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 The Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum is the flagship event of the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), of which ICIMOD is a partner. The Forum provides a regional platform for adaptation practitioners to meet, share learning and experiences, and work together to develop practical solutions to address challenges of climate change.
<h4><strong>ICIMOD at the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum</strong></h4>
<p>ICIMOD, in partnership with the Stockholm Environment Institute (<a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=3d098198fa&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">SEI</a>), is leading the <strong>Inclusive Resilience Stream </strong>and will be participating and contributing to the sessions listed below.</p>
<p>These <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=f22b4d34ef&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">events </a>are part of ICIMOD’s strategic communication and engagement campaign <strong>#HKH2Glasgow</strong>, planned in the run-up to UNFCCC <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=97456eac0f&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">COP26</a> in 2021.</p>
<p>Download the full programme <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=27fe3fa237&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">here</a>. All times are in BKK time.</p>
<h4><strong>Registration</strong></h4>
<p>To attend any of these sessions, please register at this page for the entire forum: <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=a61f29db75&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.asiapacificadapt.net/adaptationforum2020</a></p>
<p>If you have any problem with the registration, please contact the forum organizers: <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=7a508305bc&e=1e3407ad22" rel="noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.asiapacificadapt.net/adaptationforum2020/contact/</a></p>
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<h4>Events<br />
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<td><strong>1</strong></td>
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<p>8 March 2021 14:30–15:30</p>
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<p><strong>Moving from ‘form to function’ for strengthening climate policy and governance in economic sectors</strong></p>
<p>Organizer: Government of Maldives</p>
<p>ICIMOD’s <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=8287ccb38c&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Nanki Kaur</a> will present on how policy measures can strengthen the climate resilience of mountain enterprises in the HKH.</p>
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<td><strong>2</strong></td>
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<p>10 March 2021 9:45–10:45</p>
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<p><strong>Plenary session on science and assessment</strong></p>
<p>Organizer: <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=e8e93735a4&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">APAN</a> Secretariat</p>
<p>ICIMOD’s <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=f449473fcd&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pema Gyamtsho</a> will speak as a panelist.</p>
<p>This session will examine available knowledge of climate science, its application by different actors at different levels and limitations to support decision-making. It aims to bring examples of the use of climate science and its application by governments, the private sectors and funding agencies for designing adaptation actions supported by science.</p>
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<td><strong>3</strong></td>
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<p>10 March 2021 11:15–12:45</p>
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<p><strong>Enhancing resilience across borders: Using science to call for regional action in the Hindu Kush Himalaya</strong></p>
<p>Lead organizer: <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=2debdb1a6a&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ICIMOD</a></p>
<p>Co-organizer: Adaptation Without Borders (<a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=c93c1e7163&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">AWB</a>); Stockholm Environment Institute (<a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=1b36253386&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">SEI</a>)</p>
<p>ICIMOD’s <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=c0f440127f&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Arun Bhakta Shrestha</a> and <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=c1f401e550&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dhrupad Choudhury</a> will speak as panellists.</p>
<p>This session will draw upon the work jointly undertaken by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (<a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=44ab226dde&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">UNFCCC</a>) and United Nations Environment Programme (<a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=4eb55bda5e&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">UNEP</a>) (through Global Adaptation Network) on the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (<a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=43edb532bc&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">LAKI</a>).</p>
<p>This panel presentation will demonstrate HKH as a climate change hotspot with increasing trends in water-related natural hazards due to climate and cryosphere change. It will also highlight priority actions to reduce these risks and address major gaps in science understanding.</p>
<p>The session will also summarize key message to be addressed at COP26 under the #HKH2Glasgow campaign.</p>
<p>Download <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=fa582b3bc6&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">flyer</a> for this session.</p>
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<td><strong>4</strong></td>
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<p>10 March 2021 11:15–12:45</p>
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<p><strong>Closing adaptation knowledge gaps to scale up nature-based solutions in the Asia Pacific</strong></p>
<p>Organizer: <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=7036d378f4&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">UNFCCC</a></p>
<p>Co-organizer: <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=0576080341&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">UNEP</a></p>
<p>The session will share ways to identify and prioritize climate adaptation knowledge gaps, including emerging themes and learning on nature-based approaches. It will share approaches to translating learning across transboundary settings.</p>
<p>ICIMOD’s <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=baea611a19&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Neera Shrestha Pradhan</a> will share her experiences in building engagements in the HKH region and will discuss nature-based solutions to close persistent knowledge gaps and effectively manage natural resources for water security. She will also highlight the challenges in addressing knowledge gaps at transboundary level.</p>
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<td><strong>5</strong></td>
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<p>11 March 2021 11:15–12:45</p>
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<p><strong>Inclusive community-focused adaptation efforts for sustained resilience and development</strong></p>
<p>Lead organizer: <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=e4fb2264d5&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">SLYCAN Trust</a></p>
<p>Co-organizer: <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=7ca4aea29a&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ICIMOD</a></p>
<p>The session will focus on local and community-led inclusive and participatory initiatives which focus on different water-based ecosystems, and lead to sustainable resilience building efforts. This would include technologies and practices related to mountain ecosystems, forestry and agro-forestry, coastal and marine ecosystem conservation, and restoration in the context of climate change adaptation and resilience-building of local communities.</p>
<p>ICIMOD’s <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=390e8b436e&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Neera Shrestha Pradhan</a> will share about the global award-winning technology on flood early warning and multi-stakeholder partnership in disaster resilience to save lives and livelihoods of vulnerable communities. She will also highlight the role of communities in climate action at local and transboundary levels.</p>
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<td><strong>6</strong></td>
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<p>12 March 2021 14:00–16:00</p>
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<p><strong>High-level closing plenary session on scaling-up action</strong></p>
<p>Organizer: <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=42c4c18a5f&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">APAN</a> Secretariat</p>
<p>ICIMOD’s <a href="https://icimod.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a534d9cefa275a13e577ad8f&id=d0db640ccb&e=1e3407ad22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(3, 108, 182); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dhrupad Choudhury</a> will speak as panellist.</p>
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