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APEC Concept Note Project Title: PPSTI 02 2015S – Building Regional ocean and land observation systems to safeguard APEC resources and communities Fund Source (Select one): Operational Account TILF Special Account APEC Support Fund For ASF: As per Guidebook Ch. 3, list ASF Sub-fund if appropriate for this project: Self Funded APEC forum: PPSTI Proposing APEC economy: Australia Co-sponsoring economies: China, Philippines Expected start date: Expected completion date: Project summary: Describe the project in under 150 words. Your summary should include the project topic, planned activities, timing and location: (Summary must be no longer than the box provided. Cover sheet must fit on one page) Total cost of proposal: (APEC funding + self-funding): USD 251,247 (319,096 AUD) 1 May 2015 31 December 2016 This project develops the framework for a Pan-Pacific integrated observation system, building the science and research capacity of the region – notably south-east Asia and the Pacific – by: 1. regionalising land and marine observation systems and information to build regional capacity, 2. economic prosperity/development, in particular for blue economy industries (e.g. fisheries, agriculture) 3. improving regional disaster resilience 4. monitoring Indo-Pacific reef health Two pathfinder workshops will be held in Australia in 2015 to: 1. stocktake needs, stakeholders, priorities; 2. develop an APEC-focussed Action Plan; and 3. identify funding options, and next steps. The project encourages collaboration and uses the research excellence and infrastructure of APEC innovative nations to contribute towards science capacity building with all APEC economies. The strengths of APEC’s innovative nations will leverage APECs science capacity overall. Long term sustainability will be achieved through the development of a dedicated community closely linked in to the peak international earth observation fora. Total amount being sought from APEC (USD): Nil By category: Travel: Labor costs: Hosting: Publication & distribution: Other: (See Guidebook on APEC Projects, Ch. 9 to ensure all proposed costs are allowable.) Project Overseer Information and Declaration: Name: Emma Luke Title: Assistant Manager, International Science Strategy Section Organization: Australian Government Department of Industry and Science Postal address: GPO Box 9839, Canberra City, ACT, 2601 Tel: +61 2 6276 1196 E-mail: [email protected] As Project Overseer and on behalf of the above said Organization, I declare that this submission was prepared in accordance with the Guidebook on APEC Projects and any ensuing project will comply with said Guidebook. Failure to do so may result in the BMC denying or revoking funding and/or project approval. I understand that any funds approved are granted on the basis of the information in the document’s budget table, in the case of any inconsistencies within the document. Name of Project Overseer Date: Project Synopsis 1. Relevance – Benefits to region: What problem does the project seek to address? What is the relevance of the project? Does it have sustained benefits to more than one economy? The Asia-Pacific region has sustained over 60 per cent of global losses from natural disasters over the past 20 years (World Bank). The UN reports that in 2014 alone, natural disasters cost Asian and Pacific nations almost 60 billion dollars and claimed 6000 lives. The World Bank warns that the increasing frequency of natural disasters is will escalate the rate of economic losses experience by the region, especially given the large investment in major coastal infrastructure in recent years. Information derived from earth observation systems1 can provide governments with a powerful climate change, natural resource and emergency management tool. For example, net value to Australia of improved weather forecasts through Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) data was estimated as at least AUD616 million (USD492 million) each year with a benefit to cost ratio of more than 22 (IMOS 2006). The value of Earth observation systems to Australia alone is AUD 4.3 billion per annum (ACIL Allen Study, 2010), with Small to Medium Enterprises benefit estimated at AUD 30-40 million (USD24-32 million) in 2010 (ACIL Allen Study, 2010). Earth observation data is being collected at an exponential rate as a result of technological advancements and significant investments in Earth observation infrastructure by individual nations. Natural resources and disasters are influenced by environmental phenomena operating at regional levels, for example two of the strongest marine regulators of global climate (El Nino/La Nina, and the Western Pacific Warm Pool) are Pacific phenomena, both with causing direct impacts on APEC agricultural and fishery productivity. However, observation data is usually collected and held at a national level, thus limiting both the extent and power of application. A regional approach towards observation systems and supporting data infrastructure would enable nations to pool resources, expertise, infrastructure and information resulting in superior information quality and timeliness thus improving economies’ capacity to work effectively together to tackle regional problems. Many economies have or are now seeking to regionalise national observing systems, with the Pan-Pacific area of particular interest due to the value of its blue economy and the frequency disasters. It is important the development of such systems is led by the Pan-Pacific to ensure that its interests, needs and priorities are met. The development should build on