Pilot Project on Public-Private Engagement for Smart Meteorological Service in Mega-Cities in Regional Association II

Public engagement for smart meteorological services in magic cities.

The 2018 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects produced by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) notes that globally, the urban population in the mid-year of 2020 was 4.4 billion (56% of the world's population). As the urban population continues to grow, urban environmental issues such as air pollution, weather, climate, and water-related hazards become dominant. 

The development of an integrated urban service is to address multiple challenges, including those related to disaster risk reduction (DRR) with a focus on the high-impact weather in the context of dense population, to deal with those challenges, the government needs to mobilize efforts, creativity, and innovation from all sectors to achieve sustainable development of urbanized regions. WMO has strengthened its consultative and engagement mechanism, through the Geneva Declaration 2019, for closer collaboration among public, private, and academic sectors, as well as collaboration with user communities and civil societies. In response to the Geneva Declaration 2019 CMA (represented by the Shenzen Municipal Meteorological Service), Hong Kong Observatory, and the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau of Macao, China, propose a Pilot Project on Smart Meteorological Service Community (PP-SMSC) which aims to explore the PPE model in developing integrated urban meteorological services in WMO Regional Association II (Asia) 

The project proposal was approved as a Regional Asociation II (RA II) Pilot Project and was included in the RA II Operating Plan (2021 - 2024) at the RA II-17 (Phase II), 27 - 30 September 2021. The project implementation started at a kick-off meeting held on 25 February 2022.

Management Structure

Scientific Advisory Committee

  • Co-Chairs: 
    • Dr Feng LIANG, Co-Chair, Study Group on Integrated Urban Services/SERCOM
    • Mr Pak Wai CHAN, Assitant Director, Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) 
  • Members: 
    • Mr Iu Man TANG, Vice Director, Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG)
    • Mr Tatsuya KIMURA, Director, Public-Private Engagement Office (PPEO)
    • Mr Qingliang ZHOU, Chair of RA II WG Services
    • Mr Yoshiaki SATO, Chair of RA II WG Infrastructure 
    • Dr/Ms Kamaljit RAY, Vice Chair of RA II WG Services
    • Dr Mai Van KHIEM, RA II Regional Focal Point on Research 
    • Mr Alexander BAKLANOV, Expert, Atmospheric Environment Research Division, WMO Science and Innovation Department
    • Dr Chao REN, Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong

Project Coordination Group (PCG)

  • Co-leaders: 
    • Mr Ben CHURCHILL, Head of the Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific (RAP)
    • Ms Mingmei LI, Senior Engagement Officer, PPEO
  • Members: 
    • Mr Jun YU, Regional Office, RAP
    • Ms Xiaodan NA, Department of International Cooperation, CMA
    • Department of Disaster Mitigation, CMA
    • Dr Haobo TAN, Vice Director General, Shenzhen Meteorological Services, CMA
    • Mr Xia MAO, Deputy Director General, Shenzhen Meteorological Services, CMA
    • Mr Pak Wai CHAN, Assistant Director, Hong Kong Observatory
    • Mr Iu Man TANG, Vice Director, Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau 

Project Working Group (PWG)

  • CMA: 
    • Dr/Ms Xialoin WEI, Senior Engineer, Shenzhen Meteorological Services, CMA
    • Mr Minghua LI, Vice Head, Weather Warning and Forecasting Division, Shenzhen Meteorological Service, CMA 
    • Mr Dunxun LIU, Senior Engineer, Shenzhen Meteorological Services, CMA
    • Ms Shuting ZHANG, Engineer, Shenzhen Meteorological Service, CMA 
  • HKO: 
    • Mr Wai KONG, Senior Scientific Officer, High Impact Weather Team, Hong Kong Observatory
  • SMG: 
    • Mr Chan Wa LOK, Chief of Meteorological Monitoring Center, Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau
    • Mr Man Chi WONG, Technician, Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau
  • Partners and PPE Representatives: 
    • Dr Yuanfu XIE, Chief Scientist, Guangdong - Hong Kong- Macao Greater Bay Area Weather Center for Monitoring Warning and Forecasting
    • Ms Lu YU, Chief Engineer, Urban Planning and Design Institute of Shenzhen 
    • TBC, University Representative
  • Third Party Evaluation: 
    • TBC, To be responsible for the evaluation of social and economic benefits

Work Plan 

Events

1. Preparatory Meeting:

2. Kick-off Meeting:

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Group Photo

3. Mid-term Evaluation Meeting:

Group of people posing for a photo at the mid-term evaluation meeting on wmo ra ii pilot project event, standing in front of a banner.

Group Photo

Outreach 

Timeline 

  1. Project: The project team members were involved in the Strategic Consulting Project of Chinese Academy of Engineering entitled “Research on Major Scientific and Technological Development Strategy in Response to Extreme Meteorological Disasters” by leading its sub-topic “The Status Quo and Development of Joint Action in Emergency Response to Extreme Meteorological Disasters”. 
  2. Project: The project team member led a key project of meteorological soft science of CMA entitled “The Exploration and Practice of Integrated Risk Warning Service Mechanism of Meteorological Disasters in Mega-cities — a case study of Shenzhen (2022ZDIANXM14)”. 
  3. Meeting: On March 22, 2022, a project team member participated in the Forum on Meteorological Information for Disaster Risk Reduction held by the China Meteorological Administration Training Center (CMATC), with a presentation titled “Introduction of Shenzhen Practice and WMO Demonstration Project of Early Warning and Early Action” delivered. 
  4. Meeting: From 21 to 25 March 2022, as a trainer, a project team member participated in Guangdong Meteorological Service Special Training on Severe Weather Monitoring and Warning at the County Level in conjunction with the Provincial Research-based Operational Training (Stage 2), with a presentation entitled “Construction of progressive forecast and warning service and coordinated emergency response mechanism in Shenzhen” delivered. 
  5. Meeting: The project team member(s) participated in the Technical Exchange Meeting on Science and Technology Support for Meteorological Support Services in Mega-cities organized by Beijing Meteorological Service on April 15, 2022, with a presentation entitled “The ‘31631’ Service Strategy and Its Practice in Shenzhen” delivered. 
  6. Meeting: On May 12, 2022, the project team member(s) attended the Proposal Meeting of the Strategic Consulting Project of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, with a presentation entitled “The ‘31631’ Service Strategy and Its Practice in Shenzhen” delivered. 
  7. Meeting: On May 12, 2022, as a guest, a project team member attended the 2022 Shenzhen Disaster Risk Reduction “Cloud Forum” entitled “Disaster Risk Reduction for a Better Homeland” co-hosted by the Office of Shenzhen Disaster Mitigation Committee and Shenzhen Emergency Response Bureau. 
  8. Meeting: From 13 to 15 June 2022, a project team member participated in the Integration of Urban-related Activities in WMO, with a presentation entitled “Service Strategy for Severe Weather Forecasts/Early Warnings and Its Application in Shenzhen" Delivered.