Agenda
Monday | 17 October 2016
07:00~08:45 | Registration |
08:45~09:00 | Delegates take their seats |
09:00~09:15 | Soft Opening Ceremony: Traditional Lighting of the Oil Lamp |
09:15~09:45 | Welcome
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10:00~11:00 | APAN Forum Opening PlenaryHigh Level Panel Discussion: Why the focus on "Adaptation Below 2°C"?Copenhagen climate change talks recognized that the increase in global temperature should be below 2°C. Subsequently, the Paris climate change talks reached an agreement to keep the increase in global temperature well below 2°C and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. Limiting temperature increase well below 2°C does not mean zero impacts, climate change impacts are here and adaption is now.. This high level panel will set the overall tone of the 5th APAN Asia Pacific Adaptation Forum theme “Adapting and living below 2°C”. The panel will discuss the importance of preparing for life under a 2°C world: will countries plan enough and build capacity for adapting? How does this dictate the scale of financing required for such an environment? What role does planning and financing play in building resilience? With the multiple channel of resources for climate resilience development, how do we bring different actors together? Who takes the lead? How do our past experiences influence our capacity to learn, and to learn fast? Can we learn from past?Moderator: Saleemul Huq, Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Bangladesh
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11:00~11:30 | Tea |
11:30~13:00BMICH Main Hall | Plenary Session: Adaptation PlannningAdaptation Planning Plenary Session aims to portray an overall political and policy landscape of adaptation planning at different levels, methodologies and tools to support adaptation planning at different spatial and temporal scales including gender dimension, integrating adaptation planning into national and sectoral development to include achieving sustainable development goals, engagement of actors at different levels including vulnerable communities and non-state actors. It will focus on past learning and suggest the way forward within the overall theme of the 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum, which is “Adapting and Living Under 2°C: Bridging Gaps in Policy and Practice”.Moderator: Mozaharul Alam, Regional Climate Change Coordinator, UN Environment, Asia & Pacific Office
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13:00~14:00 | Lunch |
14:00~15:30 | PARALLEL SESSIONS 1: Developing legal frameworks for adaptation planningLegal frameworks to support adaptation planning and the political processes related to fostering ministerial cooperation on adaptation and to making climate change adaptation a relevant topic for sector ministries will be addressed in this session. Examples from the region, with a session on South Asia, will cover policies, mandates, and legislations and the resulting climate change adaptation challenges that living under 2°C presents. |
S1-PS.1A Developing legal frameworks for adaptation planningRoom: JasmineModerator: Rohini Kohli, Lead Technical Specialist, UN Development Programme, Thailand
S1-PS.1B Experiences in Adapting to Climate Change in South Asia: Implication for Planning and PolicyRoom: LotusModerator: Muhammad Rafiq Khan, Sustainable Futures Worldwide, UK
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 | S2-PS.1 Mainstreaming climate finance into national and local budgetsRoom: LavenderWith a comprehensive regional snapshot of the nature of the challenges and early successes that have been achieved to mainstream climate adaptation into budgeting and filling financing gaps for adaptation, speakers will share their experiences and practical insights from developing integrated climate change financing frameworks that systematize climate risk-informed planning into budgeting at national and sub-national level. The benefits of undertaking such reforms and the technical requirements to operationalize budget coding, expenditure tracking, and quantifying climate finance requirements in key sectors will be unpacked through diverse examples across the Asian region. Moderator: Glenn Hodes, Climate Policy & Finance Specialist, Bangkok Regional Hub, UNDP, Thailand Moderator: Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Regional Programme Manager, Action on Climate Today, Oxford Policy Management
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 | S3-PS.1 Climate ServicesRoom: OrchidThis session will aim at taking stock of the range of climate services and products that are used to inform decision making, and anticipate and manage climate risks. How they are structured, how they operate, and the experiences and challenges in their use and provision will be addressed by our panel of speakers. Moderator: Joe Daron, International Climate Services Manager, UK Met Office
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 | S4-PS.1 Adaptation knowledge networks: Lessons from the regionRoom: NugasewanaAdaptation knowledge networks in different regions are developing their own approaches to adaptation knowledge exchange. These approaches including establishment of Communities of Practice, focused use of webinars, and other forms of both face-to-face and web-based communication. The session will provide an opportunity to share experiences and learn best practices from each other. Moderator: Alla Metelitsa, Head, Climate Change Cluster Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT RRC.AP), Thailand
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15:30~16:00 | Tea |
16:00~17:30 | PARALLEL SESSION 2: Coordinating policy initiatives for adaptationWhile there has been mobilization of resources to ensure disaster preparedness of climate change-affected population in the region, development policies are often not supportive enough to enhance the community resilience. This session will share experiences from a wide group of stakeholders on building coherence between existing knowledge on adaptation linked with national planning processes; as well as opportunities to align to Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals. |
