On 12th January 2021, Mr Gen’ichiro Tsukada, Director of APN, and Dr Nafesa Ismail, Programme Officer, presented a lecture at the Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance, University of Hyogo, about environmental issues (climate change) and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Their presentation covered the APN funded projects on DRR and climate change adaptation.  This was the first collaboration between APN and the University of Hyogo, particularly with the Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance (Kobe Campus).