AP-PLAT MISSION
Climate change impacts have increased worldwide over the lastdecade. However, the type and magnitude of impacts vary fromregion to region. Local action to adapt is therefore important. In thiscontext, the mission of AP-PLAT is to share relevant information andsupport adaptation measures in the Asia-Paciﬁc region.

ABOUT CCCA
AP-PLAT's website and activities are managed by the Center for
Climate Change Adaptation (CCCA). CCCA was established in 2018 at
the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) pursuant tothe Climate Change Adaptation Act of Japan to collect, organize,
analyze, and provide information regarding climate change impact
and climate change adaptation, as well as to carry out integrated
research on the observation and assessment of climate change
impacts and on adaptation strategy development.

ABOUT NIES
NIES is the only national institute in Japan that conducts a broad
range of interdisciplinary, integrated environmental research. Since
its establishment in 1974, NIES has played a pivotal role in solving
various environmental problems.

TOWARDS A
CLIMATE-RESILIENT
ASIA-PACIFIC

AP-PLAT DEVELOPMENT STORY
CCCA developed AP-PLAT to promote adaptation planning andaction in the Asia-Paciﬁc region. We announced its ofﬁcial launchon June 16, 2019, at the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy
Transition and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth.
AP-PLAT aims to become a hub for sharing scientiﬁc knowledge,
policy information, good practices and other empirical knowledge
on climate change adaptation in the Asia-Paciﬁc region.

Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform
NIES（Tsukuba-City, Ibaraki）

Secretariat of the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform (AP-PLAT)

16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba-City, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan
ap-plat-inquiry@nies.go.jp

https://ap-plat.nies.go.jp

SCIENCE

AP-PLAT bridges science and stakeholders
in climate change adaptationin the Asia-Pacific region.

OUR PARTNERS
AP-PLAT is working with like-minded climate
adaptation platforms, research institutes, andgovernment agencies. We aim to enable informed
decision making and adaptation action throughcollaborative effort to create and communicate
practical scientiﬁc knowledge and tools.

STAKE
HOLDERSWEB CONTENTSSCIENTIFIC DATA & TOOLS● ADAPTATION LITERACY● ADAPTATION PLANNING● ADAPTATION BUSINESS● ADAPTATION DATABASE● USEFUL INFORMATION● GLOBAL NEWS ON ADAPTATION●CapacityDevelopment

Scientific
InformationTools

THE THREE PILLARS OF AP-PLAT’s ACTIVITIESPICKUP TOOL 01

ClimoCast

ClimoCast is an online
tool that allows users tosee future climate
projections in theirregion based on thelatest CMIP6 climate
data. Users can compare
four major emission
scenarios (SSP126-585),
compare results of ten different climate models, and download the data.
AP-PLAT (CCCA) developed the ClimoCast to make climate projections
easily accessible to all people, including those without academic
background.

Dr. Masutomi Yuji

Head of Asia-Paciﬁc Climate Change Adaptation Research Section, CCCA, NIESWe developed ClimoCast to make future climate predictions
available to everyone. It is designed for easy data viewing anddownloads. We hope that many people will try it out tounderstand how the climate might change in their city or country.

PICKUP CONTENT 02

Adaptation Planning

Adaptation planning, implementation, andmonitoring and evaluation (M&E) based on
scientiﬁc impact assessments are corecomponents of adaptation to climate change.
This page provides practical information for
countries in all stages of this cyclical process.

3Planning foradaptation1

Layingthe groundWork

2

Assessmentof climatechange risks

InstitutionalArrangement

Feedbacks &Review

4

Adaptation
Process

5

Monitoring
andevaluation

Implementionof adaptation
measuresPICKUP ACTIVITY 03

Capacity Development

AP-PLAT aims to enable enhanced implementation of science-based
policies, activities, and on-the-ground projects on adaptation in theAsia-Paciﬁc region as well as to provide opportunities for collaboration by
networking of stakeholders.
For this purpose, we are developingthe following contents on capacity
development.
●●E-LEARNING COURSES●WEBINARS●TOOLS