existing national systems with data freely available for use in a format that is immediately transferable and useable for governments working together to tackle regional challenges. For example, the provision of timely, quality data that can be used immediately is critical to emergency response decision processes, thus supporting the objectives of the new international framework for disaster risk reduction, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, negotiated at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction March 2015. This framework explicitly supports the role for earth observation in reducing the impact of disasters, in particular through Sections 24 and 25, which support the development and dissemination of science methodologies on disaster losses and disaster risk management, and promote and enhance technology transfer via international cooperation. Regional datasets also have significant promise for entrepreneurial SMEs seeking to develop innovative products, a significant area of growth over the next decade, with the full value of earth observation systems contribution to GDP yet to be recognised (ACIL Allen Study, 2010). This project will develop an APEC Action Plan to harmonise regionalise earth observation systems in the Pan-Pacific, providing a mechanism to overcome competing international interests and conflicting priorities. The focus will be on both earth observation from space, and marine and costal observation systems. Once implemented, this system will provide for broad, sustained socioeconomic benefit to APEC members through improvements and capacity building for: 1. marine resource security and sustainability; 2. monitoring and responding to natural disasters; and 3. natural resource management (agriculture, forestry, extractive industries). 1 Systems that observe land, marine and atmosphere, either remotely or in-situ. The focus of this proposal is on Earth observation systems from space (satellite based, land and marine based observations) and ocean observing systems (floats, moorings, etc). The Action Plan will provide the framework for an integrated regional approach on observation systems and data, building the science capacity of the Pan-Pacific region drawing on the region’s strengths (in particular from Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and the US). By building a regional community of expertise and infrastructure, this project enables a long term, “whole is greater than sum of parts” approach of particular benefit to developing economies with limited resources to maintain and use observation systems in isolation, with the most to gain from improved resilience to disasters and threats to natural resources. The development of a regional system will improve economic prosperity for blue and green economy industries (fisheries, agriculture, energy sectors) and benefits disaster management and resilience, reef health across APEC. Two pathfinder workshops (focussing on earth observations from space and on marine observation systems respectively) will be held in Australia, facilitated by Australian and regional observation experts. The workshops will identify opportunities to collaborate in development of regional systems, the infrastructure required to support the circulation and analysis of resulting data and identify capacity building needs (training and infrastructure). The result will be development of a fully costed project plan/proposal to build regional capacity that will monitor and protect communities and resources of the APEC region for discussion in suitable bilateral and multilateral fora. An issues paper will be developed as the outcome of the workshops with recommendations for future collaborative work in these areas and APEC regional cooperation in Earth observation science will be strengthened. Through the project, a community will be formed that can act as ambassadors for the observation needs of APEC in major Earth observation fora including CEOS, GEO and GOOS. Relevance – Rank: Which Rank in the annual APEC Funding Criteria does this project fall under? Briefly explain why. Is it also linked to other Ranks? If so, briefly explain which/how. This project falls under Rank 1 because it relates to a number of APEC objectives: 1. ocean-related issues for economic growth including blue economy, conservation and sustainable development of marine and coastal resources; 2. building an open economy in the Asia-Pacific featuring innovative development, 3. interconnected growth and shared interests; 4. building sustainable and resilient communities; 5. food safety and security; 6. emergency preparedness and disaster management; and 7. human capital development including education and capacity building. The project will encourage collaborative, sustainable development of innovative infrastructure and policies in earth and marine observation towards the development of an APEC regional observation system. Ultimately the project will contribute towards improving ocean productivity (including sustainable, safe and secure food production) and better prediction and management of environmental risks; all of which contribute to growth and productivity and the development of mutual interests. The project also helps to promote the liberalisation of services trade across the region, by promoting scientific knowledge exchange and the establishment of expert networks. The project also relates to the Rank 2 priority innovative growth, specifically: science, technology and ICT approaches in disaster preparedness and risk reduction; innovation policy and research cooperation, including harnessing new technologies for the