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The Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia deliberated on synergies and collaborations at the first Asia Pacific Adaptation Network Steering Committee Meeting.

Adaptation Knowledge Platform is the sub-regional node for South and Southeast Asia for the Adaptation Network and has several joint knowledge management and communication activities like the bi-monthly learning & sharing seminars, the online portal, climate change adaptation in Asia and the Pacific, and the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum, 21-22 October 2010, Bangkok, Thailand. The Adaptation Network, part of the Global Adaptation Network, builds climate resilience of vulnerable human systems, ecosystems and economies through the mobilization of knowledge and technologies to support adaptation capacity building, policy setting, planning and practices. The Adaptation Network activities will be undertaken by its regional hub, sub-regional nodes and partner institutions in the Asia-Pacific region. The Adaptation Network is facilitated by UNEP, Institute for Global Environment Strategies (IGES), United Nations Environment Programme Regional Resource Center for Asia and the Pacific (AIT/UNEP RRC.AP), Asian Development Bank (ADB) in partnership with other key actors in the region.