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This report reviews the mainapproaches proposed and lessons learned from relevant experiences in the Asia-Pacific region. A regional forumconvened by the Adaptation Knowledge Platform and its partners, held at the United Nations Conference Centre inBangkok in 2010, provided the starting point for this analysis.

Mainstreaming adaptation is a multi-level process. Planning at the national level provides the overall frameworkwithin which sectoral and other sub-national levels operate. The national level is where the policy goals fromlong-term visions and national development strategies are translated into actions plans and budgets. Key planninginterventions including applying a climate lens to sectoral plans and initiating new programmes to enable adaptationwhich may, for example, reallocate funds to more vulnerable sectors or regions. Within a sector there are alsoseveral entry points. First, during sectoral policy formulation and planning, a climate lens could be applied to avoidmaladaptation and to identify potential opportunities resulting from climate change. Second, during the planningstage, interventions could include specific adaptation activities. Third, during resource allocation, programmescreening can be used to assess whether project proposals should include climate change risks. Finally, monitoringand evaluation activities should be introduced to track the performance of adaptation measures and interventions.Of course the details of planning processes and capacities vary substantially among countries. Nevertheless, thereare many common constraints and opportunities and thus strategies that can help mainstream adaptation to climatechange.

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