Training Background: There is now plenty of evidence that climate change is taking place. Climate change will affect everyone but developing countries will be hit hardest, soonest while they have the least capacity to respond. Asia is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change...

Responding to climate change galvanized the importance of planning for the future in light of the current trends in global carbon consumption. These may lead into many different scenarios that could be derived from a range of different assumptions depending on how global society will...

Among the intended outputs of the seminar were greater collaboration towards public awareness and behaviour change in relation to climate change; better understanding of the concepts, strategies and tools that can be employed in building mass audience awareness; and further realisation of the need for...

The sixth bi-monthly Sharing and Learning Seminar of the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asian (Adaptation Knowledge Platform) and Asia Pacific Adaptation Network was organised in collaboration with the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and International Water Management Institute (IWMI) on the theme of...

Workshop Summary: Twenty-four media representatives from the South Asian countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka called for better understanding on the science behind climate change and increased attention on adaptation to climate change. The journalists had an opportunity to network...

Global Water Partnership (GWP) South Asia is one of the 13 Regional Water Partnerships of the GWP, whose objective is to foster integrated and sustainable water resources management and development by supporting social and economic change processes in developing countries. GWP’s strategic plan for 2009-2013...

Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) was established by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) in 1966 primarily to provide high quality graduate education and training in agriculture to member countries; promote, undertake, and coordinate research programs...

As the fastest growing and most populated region in the world, Asia-Pacific is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and related natural disasters. This vulnerability is due in large part to the projected increase in annual rainfall, sea-level rise and frequency of intensifying...

Key Messages: The following key messages have emerged out of the presentations made and ensued discussions during the First Training Needs Assessment Meeting: 1. Climate change adaptation is also an issue of capacity building and capacity building of key stakeholders is of paramount importance for...

The meeting consisted of presentations by project partners on the status of the TNA project covering aspects related to the process followed, the establishment of TNA team, recruitment of research assistant, desk review of existing training programs, questionnaire survey process, etc. and certain results. The...