future, and for green jobs and industries that promote green growth; and agricultural biotechnologies, including promotion of sustainable agricultural development 2. Objectives: Describe the 2-3 key objectives of the project. (e.g. ensure workshop participants will be able to...; to create a framework...; to develop recommendations...; to build support...; to revise strategies...; to create an action plan;...to increase knowledge in; to build capacity in… etc.) Through two path finder workshops, this project will explore opportunities for marine and land observation research capacity-building activities (including addressing gender equity), using APEC expertise and world-class research infrastructure with the following objectives in mind: 1. Conduct a Stocktake of APEC economies’ current land and marine observation systems, current needs (training, infrastructure, opportunities to share, combine and analyse data, other) and future uses (including identifying opportunities for end users such as industry, government, nongovernment organisations (NGOs) and community groups to be involved in the development of an APEC regional land and marine observation system and to obtain benefits from developed systems). 2. Develop an Action Plan with recommendations for the development of an APEC regional observation system based on the interests, needs and opportunities of these economies and sectoral groups (government, industry, community, research). The Action Plan will include funding proposals for submission to major research funding programmes (e.g. the European Union’s Horizon 2020) and proposed arrangements for combining and managing data sets at a regional level. 3. Establish an APEC Marine and Land Observation Community (AMLOC) group that is able to promote the needs of APEC in subsequent observation fora (including CEOS, GEO and GOOS) considering options for building a Pan-Pacific regional system. 3. Alignment – APEC: Describe specific APEC priorities, goals, strategies, workplans and statements that the project supports, and explain how the project will contribute to their achievement. This project strongly aligns a number of APEC’s interests from high level goals articulated in leader, ministerial statements and 2015 APEC priorities, through to host economy, various working group and policy partnerships priorities. APEC 2015 theme: Inclusive growth — Building Inclusive Economies, Building a Better World: http://apec2015.ph/ In support of the Xiamen Declaration (http://www.apec.org/Meeting-Papers/MinisterialStatements/Ocean-related/2014_ocean.aspx), agreed in 2014 at the fourth APEC Ocean-Related Ministerial Meeting (AOMM4), this project strengthens APEC ocean cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. Collaboration on marine observations builds integrated, sustainable, inclusive and mutually beneficial partnerships among APEC members through information sharing and regional capacity building. This project has benefits for the four priority areas of the Xiamen Declaration: by building regional information and data infrastructure this project supports coastal and marine ecosystem conservation and disaster resilience; the role of the ocean on food security and food-related trade. This project furthers marine science, technology and innovation; and promotes the Blue Economy throughout the region. This project leverages the regions’ existing observation and data capabilities for regional benefit, relevant to the APEC Accord on Innovative Development, Economic Reform and Growth Annex C Five Pillars (http://www.apec.org/Meeting-Papers/LeadersDeclarations/2014/2014_aelm/2014_aelm_annexc.aspx) for promoting experience sharing, policy dialogue, capacity building and practical cooperation (economic reform, new economy, innovative growth, inclusive support and urbanization). Other: This project supports exploration of new and promising economic growth areas such as the blue economy, further cooperation of member economies in disaster preparedness, strengthens physical, institutional and people-to-people connectivity, develops capacity for environmentally-friendly ocean-related economic activity as an approach to sustainable management of marine resources through innovation, and promotes regional S&T collaboration through PPSTI Host economy priorities (see http://apec2015.ph/apec-2015/): This project aligns with the Philippines host year priority to build sustainable and resilient communities through disaster resilience, risk reduction and management. It also builds core infrastructure and capacity needed to enhance food security and the Blue Economy and to promote coastal management and marine conservation Gender objectives Increasing women’s involvement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is a global issue and one of the Australian science policy issues highlighted in Australian Chief Scientist’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics: Australia’s Future (2014). This project encourages gender balance in APEC on two levels. First, consistent with other APEC projects, gender balance will be encouraged through the inclusion of women as both participants and speakers in the pathfinding workshops and subsequent activities. In particular, the supports at least two of the five APEC’s Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy Pillars of Women’s Economic Empowerment: Innovation & Technology and Skills & Capacity Building. Second, as part of the development of the regional system stocktake, the workshop will explore barriers to women participating in scientific and technical roles within existing national systems which will inform the