AP-PLAT Plenary Meeting Outcome Report 2023

March 23, 2023

Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information
Platform (AP-PLAT)1. Introduction
Date & Time: February 14, 2023, 13:00-16:00 JST (Online)
Participants: A total of 52 participants from government agencies, international organizations,research institutes, universities and private companies.
Objective:
To introduce the content of "AP-PLAT Framework for Action 2023-2025", and discuss ideas
on specific collaboration with supporting organizations over the next two years and beyond.
Agenda:1. Introduction of AP-PLAT activities
2. Introduction of partner collaboration activities through AP-PLAT in FY2023
3. Introduction of activities of participating organizations
4. Discussion on collaboration through AP-PLAT
Overall summary:
On February 14, 2023, the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ), the National Institutefor Environmental Studies (NIES), and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES), together with other relevant organizations of the Asia-Pacific Climate Change
Adaptation Information Platform (AP-PLAT), held a meeting on the future development ofAP-PLAT. The main content of the meeting was an introduction to current AP-PLAT's
activities, an introduction to the development of next two year's projects, and a discussion ofactivities through partner collaboration. The contents of the "AP-PLAT Framework for Action
2023-2025" were also discussed with the participating institutions. It was decided to finalize
the document at the end of February, after a certain period of time for comments.

22. Results of Discussion and Future Actions for Collaboration
In the second part of the meeting, IGES made a proposal for the creation of AP-PLAT
collaboration opportunities in FY2023. Specifically, IGES introduced the priority issues listedin the "AP-PLAT Framework for Action 2023-2025" and then proposed specific activities
envisioned for FY2023 in order to explore collaboration with particular emphasis on theseareas. Activities include holding a progress meeting, a hybrid plenary meeting, and events at
the APAN Forum to develop the "Activity Plan for FY2024" and "Action Plan 2023-2025”.

While the details of the collaboration will be discussed at the progress meeting, the following
is a description of possible future collaboration proposals for FY2023 that emerged from thediscussions held in the third part of the plenary meeting. The collaboration proposals
described below are a collection of common proposals that emerged from several discussion
groups.
● Strengthening Regional Partnership
The Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform (A-PLAT), which promotes domestic
adaptation efforts in Japan, has been working on local specific initiatives. In the same way,
it is also important for AP-PLAT to collaborate with supporting organizations engaged in theAsia-Pacific region and develop approaches that are tailored to the context of each countryand region. AP-PLAT will also create mechanisms to effectively deliver its technology,
information infrastructure content, and capacity development programs to those in needthrough these collaborations. These collaborative activities will also be effective inunderstanding local needs. Such collaboration with organizations located in the Asia-Pacificregion could become the hub for AP-PLAT in the future.
● Provide a Forum for Matching Needs
It is vital to provide a forum for funders and policy/project implementers to match their needs
and develop them into projects. Information should be made available on the AP-PLAT
website, thereby enabling actual negotiations to take place at plenary meetings and othergatherings of participants. To facilitate this kind of matching, it would also be useful to provide
a forum for discussion and capacity development for both funders and policy/project
implementers to understand each other's needs and potential opportunities.
In addition, early warning systems, which have recently received particular attention, will bepromoted along with regional efforts described above to create opportunities to match local
needs with early warning information, while also utilizing the REAP network of supportingorganizations.
● Addressing Local Needs
For local governments and local communities to understand the benefits of adaptation andresilience building and take appropriate adaptive actions, local information disseminationmust be strengthened and precise needs identified and addressed. First, it is important to3

translate information into local-specific contexts and provide more user-friendly informationand tools. It would also be effective to enhance information on specific adaptation efforts at
the local level by posting case studies on AP-PLAT with regards to themes and regions inwhich endorsing organizations specialize. In doing so, it is important not only to introduce
good practices but also to discuss necessary adaptation efforts, including examples offailures.

3. Next Steps
In order to further deepen the above discussions at the next progress meeting, information
will be shared prior to the meeting, and specific collaboration proposals will be created by
setting discussion themes based on needs. The progress meeting will be held online in Julyor August 2023.

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