S1-PS.2A South AsiaRoom: NugasewanaModerator: Vinod Menon, Founding Member, National Disaster Management Authority, India Co-Facilitator: Atiq Rahman, Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
S1-PS.2B East and Southeast AsiaRoom: OrchidModerator: Ninni Ikkala Nyman, Consultant, Climate Change Adaptation and Policy, Thailand
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| S2-PS.2 Engaging the private sector: building the business case for adaptationRoom: JasmineSelected private sector representatives will provide an overview of the importance of engaging the private sector in identifying climate change risks, response measures, and adaptation measures. Specialists will share lessons from adaptation projects supported by climate funds. Moderator: Aurelia Micko, Deputy Director, Regional Environment Office, USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia, Thailand
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| S3-PS.2 Resilient InfrastructureRoom: LotusThis session will aim to highlight the success factors, challenges, gaps and limitations of approaches that reduce climate change vulnerabilities and/or increase climate resilience of infrastructure investments across different sectors and levels. It will bring the perspective of relevant actors, including technical agencies, country representatives, private sector entities, academia, etc. through case-studies. Moderator: Michael Lindfield, Asian Development Bank, Philippines
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| S4-PS.2 Deployment and scale-up of adaptation technology solutions: ensuring project readiness and attracting investmentRoom: LavenderThis session will focus on Adaptation technology priorities in the region and opportunities to increase investment in their innovation and deployment. Practitioners' insights will be shared on priority adaptation technologies and opportunities to strengthen different stakeholders including multilateral donors, private sectors, and financial institutions’ interest to invest in Technology Transfer for specific adaptation technologies. Moderator: Jason Spensley, Climate Technology Manager, Climate Technology Centre and Network, Denmark
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17:30~18:30 | Free Period |
19:00~21:00
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DISCLAIMER: The information on the sessions and their schedules is subject to change and may be updated by the APAN at any time at its discretion. Final room assignments will be confirmed on or before the Forum dates.
Tuesday | 18 October 2016
09:00~11:00BMICH Main Hall | Official Opening: 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum |
11:00~11:30Nugasewana Hall | Tea |
11:30~13:00Nugasewana Hall | High Level Panel Discussion: Environment and Climate Authorities DebateGovernment is one of the key actors shaping global policy landscape as well as leading efforts for domesticating global decisions. They also play important roles for creating enabling environment to implement climate change actions including private sector engagement. Government leaders in the panel will tackle the questions that shape the roles that they play in the post 2015 world: How do they ensure that the most vulnerable are included in planning and financing for climate change adaptation? What are the major challenges they face as policy makers in introducing new adaptation policies and promoting climate resilient practices? What types of changes they have introduced so as to better deal with adverse impacts? What is their current thinking to connect climate change and SDGs at national level?Moderator: Buddhi Marambe, Chairman, National Experts Committee on Climate Change Adaptation, Sri Lanka
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13:00~14:00 | LUNCH |
14:00~15:30
| PARALLEL SESSIONS 3: Approaches to foster participation in adaptation planningExperiences from academia, civil society and governments around a theme of achieving an inclusive adaptation planning that reaches the most vulnerable populations will be shared in this session. Speakers will present mechanisms and approaches for engaging non-governmental actors, communities, and vulnerable groups in participatory planning and explore these implications for scaling up adaptation planning. |
S1-PS.3A Session 3A: Meeting the Inclusion ChallengeRoom: OrchidModerator: Kimberly Junmookda, Regional Climate Change Specialist, Plan International
S1-PS.3B Session 3B: Closing the Knowledge-Policy-Practice LoopRoom: LavenderModerator: Lucy Emerton, Chief Economist, Environmental Management Group
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| S2-PS.3 International Financing for Climate Change Adaptation in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)Room: LotusSelected country representatives from SIDS will provide an overview of the range of government activities currently being undertaken or considered to access and manage climate change adaptation finance, highlighting both successes and challenges. The speakers will provide a series of recommendations of how to tackle some of the major challenges related to financing and technical support requirements to pursue development objectives and climate resilience. Moderator: Rachel Allen, Senior Program Coordinator, Pilot Program for Climate Resilience
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S3-PS.3 Collectively addressing Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Loss & DamageRoom: NugasewanaWith the belief that it is important to learn from past risks by focusing on climate impacts as a result of extreme and slow-onset events, and adopting strategies to cope with them, the activities/projects shared in the session over Asia and the Pacific will share tangible outputs and approaches that will contribute to increased resilience and relevancy for the policy- and decision-making communities to effectively address residual loss and damage for extreme and slow-onset events. Moderator: Linda Anne Stevenson, Head, Division of Communication and Scientific Affairs Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research Secretariat, Japan Speakers
