12 May 2016, Rotterdam, the Netherlands — With the UNFCCC Cancun Agreement for Adaptation and Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage in 2011 and 2013, respectively, disaster resilience through science-based climate adaptation and loss and damage has become part of APN’s Climate Adaptation Framework. At the Adaptation Futures 2016 conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, APN organised a session to present case studies and guidelines for strengthening adaptation and risk reduction plans from national to grassroots levels in the Asia-Pacific region. The session aims to promote knowledge on approaches to respond to slow onset and extreme climatic events; economic and non-economic loss and damage impacts on most vulnerable and integrating slow onset events and extreme events into climate-resilient development processes.
Event Title | Linking Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Loss & Damage: Lessons toward Resilient Asia-Pacific Region |
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Date/Time | 12 May 2016 (Thu), 13.45–15.30 Central European Time (CET) |
Venue | Postillion Convention Centre WTC Rotterdam (Tokyo Room) |
Organisers/Partners | Organiser/Chair: Linda Stevenson, Communication and Scientific Affairs Division, Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), Japan
Partner: Stockholm Environment Institute-Asia (SEI-ASIA), Thailand Rapporteur: Michael Boyland, Stockholm Environment Institute-Asia (SEI-ASIA), Thailand |
Presentations | Twenty years of research and scientific capacity development in Asia Pacific Region: Integrating climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and loss and damage Linda Anne Stevenson, APN Secretariat, Japan An analysis of longer-term (5-10 years) recovery following major disasters in the Asia-Pacific region: lessons for resilient development Assessing linkages between CCA, DRR and L&D: case studies in the floodplains of Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam Integrating climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and loss & damages to address emerging challenges due to slow onset processes Addressing non-economic losses and damages associated with climate change: Learning from recent past extreme climatic events for future planning |
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Session Report | APN Report for Climate Adaptatoin Futures |