The Lao Institute for Renewable Energy (LIRE) represented Laos at the workshop on “Engaging with Asia-Pacific on Climate Change” in Brussels on June 4. It was attended by officials from the Asia-Pacific embassies and EU as well as member state representatives, and a number of...
The 4th International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) will focus on ‘Integrative Risk Management in a Changing World’ to help bridge the gap in problem solving between the causes of problems governance, and technology. It will address the Integrative Risk Management Approach within the context...
Global leaders, practitioners, scientists, civil society and the private sector will demonstrate early action on climate-smart agriculture as a driver for green growth during a global conference, which will be held at Hanoi, Vietnam, in September. The second Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and...
Organized by ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability together with the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), this training aims to improve the capacity of national and local authorities in mainstreaming climate change adaptation in development planning by: · Providing general concepts on impacts of climate change, and...
Background Needs assessments and gap analysis in adaptation to climate change identify the priority sectors in Central Asia where urgent adaptation actions are necessary, which are water, agriculture and natural disasters. At the same time it was found that it is challenging to do an...
The National Colloquium held in Pune, India, from June 5 to June 6 was organized by Watershed Organization Trust (WOTR) as a dialogue and brainstorming session with well-known people, experts in their own fields, to test the perspectives presented and to find the missing dots...
Australia’s National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility and CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship together hosted the 2012 National Climate Change Adaptation Conference in Melbourne from June 26 to 28, 2012. This year’s conference focused on the information needed to ensure that Australia is adapting well to...
CDKN Asia Country Director, Ali T Sheikh, joined colleagues from around the world to use the Rio+20 conference as an opportunity to highlight best practices on climate compatible development from Asia. At an official side-event on 21 June, CDKN hosted a high-level debate on Climate...
In response to the needs identified through the scoping assessment on climate change adaptation (CCA) in the Philippines as well as demands expressed by local government units (LGUs) of the Iloilo and Albay provinces, the Adaptation Knowledge Platform and its country partner, the Ateneo School...
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) recently concluded its Third Online Course on Responding to Climate Risks in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, held from April 14 to June 9, 2012. This learning event is geared toward those...