BRIDGING SCIENCE AND POLICY IMPLICATION FOR MANAGING CLIMATE EXTREMES

Since 1980 the number of climaterelated disasters has been greatly increased globally Scientific consensus based on the IPCC fifth report suggested that global warming would bring more intense and frequent extreme climate events These climaterelated disasters hinder the achievement of sustainable economic growth and prosperity by disrupting supply chains impeding production destroying infrastructure and necessitating highcost rebuilding and recovery To mitigate the climate extreme risks and possible losses it is essential to maximize the utilization of scientific outputs and to share best practices in disaster risk management Aligned with such purposes AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation APEC Climate Center APCC hosts the APEC Climate Symposium APCS every year APCS focused on drought prediction and management in 2013 climate extremes and hydrological disaster in 2014 and efficient use of climate information for disaster risk management in 2015This book aims to compile some of the important results from the latest research in climate extreme prediction and services and its application studies with a focus on climate extremes such as typhoons droughts and floods based on the APCS presentations during 2013–2015