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Regional research

A key pillar of APN's science agenda

Through the competitive Collaborative Regional Research Programme (CRRP), we promote regional research that has potential to improve our understanding of global change and its implications while contributing to a sound scientific basis for policymaking in areas affected by global change. Under this pillar, APN supports collaborative research that contributes to the evolving science-policy arena, including the UNFCCC Paris Agreement, IPCC, IPBES, post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the UN Decade of Ocean Science as well as ongoing and new global change and sustainability research programmes.

Examples of CRRP activities fall under the following categories:

  1. Collaborative research on global change and sustainability that, particularly, addresses gaps, analysis, synthesis and assessment.
  2. Collaborative research that develops pathways and mechanisms to achieve progress towards global change and sustainable development and develop adaptation strategies.
  3. Collaborative place-based integrative research particularly from developing countries.
  4. Collaborative research that is co-designed with stakeholders (non-academic) and has actionable outcomes.

Latest regional research projects

Neha Maheen Mahfin, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-01MY-Sharma

REgional cooperation for FReshwater Ecosystem Services in Himalayas (REFRESH): Understanding the influences of monsoon variability and compound extremes

Takahiro Taguchi, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-02MY-Shoyama

Ecosystem-based adaptation in Temperate East Asia: Development of an indicator system for evaluating rural ecosystem restoration programs

Photo by Anna Finke/CIFOR

Project • CRRP2022-03MY-Muhamad Varkkey

Policy and governance approaches to cooperative mitigation of peatland carbon emissions and transboundary haze in Southeast Asia

Matthias Mitterlehner, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-04MY-Ho

Safeguarding regional food security under climate change impacts via mainstreaming nature-based solutions-centred adaptation strategies (NAFOS)

Naja Bertolt Jensen, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-05MY-Ford

Establishing baselines for marine plastics and bridging indigenous knowledge with ocean policy to improve livelihood security in the Pacific

Alea Film, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-06MY-Muslim

Enhancing coastal risk reduction science and practice by considering climate, ecosystems and communities in the tropical region

Andrzej Suwara, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-07MY-Basri

Real-time flood modelling for improved community resiliency in Southeast Asia

Sonika Agarwal, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-08MY-Sarangi

Examining the impact of aerosol, urbanisation and irrigation on extreme rainfall occurrences over India using cloud-resolving simulations

Project • CRRP2022-09MY-Myagmarsuren

Strengthening local adaptation plans through integrating socio-economic vulnerability assessment and policy gap analysis in Mongolia and China

Photo by Covenant Media/Flickr

Project • CRRP2021-12MY-Paudyal

Seasonal influence on transboundary mercury transport over the Himalayas: Implications for society and potential health risk

Photo by Bill Ringer on Unsplash

Project • CRRP2021-13MY-Opdyke

Advancing local flood decision-making for disaster risk reduction

Project • CRRP2021-07MY-Dorji

Development of smart greenhouse (SGH) for temperate and alpine regions to enhance agriculture farming for future food sustainability

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Neha Maheen Mahfin, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-01MY-Sharma

REgional cooperation for FReshwater Ecosystem Services in Himalayas (REFRESH): Understanding the influences of monsoon variability and compound extremes

Takahiro Taguchi, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-02MY-Shoyama

Ecosystem-based adaptation in Temperate East Asia: Development of an indicator system for evaluating rural ecosystem restoration programs

Photo by Anna Finke/CIFOR

Project • CRRP2022-03MY-Muhamad Varkkey

Policy and governance approaches to cooperative mitigation of peatland carbon emissions and transboundary haze in Southeast Asia

Matthias Mitterlehner, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-04MY-Ho

Safeguarding regional food security under climate change impacts via mainstreaming nature-based solutions-centred adaptation strategies (NAFOS)

Naja Bertolt Jensen, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-05MY-Ford

Establishing baselines for marine plastics and bridging indigenous knowledge with ocean policy to improve livelihood security in the Pacific

Alea Film, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-06MY-Muslim

Enhancing coastal risk reduction science and practice by considering climate, ecosystems and communities in the tropical region

Andrzej Suwara, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-07MY-Basri

Real-time flood modelling for improved community resiliency in Southeast Asia

Sonika Agarwal, via Unsplash

Project • CRRP2022-08MY-Sarangi

Examining the impact of aerosol, urbanisation and irrigation on extreme rainfall occurrences over India using cloud-resolving simulations

Project • CRRP2022-09MY-Myagmarsuren

Strengthening local adaptation plans through integrating socio-economic vulnerability assessment and policy gap analysis in Mongolia and China

Photo by Covenant Media/Flickr

Project • CRRP2021-12MY-Paudyal

Seasonal influence on transboundary mercury transport over the Himalayas: Implications for society and potential health risk