Office for Coordination of Climate Change Observation, Japan

The Office for Coordination of Climate Change Observation (OCCCO) supports the activities of Japanese Alliance for Climate Change Observation (JACCO). The JACCO was established by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) in April 2006 to plan and coordinate comprehensive and integrated climate change observation systems. The OCCCO, located in the Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER) of the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), performs the following activities: (1) the assessment of the need for climate change observations, (2) the enhancement of the accessibility of observation data, and coordinating the use of observational platforms of relevant organizations, (3) managing of public relations activities, and (4) convening of meetings for promoting JACCO's activities.

2017-11-29

Launch event of GCECA NEW
Dr. Yasuaki Hijioka (National Institute for Environmental Studies: NIES) attended a launching event of Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation (GCECA) on November 14 hosted by the government of the Netherlands during the COP 23 in the German city of Bonn. The GCECA aims to accelerate climate adaptation by recognizing, building and promoting excellence (the best practices of adaptation) among all relevant stakeholder groups around the world. Other participants of the launching event are Mrs. Nieuwenhuizen (Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands) and Ms. Patricia Espinosa (Executive Secretary UNFCCC) and so on. In the event, Dr. Hijioka stated that NIES expects to work closely with GCECA by sharing knowledge and experience regarding adaptation studies and development of information platform.
GCECA website : https://gceca.org/news/919659.aspx

2017-6-5

MOEJ and ADB agreed to share climate risk information on AP-PLAT
The Ministry of the Environment, JAPAN (MOEJ) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) held "the 3rd MOEJ - ADB policy dialogue on environmen" and agreed on work program, following the signing of the extension of "Letter of Intent on Cooperation for Environment between the Ministry of the Environment, Japan and Asian Development Bank" . As for climate change adaptation strategies, the MOEJ and the ADB also agreed to collaborate with each other and share climate risk information via "Asia-Pacific Adaptation Informant Platform"
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2017-3-1

[Greenhouse Gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) - space "eyes" watching our planet]
We would like to introduce English version of the video on Greenhouse Gases Obserbing SATellite (GOSAT), Japan's satellite to monitor greenhouse gases such as CO2 and methane (CH4).

2017-1-30

We have revised the JACCO pamphlet (PDF:3,854KB) [Publications].

2016-11-30

[Japan's Assistance Initiatives to Address Climate Change]
Japan has announced "Japan's Assistance Initiatives to Address Climate Change"

2016-11-10

[CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLATFORM, JAPAN (A-PLAT)]
We have launched English website of
"CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLATFORM, JAPAN (A-PLAT)".

2015-12-15

【GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVATION: THE ROAD TO THE FUTURE】
The conference "Global Climate Observation: the Road to the Future" by GCOS (Global Climate Observing System) is held from 2-4 March 2016 at the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam.

2015-3-31

We renewed OCCCO website.

2015-2-20

We revised the JACCO pamphlet (PDF:1,447KB) [Publications].

2014-2-20

JMA ranked 2013 to be the second warmest year since 1891 (3 February 2014) (PDF:180KB).

2013-11-14

"WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin No.9 (6 November 2013)" is now online.The globally averaged mole fractions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane(CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) reached new highs in 2012.

2013-10-1

The Summary for Policymakers (SPM) of the Working Group I contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (WGI AR5), "Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis", was approved and the underlying scientific and technical assessment accepted.

2013-9-19

We revised the JACCO pamphlet.