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| S4-PS.3 The value of face-to-face contact in learning exchangesRoom: JasmineA new initiative from GAN has been launched in 2016 to connect practitioners working on adaptation with their counterparts in other places, to enable them to learn from the experience of others. The session will present the early results from the three learning exchanges and discuss the upscaling of the initiative in 2016. It will provide an opportunity for groups of practitioners who might be interested in participating in future Learning Exchanges to learn about the initiative. Moderator: Jessica Hitt, Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange and EcoAdapt
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15:30~16:00 | Tea |
16:00~17:30 | PARALLEL SESSIONS 4 |
S1-PS.4A Prioritizing adaptation options for NAPs: using economics of adaptation at country level to build evidenceRoom: JasmineThe use of economic analysis to understand the impacts of, and adaptation to, climate change on the local economy and on mainstreaming climate change risks into planning processes to ensure economically-efficient climate change strategies at the sectoral, sub-national and national levels cannot be understated. The session will provide country evidences and best practices from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam. Moderator: Robert Dobias, Senior Advisor Capacity Building, USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific, Thailand
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S1-PS.4B Coordinating regional collaboration on climate information to reduce coastal vulnerabilitiesRoom: NugasewanaMany Asia-Pacific countries have broad coastal areas which are vulnerable to storm surges / storm waves. A current methodology for the evaluation of climate change impacts on storm surge and storm wave hazards has been developed for small island development states (SIDS). This session will discuss the best approaches, challenges and opportunities to expand the innovative methodology into the Asia-Pacific region. Moderator: Shin Furuno, Specialist, Climate change, International development, and Environmental policy
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S2-PS.4 Enabling access to climate finance: experiences from the Asia-Pacific RegionRoom: LavenderWith limited national funds, increasing urgency to adapt to climate change, and obligation under international agreements on climate change, countries increasingly need to access external funds to formulate and implement climate change adaptation efforts at the national level. Limited human resources and technical capacity act as a barrier for effective fund raising. This session will explore the experiences and lessons on enabling countries to access climate finance, the need for capacity building and the identification of potential opportunities to access available source of adaptation financing. Moderator: Puja Sawhney, Senior Programme Specialist, Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
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| S3.PS.4 Urban Environmental Services and Practices for Resilient CitiesRoom: LotusThe session will provide a comprehensive learning opportunity from variety of experiences across different cities involving multiple types of partnerships (B2G, B2C and B2B) for urban environmental services in the context of climate adaptation. Dialogues among different cities and stakeholders to learn from each other’s experiences, the session will look to help to develop a set of guidelines for effective and efficient urban environmental services for resilient cities. Moderator: Keith Alverson, Director, UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre, Japan
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S4-PS.4 Effective strategies for informed decision-making on adaptation measures for enhanced resilienceRoom: OrchidThis session will showcase projects that support adaptation strategies for building resilience and will highlight the importance of science-policy interactions and of conveying this knowledge for informed decision-making processes and policy reform. Speakers’ experiences, especially on reforming policy, will be highlighted and shared in this session. Moderator: Linda Anne Stevenson, Head, Division of Communication and Scientific Affairs, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research Secretariat, Japan
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17:30~17:45 | Delegates to Nugasewana Hall |
17:45~19:00 | Plenary Session: Financing for AdaptationFinancing adaption measures to deal with adverse impacts of climate change, enhancing adaptive capacity of economic and social sectors is happening through channels. Questions remain around availability and adequacy of funds, access and utilization of funds, private sector financing etc. This panel aims to discuss the common theme of challenges and opportunities in financing adaptation and resilience-building activities. Speakers are expected to cover issues and challenges in traditional and innovative financing including micro finance; mainstreaming climate finance into national and local budgets; building the business case for adaptation (attracting private finance and investment); role of actors beyond government getting finance to support actions.Moderator: Gordon Johnson, Regional Practice Leader, UN Development Programme, Thailand
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DISCLAIMER: The information on the sessions and their schedules is subject to change and may be updated by the APAN at any time at its discretion. Final room assignments will be confirmed on or before the Forum dates.
