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WELCOMING SPEECH
IPCC REGIONAL OUTREACH
WORKING GROUP II AND III CONTRIBUTION TO AR 5
JAKARTA, 11 JULY 2014
By
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF BMKG
DR. ANDI EKA SAKYA, M.Eng
YOUR EXCELLENCIES MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, PROF. BALTHASAR
KAMBUAYA
YOUR EXCELLENCIES AMBASSADOR OF BELGIUM, HE AMBASSADOR FILIP
CUMPS
HONORABLE VICE-CHAIR OF THE IPCC, PROF. JEAN-PASCAL VAN YPERSELE
HONORABLE DEPUTY MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
CONTROL AND CLIMATE CHANGE, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, IR. ARIEF
YUWONO
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS TO THIS OUTREACH MEETING
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
ASSALAMU’ALAIKUM WARAHMATULLAHI WABARAKATUH
First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to praise God Almighty for His
blessing so that on this wonderful day we are able to gather here and attend
the IPCC Regional Outreach of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Working Group II and Working Group
III.
It is an honor and priviledge for me to extend my sincere and warm welcome
to all honorable guests, speakers, Lead Authors of the IPCC AR5 Working Group
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II and III as well as all participants to our BMKG premises. I would like to also
appreciate for all guest invitees, speakers, and participants for attending this
Outreach Seminar.
Distinguished speakers and participants, Ladies and Gentlemen,
BMKG as the national meteorology service (NMS) responsible for providing
climate information in Indonesia has been actively involved in the IPCC since
its early pathways. Among BMKG contributions, BMKG was hosting the 31st
Session of IPCC on October 2009 in Bali, which had succesfully laid a
foundation for the structure of the Fifth Assessment Report of IPCC.
Some key issues were identified during the Plenary Session and during Working
Groups discusssions as well. These key issues were among others: detection
and attribution of climate change from global to regional, climate phenomena
and their relevance for future regional climate change including the monsoon
system, adaptation needs, planning and opportunities, and the mitigation
challenges.
In addition, BMKG’s involvement in drafting process of IPCC AR5 included
sending senior scientist as one of the Lead Authors in Working Group I, the
Physical Science Basis.
Along the process, BMKG’s role in the World Meteorological Organization as
the Vice President of RA V (South-West Pacific) (2006-2010) and the President
of RA V for two consecutive intersessional periodes (2010-2014 and 20142018) has became an indirect support for the IPCC processes in the region.
Numerous research and fora in term of climate variability and change has been
vastly developed in South East Asia and South West Pacific countries.
In line with the global concern on climate change addressed by the IPCC in
their Assessment Reports, the WMO has successfully put in place the Global
Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) initiative by establishing the
Intergovernmental Board on Climate Services and its Implementation Plan.
BMKG itself has been actively involved in the development of GFCS since its
early pathways. Regarding to the GFCS, there is one pillar of the five pillars of
GFCS which is the User Interface Platform that aims to enable climate experts
and scientists to deliver climate information into a more understandable
language to the users in sectoral areas.
This specific pillar supports tailored climate products and science to be userfriendly, and henceforth build a more climate resilience and climate ready
society. In this regard, BMKG involvement in WMO plays a significant role in
the alignment of preparing the society in the adaptation and mitigation of
climate change.
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In Indonesia, BMKG has been monitoring and modeling climate change
processes as well as conducting basic research to provide science base
evidence for climate change. As we are all aware, the distinct geographical
position of Indonesia in the equatorial line and between two oceans – Hindia
and Pacific Oceans and two continents – Asia and Australia brought variability
and complexity in its weather and climate system.
These variabilities enriched Indonesia with an abundant data relevant to
climate change. In terms of Green House Gases (GHG) concentration, BMKG
observes and monitors the data through its Global Atmospheric Watches
network. One that has been long established and recognized by the WMO is
located in Bukit Kototabang, Sumatera. Whilst for other parameters, BMKG
observes and monitors the increasing level of surface temperature and sea
surface height through its stations nationwide in close cooperation with local
governments.
Indonesia also has one of the only three remaining ice glacier in the tropics,
covering the top of Mount Jayawijaya in Papua, where BMKG researchers
under collaboration with Ohio University has conducted a paleoclimate
research and found a significant reduction in the ice coverage atop the
mountain.
BMKG has a very unique evidence of human induced of increasing GHG as
well. This fact has been proven during the Nyepi day in Bali last year. The
outcome has served as a great contribution to the long debate on
antropogenic climate change that has been in the air since a few decades ago.
Distinguished speakers and participants, Ladies and Gentlemen,
BMKG role in Indonesia as the climate change data and information provider
at the upstream is significant, especially in the scientific actions on the
application of adaptation and mitigation measures of climate change in
sectoral usages. In pursuing better outcomes, BMKG has built close
cooperations with several major universities, related climate sensitive sectors
institutions, and Indonesia National Council of Climate.
All of these endeavours showed BMKG strong commitment in our National
Policy for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Plans or the RAN MAPI
since 2007.
Nonetheless, we do understand that research and development in the
adaptation and mitigation of climate change is not stopping here. It still needs
an ongoing effort, since we are dealing with a live climate system everyday
globally.
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Therefore, we proudly welcome the outcome of IPCC AR5 from Working
Group II and III that has been launched this year. For your information, BMKG
also hosted the IPCC AR5 Working Goup I Outreach event in November 2013.
Today’s event shall be the continuation of that and also part of BMKG
contribution to IPCC.
Distinguished speakers and participants, Ladies and Gentlemen,
This Outreach, jointly organized with the IPCC and Indonesian Ministry of
Environment, is part of the IPCC Secretariat road show to three South East Asia
countries to publicize and disseminate findings of its reports, especially on the
contribution from Working Group II on Adaptation and Working Group III on
Mitigation of Climate Change. In this regard, I would like to convey my great
appreciation to both IPCC Secretariat and the Ministry of Environment for
having the close collaboration in holding this event.
We welcome future works of IPCC and hoping further involvement of
developing
country
scientists
in
the
process.
Last but not least, I would like to apologize if there is any inconveniences
during this Outreach event. I wish all speakers and participants a most
successful and productive seminar. For foreign speakers, I hope you enjoy your
stay in Indonesia and welcome again.
Thank you
WASSALAMU’ALAIKUM WARAHMATULLAHI WABARAKATUH
Director General of BMKG
Dr. Andi Eka Sakya, M.Eng
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