Introduction to adaptation policyin Japan- A-PLAT and AP-PLAT Yasuaki Hijioka
National Institute for Environmental Studies
Environmental Urban Systems Section/ Climate Change Strategy Collaboration Office,Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research
23rd AIM International Workshop, 27-28 November, 2017
Ohyama Memorial Hall, NIES, Tsukuba, Japan

Contents
1. Climate change adaptation actions inJapan

2. Promote national adaptation : A-PLAT(Climate Change Adaptation Platform)

3. Support adaptation activities in Asia

Pacific region: AP-PLAT(Asia-Pacific Adaptation Information Platform)
2Steps for National Adaptation Planning in JapanFourth Environment Basic Plan (Cabinet Decision, April 2012) decided to assess
impacts of climate change and to promote adaptation measures“Expert Committee on Climate Change Impact Assessment” was establishedunder Central Environment Council (2 July, 2013)• Projection of climate change and its impacts in Japan• Reviews for more than 500 papers by 57 experts• Assessment for 56 items in 7 thematic areas• Expert judgement on significance, urgency and confidence levels
Report on Climate Change Impact Assessment in Japan (10 March, 2015)
Inter-Ministry Meeting for Climate Change Adaptation (11 September, 2015)National Adaptation Plan was draft by the Inter-Ministry Meeting, and called for
public comments (23 October, 2015)
National Adaptation Plan was formulated (Cabinet decision, 27 November 2015)
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Contents of Japan’s NAP
Basic concept (Vision, Basic strategy, Period, Basicapproach)I.

Minimizing or avoiding climate change impacts on people’s lives, property
and livelihood, economy and ecology by implementing adaptation at anyoccasion•II.

Sectoral measures•III.

Summarizing climate change impacts and basic adaptation measures bysector (“Agriculture, Forest/Forestry, Fisheries”, “Water environment,Water resource”, ”Natural ecosystems”, ”Natural disasters, Coastal areas”,“Human health”, “Industrial/Economic activities”, and “Life of Citizenry,Urban Life”)

Basic measures and international measures(i) Observation and monitoring, Research and Studies(ii) Sharing and providing information related to climate risk
A-PLAT(iii) Promotion of adaptation in region(iv) Promotion of international cooperation and contribution →AP-PLAT

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Outline of A-PLAT Aims at being a basis for adaptation actions of local governments, businesses,and citizens.
 Collects and provides climate risk information and best practices; develops
tools to promote adaptation actions.
 Operated by the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) withcooperation of relevant ministries.

Provide climate risk information

Stakeholders:
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Local Government

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個人の取組
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http://www.adaptation-platform.nies.go.jp/index.html「気候リスク管理」と「適応ビジネス」に取り組む事業者の取組事例を紹介します。

Private Sectors
変化する気候に適応するための知恵都工夫を紹介
Individuals&します。
Communities

気候変動に適応して快適な生活を送りましょう!!

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A-PLAT

Consists of 6 key sectionsKey pages are:
1. What’s Climate Change
Adaptation?
2. National Adaptation Plan
3. National & Local Info. (S-8)
4. For Local government
5. For Private sector
6. For Individuals
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2. National Adaptation Plan

Link to National Adaptation
Plan of Japan

Outline of the “National Plan for Adaptation
to the Impacts of Climate Change”

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3. Risk information on WebGIS
Future climate projections and quantitative climate-change
impact assessment by prefecture
Target area: Niigata pref.
Index: Rice yield (quality oriented)
Period: the end of 21th

Outcomes of the S-8 Project, “Comprehensive Study on Impact Assessment
and Adaptation for Climate Change” funded by the Ministry of Environment,JAPAN8

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4. Contents for stakeholders
Local Governments
List of adaptationplans by local gov.

Individuals

Private Sector
Municipal Adaptation
Planning Guideline*Climate risk
*Adaptation BusinessBusiness workshop (1. Nov 2017)
156 participants9Asia-Pacific Adaptation Information Platform (AP-PLAT)◯ Asia Pacific Adaptation Information Platform will be established by 2020 to share climate riskinformation via online with research institutes/universities in both developing/developed countries.
◯ To support adaptation measures by providing advanced scientific climate risk information◯ Japan will take a lead in the following activities under the Platform①Develop dataset on projection of climate change impacts in the region through bilateral & intensive studies②Develop supporting toolkits for officials and stakeholders engaged in adaptation planning③Build capacity on climate change impact assessment/ adaptation planning◯ Calling for participation from the countries in Asia Pacific and other Regions
JapanA-PLATLocal Government

Cooperation

Scaling up to
Asia-Pacific Region by 2020
Developing
countries

Ministries/Agencies
Research institutions

A-PLAT
Secretariat(NIES)

Developing
countries

Developingcountries

Developingcountries

Private Sector

Cooperation
Universities

10AP-PLAT Conceptual Framework- Provide expertise and advice to countries, communities andcompanies on designing, financing, implementing andmonitoring adaptation action

GCEA (Global Centre of Excellenceon Climate Adaptation)

AP PLAT

Adaptation knowledge exchange- Sustained Learning Exchange- City-to-City exchange- International Forum "Regional Climate
Projections Consortium andData Facility in Asia and the Pacific”

Develop methodology to assist countries to present
climate change impact assessment in a consistent manner.

- Develop and run dataset on projection ofclimate change impacts- Develop supporting toolkits(Downscaling, adaptation planning,
impact assessment format, guideline, etc)
- Enhance capacity on climate change
impact assessment/adaptation planning(multilateral, bilateral), GCF proposal

Bilateral Cooperation- CC Impact Assessment- CC Adaptation Planning- CC Capacity Building (technical, multilateral etc)11

AP-PLAT Website* S-10 data (heat stress & water resource) iscurrently available

MoEJ ‘s Bilateral cooperation Report

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A-PLAT and AP-PLAT A-PLAT (Climate Change Adaptation Platform) isa ”One-stop” online resource for adaptation toclimate-change impacts in Japan.

 A-PLAT will expand the function into

AP-PLAT (Asia Pacific Adaptation InformationPlatform) to promote adaptation in the region.

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