The “Climatic hazard Assessment to enhance Resilience against climate Extremes for Southeast Asian megacities (CARE for SEA megacities)” project is the latest activity under the Southeast Asia Regional Climate Downscaling / Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment Southeast Asia (SEACLID / CORDEX-SEA) collaboration. Started in October 2023, this three-year project is funded by the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN). CARE for SEA megacities aims to generate city-scale climate hazard information for SEA megacities (Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Manila) under multiple SSP scenarios that will be relevant and useful for policy-making to enhance urban resilience in a globally warmer future.
A special session for CARE for SEA megacities and CORDEX-SEA was held on 26-28 November 2024, as part of the 4th International Vietnam Conference on Earth and Environmental Sciences (iVCEES-2024) in Quy Nhon, Vietnam. With support from APN and WCRP CORDEX, the conference was hosted by the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (Vietnam), with the Manila Observatory (Philippines) as co-organiser. In addition, Rencontres du Vietnam and ICISE as co-sponsors provided logistical support in relation to meeting facilities, accommodation, and administrative and technical assistance.
The workshop aimed:
- To coordinate and discuss updates on the empirical statistical downscaling (ESD), and land surface physics-based downscaling (LSP-DS) activities under the CARE for SEA megacities project;
- To coordinate and discuss updates on the CMIP6 downscaling activities of CORDEX-SEA and identify opportunities for collaboration with similar initiatives in Southeast Asia; and
- To provide a platform for engagement between climate researchers and stakeholders.