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CORDEX-MAIRS-FE “Climate Change Downscaling Simulations and Regional Research Applications in Asia” workshop

24 March 2022

In December 2021, CORDEX, MAIRS-FE and Future Earth joined forces to organize a workshop on “Climate Change Downscaling Simulations and Regional Research Applications in Asia”.

The workshop focused on outlining ideas for applications to develop the framework for cooperation and networking. This includes setting up overarching topics for collaboration, capacity developing activities and exploring opportunities for a pilot study to demonstrate the benefits and use of such a framework and network.

The COordinated Regional climate Downscaling EXperiment (CORDEX) – a key scientific pillar in the new core project Regional Information for Society, RIfS, under the World Climate Research Programme, WCRP) and Monsoon Asia Integrated Research for Sustainability-Future Earth (MAIRS-FE) serve as platforms and facilitators for coordination and cooperation to foster understanding, knowledge transfer, involvment of stakeholders and capacity development through research, training, conferences and cooperation initiatives.

Exchange of scientific research progress

Nearly fifty scientists, scholars and other representatives from almost twenty universities and international research institutes around the world exchanged scientific research progress and outcomes and explored cooperation directions on climate, air, and health issues.

Recent research findings and global updates in the field of integrated air-climate-health research and many other relevant fields were shared. The figure below shows the global percentage of casualties for various health conditions attributed to air pollution in 2019.

Also, representatives of international research institutions introduced their research plans and cooperation intentions to explore opportunities for cooperation in the future, including Prof. Zhangcai Qin from the FE Global Secretariat (China), Dr. Giles Sioen and Dr. Ria Lambino from the FE Global Secretariat (Japan), Dr. Iréne Lake and Dr. Ralf Doescher from the CORDEX International Project Office, Prof. Ailikun from Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), Dr. Charlie Navanugraha from the Center of Excellence for Soil Research in Asia (CESRA), and Dr. Linda Stevenson from the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN).

The intention was to include and to get to know more institutions and international research projects, to discover common research areas, and to explore cooperation directions.

Constructing a cooperative research network

Delegates and experts discussed future possibilities within their research fields and research plans, and reached a consensus on the joint construction of a cooperative research network. This international workshop is one of our activities to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and international academic exchanges as well as the active exploration of long-term cooperative relations between multiple institutions and multiple global research projects.

CORDEX-CMIP6 Atmosphere Variable List

16 March 2022

The Second Order Draft (SOD) of the CORDEX-CMIP6 Atmosphere Variable List (VL) was shared with the CORDEX community in January 2022. We are very grateful to all who have read the SOD in detail and provided comments. The final version of the CORDEX-CMIP6 Atmosphere Variable List is ready and we share it with the CORDEX community.

All together we received about 40 comments on the SOD and the first priority has been given to topics with a number of similar comments. We tried to find a balance between requests for providing more variables at higher subdaily frequencies and requests for reducing output size by archiving a number of variables at lower subdaily frequencies. The CORDEX-CMIP6 Atmosphere Variable List has a lot of flexibility to select output variables and their output frequencies to accommodate capacities of different RCM groups.

A tutorial to the CORDEX-CMIP6 Data Request describing how to select output variables and their output intervals and how to archive a number of specific variables is also provided.

To the web page Data request.

Call for self-nominations to the committees for the next ICRC-CORDEX conference

24 November 2021

Make a difference!

Be part of the scientific or the organizing committee for the next ICRCC-CORDEX conference!

The preparation of the next ICRC-CORDEX conference has just started and to ensure an effective process we need to set up a scientific committee and an overall organizing committee.

The conference will take place during 2023, tentatively late spring/early summer, and will probably be in a hybrid format, possibly featuring regional hubs, with both in-person and remote/on-line participation.

CORDEX aims to develop and provide detailed, regional climate information necessary for vulnerability, impact and adaptation studies at local and regional levels. CORDEX is working to meet the increasing need for reliable regional climate information communicated in a manner enabling effective impact and adaptation planning.

Some of the topics that will be highlighted at the next International Conference on Regional Climate (ICRC)- CORDEX will be extracted from the CORDEX White Papers and Science Plan, including further development of regional climate as well as impacts and applications.

The conference will also provide a platform for scientists and users from all parts of the globe to meet and advance capacity development, training and knowledge exchange as well as to build new and enhance existing co-operations.

The scientific committee will be tasked with proposing the main theme as well as details of the conference program; sessions, important partners/speakers, side events and more – all in close cooperation with the organizing committee.

The organizing committee will be in charge of the administration such as settling venue(s), handling website and registrations, contact with participants and speakers and close cooperation with the scientific committee.

Hope you want to contribute! Please don’t hesitate to contact the International Project Office for CORDEX (IPOC) at ipoc@cordex.org and volunteer for the scientific committee and/or the organizing committee.

Send your self-nomination to ipoc@cordex.org before 31 December 2021.

CORDEX Southeast Asia: Outreach and Capacity Building Workshop

12 November 2021

The CORDEX Southeast Asia Outreach and Capacity Building Workshop is online the three days of 15-17 November 2021. Please find a detailed program here. The deadline for registration is 12 November.

Day 1 15 Nov 2021:

Session I: Opening Session

Session II: IPCC AR6 WG1 Report and CORDEX Activities in Asia and Australasia

Session III: Regional Climate Analysis and Projection

 

Day 2 16 Nov 2021:

Session IV: National Assessment, Impacts Studies and Data Application

 

Day 3 17 Nov 2021:

Session V: Progress Evaluation on 5km SEACLID/CORDEX SEA simulation and Coordination (This session is restricted to Project Members)

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