Participation in international scientific events
The year 2022 was marked by the CLIPSSA project’s active participation in a number of international scientific and institutional events. At the start of the year, the project team produced a poster for the 13th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (ICSHMO) in February. In April, the Météo-France Interregional Office in New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna gave a brief presentation on the project at the 10th session of the Pacific Islands Climate Outlook Forum (PICOF-10).
In November, at COP27 in Egypt, Christophe Menkès was an expert panellist at the French Pavilion during the side event ‘Managing and measuring adaptation in a context of climate emergency’ organised by AFD, Expertise France, IDDRI and FERDI. The project and its main objectives were presented at the round table.
Round table at the Pavillon France, 11 November 2022
Other noteworthy events involving the CLIPSSA team took place in New Caledonia, including the Loyalty Islands Province Economic Forum (September and October), the Tech&Bio trade fair and the disaster risk prevention and management day (October).
Presentation and debates on disaster risk management and reduction at the launch of the disaster risk policy in Nouméa, Château Royal hotel, 13 October 2022
Awareness-raising and outreach activities
In parallel with these commitments, CLIPSSA has carried out a number of awareness-raising and popularisation activities, notably through film debates in New Caledonia, such as the film-debate on the Empreinte programme on the theme of climate change in March. The project was also highlighted in the documentary ‘Un paradis en péril’, produced in collaboration with JADA Productions and the IRD.
Extract from the Empreinte programme, available for replay on youtube
CLIPSSA took part in a project combining art and science based on the works of Myazaki, entitled ‘The Forces of Nature – A Musical and Scientific Journey through the Works of Hayao Miyazaki’, which took place in October at the Auditorium of the Conservatoire de Musique in Nouméa. The main theme was climate change and its impact, with scientific and university presentations (IRD, UNC, Institut Pasteur, Météo-France) in film/concert/lecture format. To find out more, see the specific article here !
The Fête de la Science 2022, organised in November, saw CLIPSSA make an active contribution, in partnership with the Caledonian Energy Agency, through the Fresque du Climat workshops and mini-conferences on climate change at the University of New Caledonia in Nouméa and Bako (Koné). In French Polynesia, Victoire Laurent, head of the climate division at the DIRPF-MF, has been chosen as Ambassador. Some of the Météo-France teams worked on a number of issues, and a number of activities took place, including a review of climate change and its impacts (extremes, cyclones, rainfall, temperature, etc.) in French Polynesia. CLIPSSA was presented at a public conference in Tahiti and Moorea and through an educational video.
Media presence
Finally, the project received significant media coverage in New Caledonia, with appearances on NC1ère and a mention in DEMAIN magazine (natural disasters, anticipating and adapting to climate change) in October, addressing the climate challenges of the future.