Publications | Asia Pacific Adaptation Network

26 November 2018

The Changing World of Mongolia's Boreal Forests

Every year as the sun warms and the days lengthen, 28-year-old Baganatsooj moves his herds to their summer pastures outside the town of Tunkhel in Mongolia’s far northern Selenge province – a nomadic lifestyle his ancestors have p...

THEMES : Natural Resources and Agriculture

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Mongolia, Central Asia

23 February 2018

Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Indonesia

Key Points Climate adaptations can be made on both a small-scale, in local communities, and at the national level. Infrastructure robustness and resilience is imperative in climate change adaptation for both flood and drought prev...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Policy Brief / Strategy Brief

Indonesia

30 September 2017

NAP-GSP Regional Training Workshop for Asia: Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Water Resources Workshop Report

The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Regional Training Workshop for Asia on “Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Water Resources” took place from the 13th to 16th of September 2017 in Seoul, Korea, back to back with the NAP...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Natural Resources and Agriculture

PUBLICATION TYPE : Event Proceedings

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15 February 2017

Summary of APAN Capacity Building Activities, 2010-2015

In support of APAN’s broad mission to “build climate change resilient and sustainable human systems, ecosystems and economies” in Asia-Pacific, the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) has provided significa...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

08 November 2016

Role of various sectors in demonstrating resilience during Chennai flood 2015

History repeated itself in the city of Chennai on November- December 2015, when the devastating flood claimed more than 470 lives and resulted in enormous economic loss. The city and its suburb recorded several days between Novemb...

THEMES : Natural Resources and Agriculture

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

India

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17 August 2016

Supporting community adaptation to water shortages in Kiribati - DAMP Handbook

The dynamic adaptive management process (DAMP) was designed to build the skills of community facilitators to lead participatory decision-making processes to plan for the delivery of basic services under a changing climate. It prov...

THEMES : Communication and Awareness

PUBLICATION TYPE : Guideline / Manual / Toolkit

Kiribati, Pacific

01 September 2013

Managing water as China warms: New insights from regional models (ACCC I)

In the next few decades, climate change in China will add pressure onto water resources, already under intense stress. China’s successful investments in water-related infrastructure have helped mitigate climate variability and str...

China

31 August 2013

Briefing Note: Capacity Building Program on Economics of Climate Change Adaptation

ADAPT Asia-Pacific and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are strengthening the capacities of professionals from Asian Ministries of Finance, Planning, Agriculture, Water, and Environment, helping them to integrate cl...

THEMES : Financing Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Factsheet / Brochure

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23 July 2013

Addressing flooding in the city of Surat beyond its boundaries

This paper describes the flood risks faced by Surat, one of India’s most successful and also most flood-prone cities. The city is located on the Tapi River and faces flood risks not only from heavy precipitation in and around the...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Disaster Risk Reduction / Natural Resources and Agriculture

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

India

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31 December 2010

Urban Service Monitoring System UrSMS

Surat is India’s 12th largest city with a population of 4.4 million (2011 Census). The city has been growing fast: it has almost doubled in size between 2001 and 2011. The high density, the lack of safe water supply and its locati...

THEMES : Communication and Awareness

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

India

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