Webinar Series on Climate Change
Projection for Disaster Risk Reductionin Asia-Pacific Region
First Webinar with the Fiji Meteorological Service2023
August28

10:00 - 12:00[Japan Time, UTC+9]

13:00 - 15:00[Fiji Time, UTC+12]

REGISTRATION
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https://bit.ly/SentanProArea4
BACKGROUND
In the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the IPCC, which comprises thecontributions of three Working Groups: Working Group 1 (the physicalscience basis); Working Group 2 (impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability);and Working Group 3 (mitigation), extremes – including temperature
extremes, heavy precipitation, pluvial floods, river floods, droughts, andstorms – are highlighted as main Climatic Impact Drivers (CIDs) that
affect an element of society or ecosystems. [1] These extremes arementioned in the Working Group 1 Report to show the science of how
and why the climate has changed. In the Working Group 2 Report,
research on the impacts of extremes (e.g., storms and floods) has
evolved to include not only the assessment of impacts on theecosystems and biodiversity but also the assessment of impacts onhumans and their diverse societies, cultures, and settlements as well associal changes in population and economies.
[1]

IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixthassessment-report-cycle/

Contact: sentanpro@adrc.asia

OBJECTIVES
In view of the findings of AR6, the Advanced Study of Climate Change
Projection (SENTAN), which comprises a number of research institutes
in Asia and the Pacific, aims to achieve the integration of hazard models
focusing on storm-and-flood hazards and water resources. In particular,
it aims to develop a climate change impact projection model of extreme
weather events (e.g., storms and floods) that is downscaled to Japan andAsia-Pacific region. This study will assess the effects of extreme weatherevents and analyze the changes of hazards with rising temperature, asdownscaled to Japan and Asia-Pacific region.
Against this backdrop, the SENTAN project is organizing a series ofwebinars that will serve as venue to:present the framework of hazard-related weather information(developed by SENTAN) to be applied to climate change adaptation
share the products of climate change projections and improveclimate change literacy among DRR practitioners, researchers, andengineers

http://www.climate.dpri.kyotou.ac.jp/sentan4/webinar/webinar01.html

AgendaIntroduction of Japan's National Climate Program (SENTAN Program) andCase Study on Fiji
Prof MORI Nobuhito
Professor
Research Division of Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Disasters,
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

How are future climates projected under a global warming in a computer?
Dr NAKAEGAWA Toshiyuki
Head
Second laboratory, Department of Applied Meteorology Research,
Meteorological Research Institute (MRI), Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)

Dynamical downscaling of climate projection data

Dr MURATA Akihiko

HeadFirst Laboratory, Department of Applied Meteorology Research,
Meteorological Research Institute (MRI), Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)

Platforms on Water Resilience and Disasters for Social Sustainability
Mr MORI Noriyuki

Deputy Director
International Center for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) Japan

Climate Change Impacts in Fiji
Mr Jasneel Chandra

Scientific Officer- Climatology
Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS)

Closing remarks & Wrap-up
Prof TACHIKAWA Yasuto

Professor
Hydrology and Water Resources Research Laboratory,Kyoto University

Facilitator
Prof KOBAYASHI Kenichiro
Associate Professor
Risk Communication Research Department, Security
Research Communication Group, Research Center for
Urban Safety and Security, Kobe University

Dr Gerald Potutan
Senior Researcher
Research Department, Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
Visiting Associate Professor, Kobe University