Event

Bangkok – The third bi-monthly Knowledge Sharing & Learning Seminar of the Adaptation Knowledge Platform was organized on the theme “Effectiveness of Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change” on 6 August 2010. The seminar shared and discussed information and knowledge of Community-based Adaptation (CBA) planning and practices, select CBA tools and practices as well as discussed the priorities for future CBA research and partnerships amongst key regional institutions, agencies and NGOs.

Dr. Young Woo Park, Regional Director of United Nations Environment Programme – Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (UNEP-ROAP) delivered the welcome note. Dr. Saleemul Huq of International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED-UK) gave his plenary talk with historical background of climate change and CBA and the new trends that are emerging today.

There were also two presentations on, “Essential Elements of Community Based Climate Change Adaptation: Emerged Experiences from Asian Practices” by Mr. Atiq Kainan Ahmed of Plan International and “Climate Change: Vulnerability & Adaptive Capacity” by Bruce Ravesloot of CARE International.

Two short video presentations were also given by Dr. Anond Snidvongs of Climate Change Knowledge Management Center (CCKM) Thailand, followed by a discussion on bridging the gaps on CBA issues coordinated by Mr. Brad Phillips of USAID. To see one of Dr. Anond’s videos, please visit, http://www.careclimatechange.org/videos/vietnam

The entire seminar was facilitated by Dr. Peter King of Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).

The seminar was co-organized by the Adaptation Knowledge Platform, Asia Pacific Adaptation Network, CARE International, CCKM Thailand, USAID Thailand and Plan International. More than eighty policy and decision makers, CBA practitioners as well as managers of regional and national organizations based in Bangkok working on climate change adaptation, livelihoods and development issues participated in this seminar.