Quick Review of Past activities

Asian Water Cycle Initiative(AWCI)
as the Task Group 1 of AOGEO

AOGEO is a Regional Group on EarthObservations (Regional GEO) which envisions
a future where decisions and actions for thebenefit of humankind are informed bycoordinated, comprehensive and sustained
Earth observations.

AWCI aims to promote comprehensive efforts tosolve water-related problems in Asia.
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GEOSS Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI)The 11th GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposiumin Kyoto, JAPAN, October 24-26, 2018

• Progress reports of the Platforms in Myanmar, the Philippines and Sri Lanka.
• Contribution to the SDGs, Paris Agreement, and Sendai Framework.
3• Joint discussion between TG1:AWCI and TG5:AsiaRiCE.

Inputs into the Kyoto Statement• Sustainable Development Goals for 2030

• Paris Climate Agreement
AWCI accelerates regional coordination to build capacity for identifying,monitoring and predicting the changing probability of water-related disasters
and their associated risks, develop and share user-friendly analysis tools, andengage all stakeholders in climate change adaptation planning andimplementation at the national scale and fill the gap between adaptation andmitigation by choosing adaptation options that are beneficial to mitigation.

• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Development
AWCI facilitates the implementation of Platforms on Water Resilience andDisasters to promote the four priorities for action in the Sendai Framework.
AWCI provides usable and actionable information on thematic activities
including preparedness and mitigation at each step of water-related disastermanagement. AWCI also archives disaster damage data and maintains
statistics for encouraging investments for water-related disaster risk reduction.

SDGsCross-CuttingAreas

TG1 Class.

1.NO POVERTY

3A,I

2.ZERO HUNGER

3A,I

3. GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

1A,I

4.QUALITY EDUCATION

1A,I

5.GENDER EQUALITY

2A,I

6.CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION

3C,D

7.AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY

2C,I

8.DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

1A,I

9.INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE

2C,I

10.REDUCED INEQUALITIES
11.SUSTAINABLE CITIES ANDCOMMUNITIES
12.RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND
PRODUCTION

1A,I

3C,I

1A,I

13.CLIMATE ACTION

3C,I

14.LIFE BELOW WATER

2A,I

15.LIFE ON LAND
16.PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG
INSTITUTIONS
17.PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALS

3C, I

1A, I

3C,I

GEO Priorities

Cross-Cutting
Areas

Sendai Framework Paris Agreement

It is critical to end poverty and hunger, achieve gender equity, and makesocieties and economies resilient to water-related disasters in both urban andrural areas. AWCI launches full-scale efforts to activate Platforms on Water
Resilience and Disasters by promoting dialogues, reinforcing partnerships,sharing data, information, models, tools, experiences and ideas, andexpanding sustainable practices. AWCI promotes initiatives that will address
targets in Goal 6 on Water use efficiency and Integrated Water Resources
Management as well as SDGs related to Poverty (1), Food Security (2) and Lifeon Land (11).

GEO Priorities

3

C

Loss & Damage

3

C

Capacity Development/Technology Tra+B93

C

National Reporting/Global Stocktake

0Mitigation

2A

Understanding disaster risk

3C3

C

3

C

3

C

Data Sharing
Infrastructure

3

C

User
Engagement
and3

C

Total:

Timing:•Current (C)•Aspirational(A)TG1 Class.

Adaptation

Strengthening disaster risk governance tomanage disaster risk
Investing in disaster risk reduction forresilience
Enhancing disaster preparedness for
effective response, and to “Build BackBetter" in recovery, rehabilitation andreconstruction

Scoring:0=Do nothing
1=less active
2=active
3=very active

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AOGEO Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI)The 12th AOGEO Symposiumin Canberra, Australia, November 3, 2019

Towards• Concerted actions for the three global key agendas.
• Successful implementation of “International Decade (2018-2028) for Action
5-Water for Sustainable Development”

Inputs into the Canberra StatementPractical Contributions to the Global Agendas

Regional Cooperation during
the UN Water & SD Decade• AWCI launched full-scale efforts to activate
Platforms on Water Resilience and Disasters bypromoting dialogues, reinforcing partnership,
sharing data, information, models, tools,experiences and ideas, and expanding sustainable
practices.
• AWCI has developed user-friendly analysis tools
and engaged all stakeholders in climate change
adaptation planning and implementation at thenational scale, and filled the gap between
adaptation and mitigation by choosing options
which are beneficial to mitigation.
• AWCI archived disaster damage data andmaintains statistics for encouraging investment forwater-related disaster risk reduction. For risk
managers of water-related disasters, it is importantto under-stand the impact of drought and flood on
agriculture using EO data in the activities ofAsiaRiCE and Drought Monitoring.
• AWCI promotes concerted actions among
stakeholders on resilience, sustainability, inclusive
growth, and adaptation to climate change
through coordination towards achievement of thethree global agendas.
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About the Symposium
The 13th Asia-Oceania Group on Earth Observations(AOGEO) Symposium provides a regional forum tobring together the GEO community in Asia-Oceania(AO) to exchange scientific and technical views on
Earth observations (EO) and their applications forregional and global priorities, as well as report ontasks in AOGEO. It is organized by Japan’s Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT), with support from the GEO Secretariat.
The Symposium is being organized by Japan’s
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology (MEXT), with support from the GEO
Secretariat.

Theme of the Symposium“Enhancing the well-being of people in the AsiaOceania region through Earth observations in the faceof COVID-19 impacts ― design and implement future

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steps for Earth observations to realize global agendas,
i.e. international policy linked to the GEO engagementpriorities”.

The discussion results in the AWCI Session will be conveyed
to the 13th AOGEO Symposium7