Vision
- Resilient and sustainable Pacific communities using climate information to manage risks and support practical decision-making in the context of climate variability and change.
Mission
- Clarify climate information needs to guide climate education, outreach, user information needs, observations, products, services, research and assessment.
- Provide access to critical data, research and new climate information products and services.
- Translate research and assessment results into useful and usable climate information.
- Interpret global and regional climate forecasts and projections for local applications.
- Enhance regional and local capabilities to manage risks and support sustainable development in the context of climate variability and change.
- Enhance collaboration among national, regional and international institutions and programs involved in climate information services.
- NEW Quarter 4, 2016 Hawaii and Pacific Islands Climate and Impacts Outlook "dashboard and one-pager". This product draws on the PEAC Climate Center’s "Pacific ENSO Update" quarterly newsletter and other sources to bring together seasonal predictions and projections information alongside recent impacts of weather and climate events in a concise and accessible format.
- Pacific Islands Climate Outlooks, Climatologies and Scenarios Catalogs. On these websites, users can search, by region and/or climate variable for example, and find a list of relevant products along with a brief summary and a direct link to each.
- PacificIslandsClimate.org (a.k.a. 'piko'). This website is a gateway to a broad range of information related to climate in the Pacific Islands. It includes summaries of programs, projects, and activities, as well as products and services.
- NEW Probabilistic estimates of extreme still water levels under a changing climate for specific locations in the Pacific Islands. Results of the second phase of an effort to support the development of innovative methodologies and best practices and develop innovative products that can be used to support climate change and variability-related vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning.
- NEW Enhancing Capacity for Climate Change and Variability in the Pacific Small Island Developing States
- Pacific Islands Climate Dialogs
April 2014 - RMI
June 2014 - Vanuatu
July 2014 - American Samoa and Samoa
September 2014 - Cook Islands Freshwater/Drought and Cook Islands Reefs/Fisheries - Pacific Islands Climate Services Forum
January, 2013 – Fiji - Hawaii and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands regional chapter of the National Climate Assessment
- The PIRCA report "Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts"
December 2011 PaCIS Plan for Regional Climate Services
PaCIS Terms of Reference and Composition
History of PaCIS
March 2011 PaCIS Steering Committee Meeting
PaCIS Flyer
For more information, contact: John Marra