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APEC CLIMATE CENTER 2025 ANNUAL REPORT

2025 APCC Successfully Concludes Young Scientist Sup- 2025 APCC Enhances Seasonal Forecast Service with

APCC News port Program 2025 Advanced Course for Pacific APCC News Customized Regional Climate Information
Island Countries
03 04 The APEC Climate Center (APCC) has launched a new service integrated into its official

The APCC successfully conducted the 2025 Young Scientist Support Program (YSSP 2025) website to provide localized climate information as part of its standard seasonal forecast
offerings.
from September 3 (Wednesday) to September 30 (Tuesday), 2025, at its headquarters in
Haeundae, Busan. As part of the “Enhancing Climate Information and Knowledge Ser-
The newly implemented capabilities enhance the global seasonal forecast service by allow-
vices for Resilience in Five Pacific Island Countries (CIS-Pac5)” project—proposed by the
ing users to select specific regions within both the deterministic and probabilistic Multi-Mod-
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and funded by the Green Climate Fund
el Ensemble (MME) forecast pages.
(GCF)—this initiative invited four operational climate forecasters from the National Mete-
orological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) of four Pacific Island Countries (PICs): the
With this upgrade, APCC now offers tailored regional climate information that better meets
Cook Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Niue.
user needs, significantly improving the usability and applicability of its seasonal forecasts.
The primary objective of the program was to strengthen the analytical and operational ca-
pacity of staff in Pacific Island countries, which are highly vulnerable to climate change. The
curriculum was specifically designed to empower participants to apply scientific reasoning
to local climate problems using global data sources and advanced analytical methods.

The most significant change in this year’s program was the emphasis on “continuity of train-
ing.” APCC selected participants who had completed the basic courses held over the past
two years (2023–2024) and designed an “Advanced Course” that goes beyond foundational
knowledge and skills. Skilled professionals from the four Pacific nations gathered at APCC for
a four-week residential training program consisting of lectures and practical sessions.

The curriculum focused on immediate application in their daily operations. Participants
moved beyond basic Python skills to master techniques for directly collecting and pro-
cessing vast amounts of climate data, such as global reanalysis data. Furthermore, they
underwent intensive training in climate statistical techniques, including correlation and
regression analysis, to identify the impact of large-scale climate drivers—such as El Niño
and La Niña—on their local climate. This process maximized the quality of training by
combining invited lectures from external experts, including those from Pukyong National
University, with dedicated mentoring by APCC’s internal researchers.

All participants completed independent research reports analyzing their countries’ rainfall
patterns and climate variability using the analysis techniques learned during the training.
This experience is expected to contribute to enhanced forecast accuracy and policy applica-
tion at each national meteorological service in the future. Having proven the program’s ef-
fectiveness through high participant satisfaction rates, APCC plans to systematically operate
both basic and advanced courses in the future. Through this, APCC intends to continuously
expand the network of climate experts equipped with data analysis skills in the Pacific region
and further solidify science-based partnerships for responding to the climate crisis.

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Deterministic
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