New sessions and speakers have been announced for this major international science conference focusing on solutions to global sustainability challenge. Here is the conference outline: • State of the planet: the latest knowledge about the pressures on the planet • Options and opportunities: exchanging knowledge...
Co-hosted and convened by the University of Arizona in the southwestern United States and by UNEP’s Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA), the conference focuses on adaptation to climate variability and change. The conference will bring together researchers, policy-makers, and...
A three-day long workshop, ‘South Asia Media workshop on adaptation to climate change’ was held by Asia Pacific Adaptation Network conducted a mid-term monitoring of training needs assessment (TNA) in five countries, including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, and Nepal, from May 18 to June...
The Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) undertook a mission to Pacific countries to meet key stakeholders in the field of climate change, including representatives of governments, national institutions, NGOs and donors, and seek their participation in APAN. The mission also invited them to the Adaptation...
Bangkok – The seventh bi-monthly Sharing & Learning Seminar was organized on the theme “Gender and Adaptation to Climate Change” on 26 August 2011. The seminar shared and discussed 1) gender-related differences in vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change; 2) gender responsive climate change adaptation...
The MRC Climate Change and Adaptation Initiative is holding its first regional meeting of climate change adaptation demonstration projects on July 21. The main purpose of this meeting is to provide a platform for the practitioners to share their experiences and learn from other existing and/or planned adaptation actions in...
The Adapt Alp Partnership and the Bavarian State Ministry of Environment and Public Health will host the Final Conference of the Adapt Alp project “Adaptation to Climate Change in the Alpine Space” in July. The conference addresses scientists, experts from public authorities and NGOs.
This national symposium is being organized byDisaster Management Centre (DMC), Ministryof Disaster Management, in collaboration withEnvironment Committee of Sri Lanka Associationfor the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) and is beingsupported by UNDP Sri Lanka.
The Network of Asia Pacific Schools and Institutes of Public Administration and Governance (NAPSIPAG) will organize its 8th annual conference in association with Central Department of Public Administration (CDPA), Tribhuvan University, Nepal, in December. This conference will attempt to address several concerns such as the impact...
The third International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2011) is being organised by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) On 26-27 July 2011, in Yokohama, Japan. The Forum will address the issues of a green economy in the context of sustainable development...