2007-02CMY-Koike– 4 CAPaBLE Projects
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CBA2012-03NMY-Rasul
CBA2011-02CMY-Kaihotu
CBA2009-02CMY-Ishida
CBA2009-01CMY-Ailikun

Way Forward – Matching finance development
Promoting joint programmes to support regional/sub-regional activities
through matching fund by APN and a research programme of adeveloping member country
Government A
Supporting researchers
in the country

Collaborators
Engaging in &supporting researchand CB in partneringcountries

APN
Supportingresearchersin partneringcountries

Way Forward – Outreach towards Africa• APN is requested by stakeholders to further enhancecollaboration with organizations and networks outside theAsia-Pacific region (i.e., at the APN side event at theUNFCCC/COP19, etc.) .
• Global Adaptation Network (GAN) was established by UNEP,
and formally announced at the UNFCCC/COP19 Side Event(18 November 2013).
• GAN will collaborate with regional networks including Asia
Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) established in 2009, whichis partnering APN from the context of adaptation research &capacity building activities.
• For example, it is possible that APN could launch outreachactivities to African networks thorough GAN

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