Business oriented
weather and climate
services for climatechange adaptation
Daisuke Abe
Managing ExecutiveOfficer
Service Operation andDevelopment
Weathernews Inc. (WNI)

An Efficient
PPE / PPP Framework
India-Japan Environment Week, 12-13 January 2023
Panel Discussion

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The Origin of WNI“ I want to protect the lives of mariners.”“ I want to help in time of crisis.”
January 1970, an explosive low-pressure
system hit the port of Onahama, Japan, andlives of 15 crew on the vessel has lost.
“If there had been really useful weather
information, maybe this accident could havebeen prevented.”
Weathernews Inc. was established with asense of responsibility and will of company
founder Hiro Ishibashi in 1986.
Since then, our “Risk Communication
service” have expanded to cover all types ofbusiness and our daily lives.
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Weathernews Inc. (WNI) in Brief
Global Operation Network
Supporting 24 x 7, from 32 offices in 21 countries
Oklahoma
Operations Center

Copenhagen
Operations Center
AthensOperations Sub-Center
Amsterdam
Operations CenterTokyo Global
Operations CenterYangon
Operations Center

Established in 1986
Sales in 44 areas of global market
1,100+ employees(including 200 Certified Forecasters,300 Risk Communicators & 250 IT Experts)
2,500+ BtoB customers in 50 countries
2,000,000+ BtoS “Supporters”
180,000 Weather Reports / Day

ManilaOperations Center

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Services for Climate Change▶︎ CO2 Reduction by Optimum Ship Routing (OSR)WNI provides global ship routing services which optimize bothengine speed and fuel consumption. Along with safety supportservices, WNI is challenging in monitoring and visualizing CO2
reduction, and in fact, the Optimum Ship Routing service has
contributed to the reduction of 2.8 million MT of CO2 from June2018 to May 2019.

▶︎ Minimize Food Waste with Supply/Demand Forecast
WNI’s demand and supply planning support service is also utilized
in the distribution and retail markets. Especially for an issue offood waste, predicting future demand with weather/climate risk
analysis can avoid excess production waste in the supply chain.

▶︎ Accurate Forecast for extreme weather with users’ supports
WNI has been creating original weather forecasts along with its
mobile/internet users since 2005. The user weather reports basedon photo images they capture and weather conditions observed bytheir physical senses are incorporated into our forecasts, allowing
us to provide pinpoint and detailed weather forecasts, such as thefirst 5-minute forecast in the industry, as well as forecasts for
sudden and localized guerrilla thunderstorms, which areextremely hard to predict. WNI has officially achieved “the mostaccurate weather forecast in Japan” in June 2022.
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Public Private Engagement (PPE)
Legal Framework for Meteorological Services in Japan- Meteorological Service Act - (1952)
1993: Enhancement of Public-Private Partnership- Establishment of an authorized organization for dissemination of meteorological data to the private sector- Establishment of “certified meteorological forecasters” system- Authorization of Public Weather Forecast by the Private Sector

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PPE: Warning Dissemination in Japan“Confidential”

PrivateSector

Disaster“Last 1 Mile”
through Personal MediaMedia

Monitoring
Detection

Lifeline
Information
Information
Dissemination
Emergency
Call
Early
Warning

Feedback

Mobile Carrier
Risk
Communication

PublicSector
The private sector plays a keyrole in organizing anddisseminating the informationon disaster and warning to endusers

Service& Support
BusinessData

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Public and Private Observations in Japan
Observation Network of JMA (1,300 stations)

Weather DB

AI/Big Data Analysis

Observation Network of WNI (13,000 stations)High Accuracy/Quality
Weather Service

Customer
Satisfaction

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For Global Service and Development

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Service Case in Thailand (Start in Jan 2023)
WNI invests and attempts to build anobservation network with the same levelof density as Japan with the Thailand
society in the designated area.
WNI plans to set a station in each grid
(at least) with the combination ofexisting public and academic stations todeliver advanced weather information
service for disaster mitigation.

