This policy brief reflects on the role of knowledge in the adaptation to climate change. It is not meant to be prescriptive but rather to provoke critical thinking about how information is mobilized, collated and disseminated in support of adaptation. There are four key messages....

  This Scoping Assessment draws on work in progress related to the Adaptation Knowledge Platform to disseminate and exchange adaptation knowledge with a wider audience. We thank the countless institutions, organizations,and individuals that have provided key inputs and their insights. The reportgreatly benefited from comments...

This report reviews the mainapproaches proposed and lessons learned from relevant experiences in the Asia-Pacific region. A regional forumconvened by the Adaptation Knowledge Platform and its partners, held at the United Nations Conference Centre inBangkok in 2010, provided the starting point for this analysis. Mainstreaming...

  The year 2011 saw Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia (AKP) come into its own in the region and beyond. In the first year of its existence, it established a firm foundation from which to propel its work. By the end of...

There are four key messages. First, how decisions are made about adaptation is important for legitimacy,and ultimately, for who benefits from, and who is burdened by, interventions. Second, equitable and fair outcomes are more likely when participation isinclusive and deliberations open and well-informed. Third how...

Many countries in the region are developing or revising their nationaladaptation strategies and it is critical that forest use by communities beconsidered and included within these plans. At the same time, mitigationactivities such as REDD+ have rarely explicitly considered adaptationor the need to develop adaptive...

Nepal, a Least Developed Country, is considered to be one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change impacts due to various factors such as its rugged mountain topography, acute poverty, especially in rural areas, and weak national and local institutional capacity. Many communities in...

Policy-wise, the Philippines has been responsive to the challenges of climate change with the governmentenacting a number of national policies underlining the necessity to undertake climate-related actions.Examples include the Climate Change Act of 2009 or RA 9729, the National Framework Strategy onClimate Change, and the...

This document is an output from RECOFTC’s case studies. The research and publication of these case studies was funded jointly by Adaptation Knowledge Platform, Climate Knowledge Development Network (CDKN), REDD-net and Raks Thai Foundation (CARE Thailand). These case studies are based on local experiences in...

During the last three years, the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform (AKP)has worked towards building bridges between existing knowledge on adaptation to climatechange and the governments, agencies and communities that need this knowledge to informtheir adaptation to the impacts of climate change, while working...