In December of 2012, SPREP was successfully accredited as a Regional Implementing Entity (RIE) of the Kyoto Protocol Adaptation Fund (AF). This accreditation by SPREP was a direct response to requests from Pacific Island Country member countries, who identified the need for a regional organization...
The Pacific Sub Annual Conference of the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) was held as a one day event at the campus of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) on February 25th, 2015, in Apia, Samoa. SPREP has been a sub regional...
The APAN Sub-regional Node in Northeast Asia, RCCCA (Research Center for Climate Change Adaptation) of Keio University, successfully held the fifth Annual Environmental Innovators Symposium on March 4, 2015 at Hiyoshi Campus of Keio University, in Yokohama. The symposium was organized at the same time...
In July 2015, Singapore will once again host the World Engineers Summit on Climate Change (WES), focusing on the theme ‘Sustainable Urban Development for Global Climate Resilience’. Inaugurated in 2013, WES has become a widely anticipated event providing a platform for the global community to...
2015 is the year in which both UNFCCC and Post-2015 Sustainable Development processes will witness landmark global negotiations and agreements. In order to understand commonalities of the UNFCCC and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) processes and make them mutually supportive, the Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) organised...
The scientific evidence as articulated in the 5th assessment report by IPCC indicates the mounting stress of climate change on the ecosystem in South Asia and its peoples is unparalleled. Thus, the urgent question to be addressed is on how these vulnerable countries would cope...
The Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) (funded by the Ministry of Environment, Japan, the Asian Development Bank, the USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific project, and others) jointly with the Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change (KACCC) under the Korea Environment Institute (KEI) organised the 6th International Symposium...
The Oxford Adaptation Academy is a joint venture between the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University, and the Global Climate Adaptation Partnership. Now in its sixth year it has successfully offered a participant driven, professional training programme designed around practice. This...
Purpose of the course In the next 20 years the world’s urban population is expected to rise from 3.3 billion to 5 billion. Urbanisation will increase the pressure on infrastructure and services like road networks and the provision of electricity and water and sanitation. Climate...
11-13 February 2015,