Wednesday | 19 October 2016
09:00~10:30
| Opening Plenary Session: Climate Resilient DevelopmentThe approaches and activities are required to ensure that development not only support economic and social development but is also climate-resilient to ensure sustainability of development efforts. Experiences and perspectives on the level and scale of planning and development required, both to enable us to meet the challenge of 2 degree living, and achieve that level of resilience from society that will matter, would be the focus of this panel discussion including approaches to reduce vulnerability and increase the climate resilience of critical physical infrastructure.Moderator: Amy Leung, Deputy Director General, Asian Development Bank, Philippines
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10:30~11:00 | Tea |
11:00~12:30 | PARALLEL SESSIONS 5 |
S1-PS.5 Vertical integration: lessons from local level adaptation planningRoom: NugasewanaAs countries move towards inclusive national plans, it will ever be more important to ensure that adaptation planning considers bottom-up and flexible process that will identify the most vulnerable people allowing them to make informed decision on priority actions. Experts will shed some light on how to overcome challenges in achieving developmental activities that are climate resilient with strong co-benefits for poverty reduction and ensure quality of governance at all levels. Co-Moderators: Satoshi Tanaka, Principal Research Director/Principal Fellow, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan Rohini Kohli, Lead Technical Specialist, UN Development Programme, Bangkok, Thailand
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S2-PS.5 Risk transfer and insuranceRoom: JasmineRisk transfer and climate insurance in climate change adaptation plays a key role to facilitate financing. This session will provide an opportunity to share experiences on developing insurance-related solutions to climate change and promoting loss reduction measures. Moderator: Yusuke Taishi, Regional Technical Advisor, UN Development Programme, Thailand
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| S3-PS.5 Ecosystem-Based AdaptationRoom: LavenderLessons and learnings from on-the-ground EBA examples, especially on the experiences of community resilience building for influencing adaptation policy which recognizes gender-based roles and the marginalized. The session highlights a way forward that includes ecosystem based climate change education in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN. Moderator: Nafisa Goga D.Souza, Executive Director, Laya
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S4-PS.5A Effective multi-actor collaboration in advancing climate smart agriculture in the regionRoom: OrchidBridging the gap between policy makers from the agricultural and climate change related government bodies and the cooperation with international research institutes, development agencies and the private sector, the session aims to discuss the opportunities and challenges in promoting climate- smart agriculture in ASEAN through such multi-actor collaboration. We will hear the lessons and experiences that should help lay the groundwork for better interface in an area that impacts so greatly on the lives of many people in the region. Moderator: Takeshi Takama, Director, Su-re.Co
S4-PS.5B Enhancing gender responsive adaptive capacity in communitiesRoom: LotusParticipatory approaches in building adaptive capacity, specifically engaging women as leaders and as key pillars in community development, is indeed effective in improving the ability to prepare for an uncertain climate future. Experts from the communities themselves will share their experiences in the work that they are doing for building resilience. Moderator: Chanda Gurung Goodrich, Senior Gender Specialist, International Center for Integrated Mountain Development under the initiative Himalayan Adaptation, Nepal Moderator: Neera Shrestha Pradhan, Water and Adaptation Specialist, International Center for Integrated Mountain Development under the initiative Himalayan Adaptation, Nepal
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12:30~13:30 | LUNCH |
13:30~15:00 | PARALLEL SESSIONS 6 |
S1-PS.6A Horizontal integration: linking agriculture into adaptation plansRoom: LotusOur speakers will share their experiences on how to identify and integrate climate change adaptation measures for the agricultural sector into relevant national planning and budgeting processes. Moderator: Claudia Garcia, Climate Change Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization
S1-PS.6B Approaches to adaptation planning for food security through biodiversityRoom: OrchidBiodiversity can play a significant part in providing the adaptability and increased resilience needed by farmers to meet the challenges of climate change and in improving the well-being of communities through increased incomes and better nutrition. This session discusses the experiences and challenges from two GEF-funded projects, and what lessons can be shared and opportunities for scaling will be possible for other countries in the region. Moderator: Gamini Pushpakumara, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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S2-PS.6 Key Lessons from the Pilot Program for Climate ResilienceRoom: NugasewanaSelected government representatives will share their experience and lessons learned from accessing and implementing the PPCR with a focus on innovation and partnership arrangements. It is envisioned that practical government perspectives on the PPCR will prove relevant not only to resilience programs but reflect the essence of good development. Moderator: Vidhisha Samarasekara, Senior Climate Change Specialist, Asian Development Bank, Philippines