development of Action Plan recommendations regional system that promote gender equality. Ultimately, the development of a regional system will lead to the creation of higher paid jobs in skilled technical fields. Further, the action plan developed through this project will acknowledge the economic benefits that flow from female participation in the workforce. Given this, the inclusion of recommendations that promote women’s economic empowerment within the action plan will position women to take full advantage of opportunities realised through the development of such systems. Alignment – Forum: Briefly explain how the project is aligned with your forum’s workplan / strategic plan. This project supports core PPSTI objectives to strengthen collaboration and enhance member economies’ innovative capacity, to develop science, research and technology cooperation, to develop innovation policy frameworks and to foster an enabling environment for innovation. It aligns with the PPSTI Strategic Plan by promoting an enabling environment for innovation and enhancing regional science and technology connectivity, and supports PPSTI 2015 priorities to cultivate STI talent, give full play to S&T’s bolstering role in promoting Asia-pacific region to share the development dividend, and to build an enabling environment for SMEs to adopt STI achievement. Land and marine observation is a good example of the cross-border importance of science collaboration. A cohesive regional approach to observations and disaster resilience, building regional capacity and deliver baseline information for stronger marine economies are the key regional benefits. Given strong, competing international interests in the development of observation systems and access to regional data sets in the Pan-Pacific area, a harmonised marine and land observation regional system can meet the needs and priorities of the region rather than just the stronger economies. By APEC leading and coordinating such efforts, a focus on advancing goods, science based trade services and investment liberalisation for our region will be ensured, with a strong emphasis on regional science collaboration driving economic development and growth as well as regional trade. A regional approach provides a template for building an Asian Research Area, following the same approach as that of the European Research Area. The marine component will also dovetail with the objectives of the Indian Ocean Rim Association, with the potential for connectivity between the two initiatives to be built in the future. 4. Methodology: How do you plan to implement the project? In this section, briefly address the following: Workplan: Project timelines, dates of key activities and deliverable outputs. Date Activity Deliverable output July 2015 Project initiation Project plan refined and endorsed. Key APEC stakeholders identified. Project timeframes refined and confirmed. September 2015 Consultation Scope and content of workshops discussed and agreed with stakeholders. Opportunities for preliminary capacity building training identified. October 2015 Workshop logistics Workshop participants and speakers identified and invited. Workshop arrangements organised. Travel arrangements organised. November 2015 Workshops and science capacity building side forum Stocktake of existing national systems, current needs and opportunities. Draft Action Plan with recommendations towards the development of a regional system that will address the needs and interests of APEC economies. Establishment of an APEC marine and earth observation user community (APEC Marine and Land Observation Community). Science capacity building and gender equity needs identified, preliminary training sessions held. February August 2016 Post workshop follow up Workshop reports (including stocktake and action plan) drafted and circulated to AMLOC for comment. Workshop reports finalised. Date Activity Deliverable output Funding proposals drafted and circulated to AMLOC for comment. Finalised funding proposals submitted to international funding programmes (e.g. Horizon 2020, Government Partnerships For Development). Late 2016 APEC endorsement Action plan and report presented at PPSTI 8. Action plan endorsed at SOM. Action plan circulated to peak international earth and marine observation system organisations for information and action. The key outputs for this project are designed to ensure the sustainability of this endeavour after the completion of the project. The stocktake of training and infrastructure needs will support beneficiaries to progress their priorities for earth and marine observation development. The Action Plan will provide all beneficiaries with the guidance needed to ensure efficient use of resources in pursuing improvements to current systems and the development of new systems. Funding proposals developed during the course of the project will provide financial support in the short term and will also provide participants with the tools to develop high quality proposals well after the completion of the project. AMLOC will support economies well beyond the completion of the project by promoting the benefits of marine and earth observation as well as related opportunities (such as funding). AMLOC will also drive revision of the action plan as required. Through the partnerships being formed in this project, AMLOC will develop and strengthen direct links with the peak earth observation bodies CEOS, GOOS and GEO, and will work closely with these fora towards implementation of regional systems in the Pan-Pacific. As earth observation systems innovation will produce new techniques and equipment, additional