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...

The annual Environmental Innovator’s symposium was originally created to bring together practitioners and theorists who are focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation. However, after the multiple disasters that hit the North-East coast of Japan in March, 2011 (an earthquake followed by a series of...

Five recently published case studies from India provide insights into possible responses to climate change in semi-arid rural areas in the states of Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. They draw experiences from the Vulnerability Assessment and Enhancing Adaptive Capacities to Climate Change (V&A) pilot programme, implemented...

The purpose of this study was to identify and critically examine framing of key characteristics for climate change adaptation learning and action in the context of urban Pakistani local government. The research employed was through two methods: literature review and interviews. The literature review concentrated...

The study was undertaken to understand what poor households, small businesses and communities are doing to cope with climate change impacts and to identify how policy and institutional systems can best build on local realities to develop pro-poor urban climate change adaptation actions, particularly relating...

It is said that awareness of the value of mountain ecosystem is on the rise, but there is a need to develop sound methodologies for conserving this ecosystem. This report aims to bridge the gap by outlining a general framework for economic valuation of ecosystem...

Located within the tropical monsoon belt, Vietnam is extremely vulnerable to climate change, particularly to increases in storm intensity and sea level rise. This case study examines Vietnam’s efforts to use mangroves as an adaptation approach, and illustrates how governance plays a crucial role in...