As of 20 October 2021
Making Asia-Pacific resilient to climate change: The effort and perspective of theAsia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform (AP-PLAT)
Schedule
15th November, 2021 (8:00 AM – 9:30 AM, GMT+7 / Cambodia time)
Platform
Zoom
Organizers• Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan• Ministry of the Environment Japan (MOEJ)• Center for Climate Change Adaptation (CCCA), National Institute for EnvironmentalStudies (NIES), Japan
Rationale and short description
The risk of extreme climate-related disasters is expected to increase further due to climatechange. Severe impacts of climate change on our nature and society have already been
observed globally and locally. Thus, taking steps toward adaptation is crucial to mitigate andavoid such impacts.
The Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform (AP-PLAT) was establishedat the G20 summit in 2018 in Japan with the vision of nurturing countries in the Asia-PacificRegion to build climate-resilient and sustainable society through science-based climate
adaptation strategies and measures, risk-informed decision making, and pragmatic capacity
building. The mission of AP-PLAT is to provide an enabling environment for climate-risk
informed decision making and bankable adaptation actions through synchronizing andharnessing best available existing efforts on climate adaptation among partner countries andorganizations.
This session will present the latest scientific findings and capacity building contents provided
by AP-PLAT, which will be useful for making the region more resilient to climate change,
especially in the Asian basins and coastal areas covered by PEMSEA. It will also discuss how
synergies can be created through the partnership between AP-PLAT and PEMSEA, as wellas the role of IGES as the PEMSEA Regional Center of Excellence (RCoE) in Climate Change
Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction and the promoter of capacity building activities in APPLAT.
In the session, introduction of useful scientific tools and online capacity building services
available in AP-PLAT will be presented. Finally, the discussion on the future possible
collaborations between AP-PLAT and PEMSEA among all the panels and audiences will beconducted.
Objectives
The event will be an avenue:
1. To understand the current and future challenges caused by climate change in the AsiaPacific.
2. To introduce useful scientific tools available in AP-PLAT website and how those tools areused for the development of adaptation measures in the region.
3. To introduce some of the latest online capacity development contents available in APPLAT, such as encountering compound risks, and understanding ISO standard related toclimate change adaptation.

4. To discuss the opportunities of building partnership between AP-PLAT and PEMSEA, as
well as the role of IGES as the RCoE and the promoter of capacity building activities inAP-PLAT.
Expected outcomes and outputs
1. Improved awareness and knowledge on current and future climate change impacts inthe Asia-Pacific.
2. The scientific tools available on AP-PLAT are widely recognized among thestakeholders involved in developing adaptation measures in the Asia-Pacific.
3. The online capacity development contents on AP-PLAT are widely recognized andready to be utilized among the stakeholders involved in developing adaptation measuresin the Asia-Pacific.
4. Potential areas of collaboration between PEMSEA, AP-PLAT and IGES are identified.
Target audience
From the Asia-Pacific:● Researchers and consultants● Officers of international organizations● National / local policy makers● NGO staffs● Students
Other interested individuals

Program
Duration Agenda
5’Opening and Introduction to agenda and speakers

5’Opening remarks (video message)
highlighting current situation of climate change
impacts and measures

10’

Presentation 1:
Introducing scientific tools to understand theimpacts of climate change (AP-PLAT)

10’

Presentation 2:
Introducing online capacity development tools on
adaptation (NbS, Compound Risk)

SpeakerWorkshop chair
Osamu MIZUNO
Principal Fellow,
Institute for GlobalEnvironmental
Strategies (IGES)
Gen’ichiro TSUKADA
Director of Climate
Change Adaptation
Office, Ministry ofthe Environment Japan(MOEJ)
Yuji MASUTOMI
Head, Asia-PacificClimate Change
Adaptation Research
Section, Center for
Climate Change
Adaptation
Binaya Raj SHIVAKOTI
Senior Policy
Researcher, Institute for
Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES)

Duration Agenda
55’
Panel discussion:
Short statement or presentation that provide thepanel with feedback on the value and potential
applications of AP-PLAT or additional
insights/inputs by ATSEA-2, PEMSEA and PNLC
(5 mins x 4persons = 20 mins)
Open Discussion (35 mins)
・ Experience sharing in the application of thescientific tools, online capacity development
tools, and capacity development programs
under AP-PLAT.
・Discussion on the future collaboration between
PEMSEA and AP-PLAT.

・Q&A session

Speaker
All the presenters andaudience.
Casandra TANIA
Regional
Biodiversity Specialist,
ATSEA-2 Regional
Project
Management Unit
Wansuk Senanan
President, PEMSEA
Network of LearningCenters(PNLC)
Dr. Fang Qinghua
Deputy Secretary
General, PEMSEA
Network of Local
Governments (PNLG)
Secretariat
Nancy Bermas
Senior ProgrammeManager, PEMSEAResource FacilityOsamu MIZUNO
Principal Fellow,
Institute for Global
Environmental
Strategies (IGES)(panelist andmoderator)

5’

Closing:
Conclusions and recommendations from thesession

Workshop chair
Osamu MIZUNO
Principal Fellow,
Institute for Global
Environmental
Strategies (IGES)