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S3-PS.6 Integrated watershed management for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reductionRoom: LavenderAddressing certain weather-related natural disasters, especially flooding, requires management actions at the basin level. This session, focusing on river flooding attributable to overexploitation of land and other natural resources and likely to be aggravated because of climate change, provides an opportunity to showcase regional experiences in watershed management as an approach to mitigate and prevent the natural disaster. Moderator: Isao Endo, Senior Policy Researcher, Institute for Global Environmental Strategie (IGES), Japan
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S4-PS.6 Promoting ASEAN Agriculture under the Paris AgreementRoom: JasmineASEAN has identified a joint interest in responding to the impacts to climate change by promoting climate resilience in agriculture. This priority is reflected in the contributions of ASEAN Member States for the implementation of the Paris Agreement expressed in their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. With the non-sectoral approach to climate action introduced in the Paris Agreement, ASEAN has realized the importance of jointly advocating adaptation in agriculture by pursuing a common position on the issue. The process to engage in UNFCCC processes related to agriculture and developing the common position has been facilitated by the ASEAN Climate Resilience Network, a forum for regional cooperation to promote resilience to climate change in the agricultural sector of ASEAN. Our speakers will be sharing the process and way forward of the engaging in the UNFCCC as a region. Moderator: Imelda Bacudo, Senior Advisor and Deputy Head of Project of the Forest and Climate Change Project, ASEAN Climate Resilience Network
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15:00~15:30 | Tea |
15:30~17:00 | PARALLEL SESSIONS 7: Approaches for monitoring and evaluating adaptation and resiliencePractical approaches to measuring adaptation and resilience in the context of climate extremes and disasters as well as the various methods that can be used to measure adaptation gains and resilience will be the focus in the session. Our speakers will share their experiences on monitoring governance and the operationalization of approaches for evaluating adaptation and resilience. |
S1-PS.7A Enhancing monitoring approaches and tools for adaptation planningRoom: OrchidModerator: Nishan de Mel, Executive Director and Head of Research, Verité Research
S1-PS.7B Operationalizing approaches for evaluating adaptation and resilienceRoom: LavenderModerator: Aditya Bahadur, Regional Programme Development Manager, Action on Climate Today, Oxford Policy Management
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S2-PS.7 Experiences with accessing funds and lessons learnedRoom: JasmineWe will hear stakeholder perspectives across countries and global climate finance mechanisms on priorities for financing for climate action. The discussion will focus on challenges, best practices, and experiences of national, regional and international actors on mobilizing, accessing, and implementing adaptation financing, including through the GEF and GCF. Moderator: Yusuke Taishi, Regional Technical Advisor, UNDP, Thailand
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S3-PS.7 Climate Information and Collaboration for Asia and the PacificRoom: LotusSignificant issues have been noted in obtaining and finding appropriate climate information. In addition, guidance is needed to assess and use of climate information correctly for vulnerability and impact assessment. Training and capacity building is essential to fully understand the climate information and guidance material. The session will address the challenges in mainstreaming the process for the provision of relevant technical advice for decision makers and other stakeholders. Moderator: Charles Rodgers, Senior Advisor for Climate Change Adaptation, Asian Development Bank, Philippines
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S4-PS.7 Moving the adaptation agenda forward under the Paris AgreementRoom: NugasewanaThe session will inform Forum participants of the adaptation aspects of the Paris Agreement and address what needs to be done not only to support adequate and effective adaptation in countries and regions, but also what incentives and recognition will encourage further adaptation actions. Moderator: Vositha Wijenayake, Executive Director, SLYCAN Trust, Sri Lanka
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17:00~17:15 | Delegates to Nugasewana |
17:15~18:15 | Way ForwardWhat are the take home messages, types of partnership required and actors to be involved for adaptation and living below 2°C? Four stream leads will provide a summary of the three day discussions under each stream as well as present the outcomes. An overall summary is expected to be delivered by the host government, especially focusing on how to overcome current challenges and pave pathways to adapting and living under 2°C.Moderator: Mozaharul Alam, Regional Coordinator, Climate Change, UN Environment
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18:15~19:00 | Official Closing of the 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum
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DISCLAIMER: The information on the sessions and their schedules is subject to change and may be updated by the APAN at any time at its discretion. Final room assignments will be confirmed on or before the Forum dates.