23 August 2013, Kobe, Japan — The APN organised a three-day workshop “Climate Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Loss + Damage — Linkages, Priorities, Limitations” on 21-23 August 2013 in Kobe, Japan. Various experts from the Asia-Pacific region attended the workshop and shared their knowledge and expertise on climate change and variability, climate change impacts and assessment, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and loss and damage.
On the first day, Dr. Akio Takemoto, APN Secretariat Director, provided an overview of the APN as well as the agenda, main objectives and expected outputs of the workshop. Dr. Linda Anne Stevenson, Division Head for Communication and Scientific Affairs, provided background on APN’s activities on climate adaptation and discussed the CCA-DRR-L+D special call for proposals. She explained some of the adaptation activities that APN has been implementing and the more recent activities under APN’s Climate Adaptation Framework. She also introduced the special call for proposals, launched 30 August with submissions open until 22 September.
The workshop highlighted presentations from selected participants, the majority of which emphasised climate change concepts such as extreme weather events and slow onset events, and their associated economic and non-economic loss and damage, existing approaches and methodologies in assessing loss and damage, local and regional perspectives on disaster risk and reduction, adaptation policies and governance, and lessons learned from current practices in addressing loss and damage.
The third day of the workshop mainly focused on the common and unique challenges that need to be addressed in terms of climate change adaptation, disaster risk management and loss and damage strategies in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Temperate East Asia and the Pacific. These outputs helped APN in identifying priority areas of research and capacity development for the upcoming focused activities.
The workshop successfully gathered a pool of experts who helped identify priority areas of research on loss and damage adaptation due to climate change.
The workshop proceedings is being compiled and will be published in due course.
By: Christmas de Guzman
21 August 2013 | |
08:30-09:30 | REGISTRATION, OPENING SESSION AND INTRODUCTION |
08:30-09:00 | Participants registration |
09:00-09:15 | 1.1 Welcome remarks and introduction to the three day workshop PDF |
09:15-09:30 | 1.2 APN activities on climate adaptation and overview of CA-DRR-L+D special call for proposals PDF |
09:30-12:30 | AN INTRODUCTION TO LOSS AND DAMAGE |
09:30-10:00 | Chairs: Dr. Akio Takemoto and Ms. Anna Hasemann 2.1 Introduction presentation on Climate Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Loss + Damage PDF Ms. Erin Roberts, Coordinator, Loss and Damage Project, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) |
10:00-10:30 | 2.2 Extreme weather events and slow onset events and their associated economic and non-economic loss and damage PDF Dr. Archana Patankar, Assistant Professor, K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research |
10:30-10:45 | Coffee/Tea Break |
10:45-11:15 | 2.3 Existing approaches and methodologies to assess loss and damage PDF Dr. Kees van der Geest, Science Coordinator: Loss and Damage Case Studies, Environmental Migration, Social Resilience, and Adaptation, United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) |
11:15-11:45 | 2.4 Lessons learned from current practices in addressing loss and damage PDF Ms. Kashmala Kakkhel, Project Manager (Asia), Climate Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) |
11:45-12:30 | Panel Discussion (Moderated by the Chairs) Panelists: Ms. Erin Roberts, Dr. Archana Patankar, Ms. Kashmala Kakkhel, Dr. Kees van der Geest and Ms. Diane McFadzien (via Skype) |
12:30-13:30 | Lunch Break |
13:30-15:15 | 3. DISASTER RISK REDUCTION |
13:30-14:15 | Chairs: Dr. Andrew Matthews and Mr. Rahman Hamid 3-1 Disaster Risk Reduction: Regional and Local perspectives Overview of DRR, research being implemented and main issues and challenges in the region
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14:15-14:45 | 3-2 Disaster Risk Management for Sustainable Development (DRM-SD) Sharing experiences and knowledge gained from SEA and the Pacific community-based adaptation case studies |
14:45-15:15 | Panel Discussion (Moderated by the Chairs) Panelists: Dr. Jane E. Rovins, Mr. Timothy Wilcox, Prof. Kanayathu Chacko Koshy; Mr. Harjeet Singh and Mr. David Hebblethwaite |
15:15-15:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
15:30-18:00 | Field visit to Disaster Reduction Museum in Kobe |
22 August 2013 | |
09:00-10:30 | 4 – CLIMATE ADAPTATION POLICIES & GOVERNANCE: PRIORITES & LIMITATIONS |
09:00-09:30 | Session Chairs: Dr. Louie Tupas and Dr. Erna Sri Adiningsih4.1 Adaptation Governance – Priorities and Limitations
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09:30-10:30 | 4.2 Climate Adaptation Policies – Strategies & Limitations using APAN experiences PDF Dr. Daisuke Sano, Director, IGES Regional Centre, Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network4.3 Examples of Effective Community-Based Adaptation Strategies in Governance PDF Prof. Juan Pulhin, Professor and Dean, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños 4.4 Effective Networking Strategies for Adaptation Governance PDF Panel Discussion (Moderated by Chairs) |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee/Tea Break |
11:00-17:00 | 5 – BREAK OUT SESSIONS |
11:00-11:15 | Task One: WorkingGroup Placements and Self-Introduction Participants form four sub-regional groups:
Each group will have an expert in loss & damage, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Facilitators will lead the discussions, provide a written summary and prepare a presentation (Task Two; 15:30). |
11:15-12:30 | Task One: Continued Groups discuss and identify the main issues for the sub-regions that are linked with the objectives of the meeting. |
12:30-13:30 | Lunch Break |
13:30-15:00 | Group Task One: Continued Groups discuss and identify the main issues for the sub-regions that are linked with the objectives of the meeting. |
15:00-15:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
15:30-17:00 | Group Task Two: Presentations Groups will prepare written reports and PPT presentation for the morning plenary from 09:00 on 23 August 2013. |
18:00-20:00 | Dinner Hosted by APN |
23 August 2013 | |
09:00-12:30 | 6 – RESULTS & DISCUSSION OF BREAK-OUT SESSIONS |
09:00-09:30 | Session Chairs: Dr. Akio Takemoto and Dr. Linda StevensonSouth Asia Sub-Region Presentation 15 minute presentation and 15 minutes follow up discussion |
09:30-10:00 | Southeast Asia Sub-Region Presentation 15 minute presentation and 15 minute follow up discussion |
10:00-10:30 | Temperate East Asia Presentation 15 minute presentation and 15 minute follow up discussion Pacific |
10:30-11:00 | Pacific Presentation 15 minute presentation and 15 minute follow up discussion Pacific |
11:00-11:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
11:30-12:30 | Comments and Discussion on Sub-Regional Issues Active discussion on common sub regional issues
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12:30-13:30 | Lunch Break |
13:00-15:00 | 7 – APN’S FOCUSSED CALLS FOR PROPOSALS |
13:30-15:00 | Session Chairs: Dr. Louie Tupas and Dr. Wenjie DongIdentify and select high-priority themes for APN Focused Call for proposals
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15:00-15:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
15:30-17:00 | 8 – WORKSHOP OUTPUTS AND CLOSING |
15:30-16:15 | Discussion on Workshop Outputs Session Chairs: Dr. Akio Takemoto and Ms. Erin RobertsReaddressing the objectives, agreeing on outputs and how the APN can disseminate its findings to its members and the broader research community. |
16:15-16:45 | Suggestions and comments for APN Climate Adaptation Framework |
16:45-17:00 | Final Comments and Closing |