Capacity-building on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation for District and National Environmental Officers of Bhutan
Read about when SEI conducted a customised 5-day interactive workshop on climate change adaptation and mitigation in Bangkok for staff of Bhutan’s National Environmental Commission.
Key Final Results
Report on Key Final Results
Overall Project DescriptionThe USAID Mekong ARCC project is a five-year program (2011-2016) funded by the USAID Regional Development...
Understanding Adaptation Planning
This report is written by partners in the Philippines, Vietnam and Nepal with funding provided by the Swedish Government through the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida...
Analysis of Forestry Policy Acts and Rules of Bhutan
This report, written by WWF Bhutan, describes the institutional arrangements surrounding the use and management of forest resources in Bhutan and outlines recommendations...
Policy contexts for mainstreaming climate change in Bhutan and Nepal
This report is a synthesis of two studies that sought to understand the policy contexts for addressing climate change adaptation and key conservation issues in Nepal and Bhutan,...
Joining the dots- learning to work collaboratively to address climate change
Climate change introduces new complexities and uncertainties into decision-making and planning. It also compounds pressing challenges posed by...
Assessment of adaptation: Cases from Indonesia
Assessing the challenges and needs of a locality is an important aspect of adaptation action. This scoping assessment presents an overview of the needs of small islands in Indonesia...
Krabi holistic approach to vulnerability and adaptation assessment
Climate change vulnerability and adaptation planning can be taken into consideration across many sectors and at different levels and scales. Different scales of planning have...
Mainstreaming Climate Change: Thailand Case Study
Climate change adaptation planning in Thailand and elsewhere in Southeast Asia has focused primarily on minimizing the impact of future climate change. The resulting preoccupation...
Adaptation or Development? Case studies in Bangladesh and Vietnam
Using Bangladesh and Vietnam as ‘adaptation project-dense’ contexts, we sought to explore how adaptation is understood, mainly by practitioners in development projects...
Mainstreaming adaptation into local development planning: A case study in Chainat, Thailand
This pilot study aimed to understand climate risks and uncertainty within local communities and demonstrate the integration of climate change adaptation into local development...
Scoping Assessment of Climate Change Adaptation Priorities in the Lao PDR
This study evaluates the knowledge of climate change impacts and adaptation needs in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and recommends measures to improve local knowledge, capacity and resilience.
Bangkok Climate Resilience
Bangkok hosted the 5th workshop of the Adaptation Partnership organized by ISET, July 31-Aug 2, 2012. The event focused on “A Community for Building Urban Climate Change Resilience in Asia”. Full...
Scoping assessment of knowledge needs in climate change adaptation in China
This report scopes out knowledge gaps and unmet needs relating to climate change adaptation in China, and proposes ways to address them.
Mainstreaming Adaptation into Local Development Plans in Vietnam
Climate change adaptation is a relatively new concept for Vietnam, where there is still little awareness of the possible impacts of long-term climate change or how to deal with them...
Integration of Climate Adaptation into Development and Conservation Planning in Bhutan
Bhutan is one of 13 countries covered by the AKP. In June 2010, a climate adaptation scoping study was undertaken, with input from stakeholders in government, non-government organizations...
Assessment of adaptation needs - Thailand
The purpose of this summary report is to offer background analysis and suggestions for the design and implementation of a Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform in Thailand. It was...
Mainstreaming Adaptation in Asia
Mainstreaming adaptation into development planning has been promoted as an effective way to respond to climate change. The expected benefits include avoided policy conflicts,...
Synthesis Report of 2012 Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum, Bangkok, Thailand
The Second Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum was held at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok on March 12 and 13, 2012. It brought together more than 800 policymakers...
Enhancing Adaptive Capacity in Bhutan and Nepal
Both Bhutan and Nepal understand the importance of addressing climate impacts. They have strengthened their commitment to managing the impacts of climate through several efforts including the...
Assessment of adaptation needs - Nepal
This report brings together various domains of climate-related knowledge activities by looking at: the institutional landscape policies; laws and regulations; knowledge generation and...
Assessment of adaptation needs - Vietnam
With the Fourth Assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 20071, it has become clear that: (i) climate change is this century’s main threat to...
Short course training: Update on the Adaptation negotiations (Expert Guest)
Expert guest Saleem Huq (IIED) joined the training and gave a short update on the state of climate adaptation negotiations that were taking place within the UNFCCC framework in Bangkok at the same...
Short course on adaptation
This course was conducted as part of the inception phase of the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia.
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