The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is collaborating with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and local partners on a series of events across the region titled ‘Managing the Risks of Climate Extremes and Disasters in Asia – What Can we Learn from...
INEB, IUCN and Sewalanka Foundation will organize an Inter-religious Dialogue on Climate Change in Sri Lanka from September 23 to 27. The conference is a component of a larger program on religion and climate change in Asia and other regions. It will include theological work,...
Held on 12-13 March 2012 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, the second Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum brought together about 700 participants, including adaptation practitioners, policy-makers, specialists from various fields in climate change, government functionaries and representatives of donor agencies from across...
The meeting was a follow up to the previous consultative meeting in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It exchanged scientific knowledge and practical experience on planning climate change adaptation in Mongolia, besides organising a write-shop to draft a project proposal. It was attended by high-level officials in...
Background Both the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network and the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia (Adaptation Knowledge Platform) share their common objective of establishing a regional knowledge sharing mechanism in Asia and the Pacific region with an aim to promote exchange of existing...
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,...
A consultation meeting for the Pacific Island sub-region of APAN was held on 28 – 29 February 2012 in Apia, Samoa. Similar with the objectives of the consultation meetings from other sub-regions, the sub-regional meeting in Samoa aimed to (i) iIntroduce APAN’s Pacific Sub regional node to...
The Southeast Asia sub-regional consultation meeting began during the afternoon session of the APEC Symposium in Manila, Philippines on February 8, 2012. Delegates from APAN held a two-hour session in the Symposium program to i) open the Consultation Meeting by introducing its objectives and expected...
Around 55 countries from the Hindu Kush, Andean, Alpine, Pamir and Atlas regions with mountain ranges above 4000 meters are expected to attend the conference of mountain countries being organized by the Government of Nepal. The conference is expected to offer an excellent opportunity to...
This conference will examine the evidence of climate change, its natural and human causes, its impacts on the ecosystems and on humans. The conference will also address technological, social, ethical and political responses to climate change