Event

The fourth bi-monthly Knowledge Sharing & Learning Seminar of the Adaptation Knowledge Platform was organized on the theme “Bridging the Gap: A Role for Business in Climate Change Adaptation” on 14 Februrary 2011. The seminar set up a platform for a dialogue on the needs, opportunities and expectations from the role of the private sector in climate change adaptation.

 

Young Woo Park, Regional Director of United Nations Environment Programme – Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (UNEP-ROAP), delivered the welcome note address, while Anders Granlund, Director of SENSA, gave the opening remarks on the significance of engaging the private sector in climate change adaptation. 

 

The seminar started with two presentations: one given by  Gernot langand, Regional Technical Advisor Climate Change Adaptation of UNDP, who brought out the essence of why the private sector should play a part in climate change adaptation  and the other by Richard Welford , Chairman of CSR Asia , who presented the findings of a study on harnessing the innovative capacity of the private sector for climate change adaptation.

 

The seminar also had panel discussion on needs, opportunities, and challenges for the role of the private sector in climate change adaptation. The six panelists, known for their work on climate change adaptation as well as corporate social responsibility, included Andreas Schild, Director General of ICIMOD, Rob Hulme , Country Head of Bayer CropScience, Vietnam, Thomas Mahl , Business Development Manager of Munich RE, Yann Brault , Sustainable Development Director of Danone Aqua and Coordinator of DanoneEcosysteme Asia Pacific , Gernot Langand and  Richard Welford.
 

09.00–09.15  Welcome
                         Dr. Young-woo Park, Regional Director & Representative for Asia and the Pacific,  UNEP ROAP

09.15–09.45  Setting the stage: Private Sector and Climate Change
                         Richard Welford, Chairman, CSR Asia

                         Gernot Laganda, Regional Technical Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation, UNDP 

09.45-10.45   Panel discussion  
                         Rob Hulme, Country Head, Bayer CropScience Vietnam

                         Thomas Mahl, Business Development Manager, Munich RE

                         Yann Brault, Sustainable Development Director, Danone Aqua, & Coordinator, Danone Ecosysteme Asia Pacific

                         Gernot Laganda, Regional Technical Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation, UNDP

                         Richard Welford, Chairman, CSR Asia

10.45–11.00  Refreshment Break

11.00–11.45  Facilitated group discussions 

11.45–12.30  Feedback from breakout groups to plenary

12.30–12.40  Synthesis CSR Asia

12.40–13.00  Workshop announcement: Linking Regional Adaptation Knowledge to Country Level Adaptation Programmes, 28 February 2011, Bangkok

13.00              Lunch