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WORKSHOP

Developing a strategy for future climate projections in South Asia

Programmes

SG3, AAE

Venue

Dhulikhel, Nepal

Date & Time

18 December 2023 to 20 December 2023

About the workshop

ICIMOD is organising a two-and-a-half-day workshop for relevant professionals from the Water sector from the key organisations in Nepal. Supported by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) CORDEX office, this workshop will focus on the areas of priority for future climate projections data access and use and application in various sectors. Inputs to develop a regional draft strategy for 2024–2026 will be sought to align with the WCRP strategy and ICIMOD Strategy 2030 and to support the delivery of information on key trends, events and risks across the Hindu Kush Himalaya.

 

Objectives

The workshop aims to bring together providers of climate information, academia, and research organisations. Through interactive sessions, we want to identify the needs and priorities and seek input to develop a regional draft strategy for engagement with the stakeholders in the provision of better tools and services in Nepal. This will be followed with similar consultations subject to availability of funds in other regional member countries of ICIMOD for input into the draft strategy.

 

Expected outcomes

The workshop will discuss the development on access and use of CORDEX South Asia datasets and other relevant future climate projections. Identify gaps and opportunities and contribute to the development of a strategy. By the end of the workshop participants will:

  • Understand the priorities of the climate service provider and various stakeholders reflecting on the trainings that have been provided by ICIMOD earlier
  • Concrete inputs for development of a regional draft strategy for the engagement with WCRP for 2024–2026
  • Identify key actions for supporting the NMHS to deliver improved climate services in selected sectors

 

Participants

Participants include representatives from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) , Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), Water Resources Research and Development Centre (WRRDC), Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (CDHM), Tribhuvan University, The Small Earth Nepal (SEN), and ICIMOD

 

Background

A series of training activities took place between 2020 and 2022 to build the capacities of individuals at targeted institutions to analyse climate projections and produce information products for use in different sectoral applications.  In October 2020, ICIMOD and the Met Office, UK’s national meteorological agency, partnered with the WCRP of WMO, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) – Pune, organised a training on regional climate change projections: Climate change analysis using CORDEX regional climate models over South Asia. As a follow-on activity to the 2020 training, country focused trainings were organised for professionals from different national meteorological and hydrological services (NMHS) in ARRCC focal countries– Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan. The 2021 two trainings were held on using CORDEX regional climate models to carry out spatial and temporal analysis of climate change over South Asia for the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology of Nepal in June and for Bangladesh University for Engineering and Technology (BUET) and other academic institutions in December, 2021 and for Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) and Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) in March 2022. In June 2022 a regional training was held to introduce the climate data analytical tool which focused on calculation and spatial and temporal analysis of climate indices of few representative models for a defined area of interest. In December 2022, a training on spatial and temporal analysis of CORDEX data sets was provided to the participants from Bhutan with a resource person from IITM. The participants expressed the need and interest to further work on future climate projections for various sectors and increase its understanding and utility.

 

Agenda

Time Programme Speakers
9:00-9:30 Welcome remarks

Introduction to the activities on Future Climate Projections at ICIMOD

Babar Khan, ICIMOD

Mandira Singh Shrestha, ICIMOD

9:30-10:30 CORDEX South Asia data availability and its use and available research Santosh Nepal, IWMI
10:30-11:00 Tea break
11:00-12:30 Presentations on access and use of future climate projections (including CORDEX South Asia data) and sectoral applications

SEN

WRRDC

DHM

CDHM

 

 

Rupak Rajbhandari

Grishma Ghimire

Bibhuti Pokhrel

Madan Sigdel

12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-14:00 CORDEX South Asia activities update and dynamic downscaling Sabin T.P., IITM
14:00-15:00 Bias correction methodologies and the accuracy of projections Saurav Pradhananga, IWMI
15:00-15:30 Tea break
15:30-17:00 Challenges and opportunities in access and use of Future climate change projections Interactive discussion with participants

Time Programme Speakers
9:00-10:30 Key area of priority on future climate change projections Plenary discussion
10:30-11:00 Tea break
11:00-12:30 Develop an outline of the strategy Co-development of an outline
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:00-17:00 Discussion on the elements of the strategy

Time Programme
9:00-10:30 Work on drafting the strategy
10:30-11:00 Tea break
11:00-12:30 Zero draft of the strategy
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30 Return back to Kathmandu