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The Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia held its first Advisory Panel Meeting on Wednesday, 10 March 2010

The Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia held its first Advisory Panel Meeting on Wednesday, 10 March 2010, at the Amari Watergate Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. The distinguished members of the Advisory Panel include Prof. Masataka Watanabe, Dr. Richard Welford, Chairman ASOEN, ASEAN, Dr. Louis Lebel, Dr. Saleemul Huq, Mr. George Varughese, Prof. Said Irandoust, Asian Institute of Technology, Ms. Christine Loh, Civic Exchange, Hong Kong. The panel members were updated on the progress made by the platform in 2009, the inception year of the Adaptation Knowledge Platform. Advice, suggestions and guidance were sought from panel members to fine tune planned activities for 2010-2011, and to enhance overall implementation approach to identified climate change adaptation research areas, knowledge generation, networking and outreach activities at national, sub-regional and regional levels.