报告简介：

Climate change is emerging. Worldwide, water-related disasters have become more intense and frequent than ever before. Cutting-edge hydro-climatological science must help make and implement well-informed decisions. This session will discuss innovative ways to bridge the gap between the science and technology community and society, and to link advanced science and technology to decision-making and action.

Building resilience to floods and droughts involves many stakeholders. We need to focus on flood and drought management in an integrated way, as floods and droughts are just opposite ends of the same hydro-climatic spectrum. To improve flood and drought resilience under climate change and build a sustainable society, we need to formulate a national or regional platform as a cross-sectoral governance body where all stakeholders communicate seriously on a regular basis, take a holistic view of related data and information as well as other practices/issues, draw ideal future pictures, and design actions to be taken in a comprehensive manner. This entire process is referred to here as "synthesis," which includes data and model integration and capacity building.

To contribute to the synthesis, the science and technology community should promote the integration of knowledge on the water cycle, climate, agriculture, and energy through well-organized observations, modeling, and data and information systems; foster "facilitators" who can act as catalysts, able to provide expert advice based on a broad range of scientific and indigenous knowledge about climate change in the local context; and establish cross-sectoral frameworks at the local, national, regional, and global levels to link cutting-edge science across disciplines with on-site decision-making and action on the ground - an "end-to-end approach".

主讲人介绍：

Toshio Koike is Executive Director of International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) under the auspices of UNESCO and Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo.

He received the Bachelor, Master, and Doctor of Engineering, from the University of Tokyo, in 1980, 1982, and 1985, respectively. He was a research associate at the University of Tokyo in 1985 and a lecturer from 1986 to 1987, and an associate professor at the Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan from 1988 to 1999 and a professor in 1999. In 1999, he joined the Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo, where he held the position of Professor until 2017.

His research interests include the water cycle and climate sciences and their applications to water-related disaster reduction, which can be classified into the following three components, the establishment of microwave remote sensing of hydrology, the development of the data integration and information fusion system, and the development of the hydrological downscaling methods including satellite-based data assimilation. Aside from his scientific contributions, he has been leading the international water cycle science projects and the inter-governmental science and technology cooperation. Since 2015, he has chaired the River Council of Japan and led discussions on water-related disasters to advise the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan (MLIT). As a Council Member of the Science Council of Japan, Cabinet Office from 2017 to 2023, he has also contributed to the improvement and development of various aspects of science in disasters by making policy recommendations at the national and international levels.

Some of the prominent awards he has received include the following: “Award for Contribution to the IPCC NOBEL Peace Prize” from WMO and UNEP in 2008, “Science Award” from the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources in 2015, “Friendship Award” from the Government of China in 2019, “AGU Ambassador Award” from the American Geophysical Union in 2022, and “GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Exchanges) Lifetime Contributions Award” from GEWEX in 2024.