Executive Summary

The APEC Climate Center (APCC) continues its dedicated efforts to enhance the value of climate information utilization in the Asia-Pacific region. APCC develops various climate information services and provides them stably through online platforms, conducting continuous improvements and user support projects to expand the convenience and utilization of climate forecast data.

APCC's climate information services have established an operational and reporting system based on annual plans for systematic and stable operation, with strengthened management through regular service monitoring. In addition, services are continuously modified and improved to respond to the rapidly changing information and communication technology environment, and service security is being strengthened to address various security vulnerabilities.

APCC is working to develop individual climate information services into an integrated climate information service platform in stages, striving to provide users with a consistent service environment. Through this effort, APCC's climate information services that provide, process, predict, and verify climate data are expanding into a single integrated platform service.

The current year's (2025) tasks, as the first year of Phase 7, were carried out with three main objectives. The first is the modernization of the APCC climate information service platform operating system and achievement of the website total volume system. The PaaS-TA platform, which is ending technical support, was transitioned to the K-PaaS platform to modernize cloud platform technology. To comply with the government's website total volume system policy, the web addresses of the institutional homepage and climate information service platform were unified, and the user interface and functions were integrated. The second is the pilot construction of a customized high-resolution MME seasonal forecast verification platform. To enhance the usability and convenience of verification information produced through the high-resolution MME seasonal forecast system, a prototype of a customized service that can provide combined verification information was established. The third is the stable operation and improvement of APCC climate information services. In addition to systematic management through the establishment of annual operational plans and regular inspections, a new MME seasonal forecast regional downscaling service was established to expand customized services for users. Based on these achievements, APCC is contributing to further enhancing the value of climate information utilization in the Asia-Pacific region and improving the capacity to respond to climate change.