Regional Climate Centre in RA V (South-West Pacific)

At its 16th session in May 2014, RA V (South-West Pacific), through Resolution 5 (RA V-16) decided to adopt the RCC-Network concept for two sub-domains in the Region, namely South-East Asia and the Pacific Island Countries and Territories.
Status of the RCC implementation in RA V (South-West Pacific)
WMO
 
Pacific RCC-Network
Pacific Regional Climate Centre-Network
 
Status of implementationIn demonstration phase since September 2017 
Coordinated byManagement Committee whose chair is rotated among the institutions leading the nodes 
NodeSeasonal predictionLeads: Earth Sciences New Zealand (ESNZ), New Zealand and Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Australia
Consortium:
•    Météo-France, France
•    Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Climate Center (APCC)
•    Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
•   The Pacific Community (SPC)
 
Climate monitoringLeads: BOM and SPC
Consortium: SPREP and ESNZ
 
Data servicesLeads: BOM
Consortium: SPC and ESNZ
 
Climate changeLeads: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
Consortium: BOM, ESNZ, SPREP and Météo-France
 
Domain of interestPacific Island region
WebsiteLink 
Linkage with other RCCs•    SEA RCC-Network
•    RCC-Caribbean
 
Linkage with RCOFsPacific Islands Climate Outlook Forum (PICOF) 
Factsheet

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SEA RCC-Network 
South-East Asia RCC-Network 
Status of implementationIn demonstration phase since November 2017
NodeSeasonal predictionLead: Meteorological Services Singapore (MSS), Singapore
Consortium member: Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Philippine
Climate monitoringLead: PAGASA
Consortium members:
•    Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics of the Republic of Indonesia (BMKG), Indonesia
•    MSS, Singapore
Data servicesLead: BMKG, Indonesia
Domain of interestSouth-East Asia 
WebsiteLink
Linkage with RCOFsAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations Climate Outlook Forum (ASEANCOF)
FactsheetLink
Last updated: 7 October 2026