training and infrastructure will be required. Additionally, as the Action Plan nears completion, a new Action Plan will likely be required. AMLOC will be well placed to produce a new plan and to conduct periodic stocktakes of training and infrastructure needs. During the workshops, a communications strategy will be developed to help ensure the plan is implemented and to keep a track of progress. Beneficiaries: The proposed selection criteria for participants, beneficiary profiles (e.g. workshop participants, end users, policy makers, researchers/analysts, gender) and how they will be engaged. The project will engage world leading experts in marine and earth observation systems, including end-users (e.g. sustainable resource policy makers, disaster management practitioners, industry including innovative SMEs, non-government organisations). Workshop participants will be those from economies with an interest in the development of a regional system, and are potential beneficiaries of such a system, including developing economies. End-users invited to participate to ensure a system that will be developed that will facilitate useful information with direct, immediate benefits to government, industry and research. Where appropriate (and noting that this initial set of activities is pathfinding workshops, pooling of existing information), this project will seek to balance in speakers and participants contributions from developing economies and women. A regional observation system including data infrastructure arrangments will ultimately help marine and agricultural SMEs overcome bottlenecks that hinder international cooperation and business expansion, with benefits to flow for trade and investment across APEC economies. Trade and investment also benefits from enhanced ability to manage, predict and prepare for natural disasters across the region, by reducing economic and human losses caused by these events. Observations data opens up new resource opportunities and lowers the barrier to entry for APEC economies to resource exploration in the region, securing APEC interests. This project encourages gender balance in APEC on two levels. First, consistent with other APEC projects, gender balance will be encouraged through the inclusion of women as both participants and speakers in the pathfinding workshops and subsequent activities. In particular, the supports at least two of the five APEC’s Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy Pillars of Women’s Economic Empowerment: Innovation & Technology and Skills & Capacity Building. Second, as part of the development of the regional system stocktake, the workshop will explore barriers to women participating in scientific and technical roles within existing national systems which will inform the development of Action Plan recommendations regional system that promote gender equality. Ultimately, the development of a regional system will lead to the creation of higher paid jobs in skilled technical fields. Further, the action plan developed through this project must acknowledge the economic benefits that flow from female participation in the workforce. Given this, the inclusion of recommendations that promote women’s economic empowerment within the action plan will position women to take full advantage of opportunities realised through the development of such a system. Evaluation: Potential indicators developed to measure progress, project outcomes and impacts/successes. Where possible provide indicators which could assess impacts on women. The project will be evaluated based on the logical framework below. Data on female participation will also be collected. Outcomes Goal Project Description Indicators of Achievement Means of Verification Support the development of regional earth and marine observation systems that meet the needs of APEC in safeguarding APEC resources and communities Earth and marine Reports observation systems are Media developed in the AsiaPacific region and these systems contribute to key objectives such as disaster mitigation and security (including food, people, business and environment) Participants understand end use opportunities for earth and marine observation systems and have the tools they need to enhance existing domestic observation systems and to build regional systems Participants/ economies start to extend earth and marine observation systems in the AsiaPacific Assumptions and Risks APEC economies can obtain the required funds A survey 18 APEC economies months after have the drive to the workshops progress the earth and marine Reports observation presented at agenda PPSTI meetings The APEC earth and marine observation agenda is discussed at a Ministers’/ variety of APEC meetings leaders’ Participants are able to statements represent APEC priorities and/or minutes for the development of a of meetings regional observation (eg. PPSTI) system in international fora (e.g. GEO, GOOS, CEOS and IORA) Project Description Indicators of Achievement Means of Verification Assumptions and Risks Outputs Stocktake The stocktake and Action A survey 12 Changing needs Plan (including months after of economies Articulated 10 year Action recommendations and dissemination may require Plan communication strategy) of the summary changes to the summary/plan Recommendations for the are endorsed by APEC and plan leaders and international development of an Ministers’/ Funding fora and are used to observation system leaders’ programmes may inform decisions and statements be so competitive Forward communication actions that even a high strategy Formal At least one funding quality proposal endorsement One or more funding