17km x 17km Observation density
30km x 30km Camera Observation
C-Band / X-Band radar
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Service Image in Thailand
With a number of observation
networks in order to create / provide
our weather information services
especially short-range “nowcast”
and “analysis” contents, WNI is
attempting to sincerely contributeto the disaster risk management
and support early warning in Thai
society with our experiences &technologies.

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Flood Risk in Climate Change (Thailand Case)“Confidential”

As information for flood countermeasures for factories, etc., we analyze and provide inundation depth
due to floods and storm surges with a global 1km mesh.

Thailand
Bangpoo Industrial Area

Estimated Flood Depth
Equivalent to once in 100 years（ Occurrence probability
1% / Year ）Estimated Flood Depth
Equivalent to once in 1000 years（ Occurrence probability
0.1% / Year ）

[m]

2030

2050

2080

[m]

2030

2050

2080

Max.

0.66

0.74

0.83

Max.

0.961.03

1.12

Avg.

0.4

0.5

0.49

Avg.

0.58

0.71

0.69

Min.

0.08

0.12

0.19

Min.

0.12

0.18

0.26

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PPP : VCP (Voluntary Cooperation Programme of WMO)
A high-frequency compact X-band meteorological radar - "EAGLE Radar" is being installed inHanoi, Viet Nam, within the framework of the Voluntary Cooperation Programme (VCP) of WMO,in cooperation with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
With higher-resolution observation data by the EAGLE radar, Weathernews Inc. and the Viet Nam
Meteorological and Hydrological Administration (VNMHA) will contribute to the enhancement ofresilience by improving the accuracy of weather forecasts and the detection of flood risks anddecision-making regarding the issuance of warnings. The radar data is also expected to be used inconnection with railways, roads, airports and other transportation infrastructures.

The EAGLE Radar is a new meteorological radar that performs
3D observation of 50-km periphery in 30 seconds.

Signing Ceremony of the Letter of Agreement for VCP Project
Implementation at VNMHA HQ.
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PPP : Joint Project for East Africa
Weathernews is joining the “SIP” national program led by the Council for Science,
Technology and Innovation (CSTI) of the Japanese Government and developing “AIChatbot” system for disaster prevention with the collaboration of National ResearchInstitute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), National Institute ofInformation and Communications Technology (NICT) communicating through themobile app platform of LINE.

In collaboration with UNESCO, Weathernews attempts to contribute to disasterprevention in East Africa nations by collecting and providing information related todisasters through mutual communication with end-users by utilizing the mobile appplatform, which is most used in Japan as well as other countries. This joint training
workshop has been organized with UNESCO and local governments.
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Our Dream in India
Through business oriented service to decrease the weather and climate
risk, WNI would like to contribute to the Indian society.
Business oriented service delivery with the private sector by:
1. Making investment and develop the dense observation network as Japan by
WNI with the Indian society to provide the brand new services to avoid theweather risk based on “Nowcast(Short range forecast)”. Start from the BtoB
factory customers.
1. Maximizing socioeconomic benefits of meteorological services with clearly
defined roles and responsibilities of public and private sectors based on themutual trust

1. Increasing accuracy of data and information with user feedback
1. Broadening the meteorological market through creating new value ofthe meteorological information
1. Through PPE, disseminating timely and reliable information to end-users, as a
key component of People-centered Early Warning System

Challenges: Private Weather Services
Our experiences in Countries:
1.Requirements from customers for timely information
2.Requirements for site-specific quality data and information
3.No mechanism for data exchange
4.Premature business environment (data policy, market maturity, etc.) for
private meteorological services

Due to insufficient “Data”:• Data and information not available- No (open) data policy- No system for data distribution- Data ownership: not NMHS
• Data and information available on the NMHS Website but only
images/charts/low-resolution data are provided• Data and information available and accessible but much more expensive
than the value of data (high barrier to purchase)Our Dream
Our dream is to be the Weather Information Platformto reduce the weather / climate risks & damages
for 8 billion people living in the world.
We hope, appropriate mechanism/system for PPE/PPP
will enhance and maximize the contribution ofWeather and Climate Enterprise to the Society in India.

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dskab@wni.com
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