proposal is approved does not get from proposals approved AMLOC actively international AMLOC promotes marine and fora earth observation Written advantages and approval for opportunities each proposal Activities AMLOC report Two workshops attended At least 20 people attend Registration will Assumes each by 20 participants the workshops be recorded at economy is events interested in the The first meeting of At least 10 economies topic and has AMLOC nominate a A short survey appropriate representative for will be provided experts AMLOC and 70% attend to attendees to the first meeting either in gauge person or via phone satisfaction Attendees found the workshops and meeting productive and useful Linkages: Information on other APEC and non-APEC stakeholders and how they will be engaged. If and how this proposal builds on (but does not duplicate) the work of other projects. How will this activity promote cross fora collaboration? This project promotes cross-fora collaboration as it aligns with the OFWG’s commitment to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources as well as protection of marine ecosystems needed to support fisheries and aquaculture. It also aligns with the Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group’s objective of enhancing agriculture's contribution to the region's economic growth and social well-being by promoting agricultural technical cooperation between APEC members. The project contributes to strengthening public-private cooperation to address food security issues in the region and thus it aligns with the goals of the PPFS. It also enables the region to better prepare for and respond to emergencies and disasters by helping to reduce the risk of disasters and by building business and community resilience and thus it aligns with the goals of the Emergency Preparedness Working Group. By supporting each of these goals, this project also contributes to the APEC Food System. Importantly, this project advances the economic integration of women in the APEC region for the benefit of all members and so supports the goals of the Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy. Each of these other relevant fora will be engaged during the consultation phase of the project. Members of these other fora will be provided with the opportunity to participate in the pathfinding workshops at their own expense. They will also have the opportunity to review and comment on the draft Action Plan. This initial project focusses on the needs of APEC stakeholders, however in the longer term and subject to funding, future activities would be expanded to non-APEC stakeholders. Ultimately the expansion of the system will increase the quality and quantity of data available to the region, thereby progressively strengthening the value of the system to endusers. While the initial focus is on APEC fora and economies, the project is relevant to a range of non-APEC fora (and other stakeholders) as the information generated by the observation system will have wide utility in a much broader locale. As such, the data produced by PanPacific marine and earth observation systems developed as a result of this project will be freely available to anyone, not just APEC economies. Oher interested fora will be consulted throughout the project. In particular, existing bodies of work (produced by projects such as BLUELink) will be used to inform the project and non-APEC expert bodies (such as GEO, CEOS and GOOS) will be engaged, supported and partnered with to ensure the highest quality outputs. The project takes a holistic approach to marine and land observation and so builds on the work undertaken in a number of independent, small scale projects focussed on specific aspects of observation systems including: APEC Workshop on Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) (Vietnam, 2014) Application of Big Data and Open Data to Emergency Preparedness - Phase 1 (Taiwan, 2014) 8th Senior Disaster Management Officials Forum – 2014 (China, 2013) Regional Cooperation on Drought Prediction Science to Support Disaster Preparedness and Management (Korea, 2013) Training Course on the Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies in Crop Production (China, 2012) and Workshop on the Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Technology on Crops Productivity among APEC Economies (China, 2011) Seminar on Satellite Data Application for Sustainable Fishery Support in APEC (Russia, 2011) Fish and Biodiversity Cross Boundaries: Enabling Collaborative Capacity Building to Improve the Protection of Marine Resources & Strengthen Future Economic Security and Ocean Wealth in the Asia-Pacific Region (Australia, 2009) Marine Ecosystem Identification and Mapping in the Asia-Pacific Region (United States, 2007) Capacity Building Workshops on Marine Environmental Conservation and Sustainability for developing economies of APEC (Korea, 2007 and 2006) APEC is the best forum for this project because it is focussed on the pan-Pacific region. The voluntary nature of APEC also provides the flexibility to accommodate the changing priorities of individual member economies. Through the partnerships being formed in this project, direct links will be sought to the Indian Ocean Rim Association which also has a growing blue economy agenda and the Indian Ocean Observing Community as part of the Global Ocean Observing System. In particular, the existence and maturity of IMOS and its extensive international links as well as Bureau of Meteorology observing initiatives throughout the Pacific. (e.g. their Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific - http://cosppac.bom.gov.au/)