KE4CAP EU-Japan BKE Event #1: ‘Enhancing Connections across National andLocal Platforms to Support Adaptation Action’29 June 2021, 16.30-19.00 JST
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Objective: To develop the role of CAPs in enhancing collaboration between national, regional andlocal adaptation actions – sharing knowledge and experiences.
Chair: Yasuaki Hijioka, Centre for Climate Change Adaptation (CCCA), National Institute forEnvironmental Studies (NIES), Japan.

Agenda16.30Welcome and introduction.
-16.40

Climate Change Adaptation Policies and Programmes in Japan.
-16.55Barry O’Dwyer, University College Cork

Plenary discussion 1: Feedback and suggestions on CCCA’s adaptation platform activities.
-18.00

Kim van Nieuwaal, Climate Adaptation Services

Climate Ireland’s support in linking local authority adaptation action with nationaladaptation objectives (also see pre-recorded presentation).
-17.15

Mr. Kazuaki Takahashi, Director of Climate Change Adaptation Office, Ministry ofthe Environment, Japan (the presentation is available here)
Q&A session

The role of CAS in enhancing the links between national and local adaptation action inthe Netherlands (also see pre-recorded presentation).
-17.05

Yasuaki Hijioka and Roger Street

Introduction to CCCA’s adaptation activities linking to local action and challenges
faced, Yoshifumi Masago, NIES
Moderated by Roger Street, KE4CAPPlenary discussion 2: Focussed on questions from Local Climate Change Adaptation
Centers (LCCACs) in Japan.
Initial questions:
1. LCCACs in Japan are in their initial stage. The centers have sought duties to work on.
What should be done to push forward their activities? What does a desirable local
adaptation center (and the roles to play) look like? Advice with cases outside ofJapan would be appreciated.
2. Do you set indicators regarding activities of LCCACs, adaptation plans, or
implementation of adaptation measures? Japan has been seeking to establish theindicators.

3. How do you support business sectors in adaptation to climate change? Goodpractices are appreciated.
18.55

Closing remarks-19.00Introduced by Tomohiro Fujita, NIES
Moderated by Kim van Nieuwaal, KE4CAP

Yasuaki Hijioka and Kim van Nieuwaal

EndThe meeting will be recorded for research purposes only.

Questions from LCCACs:
1. LCCACs in Japan are in their initial stage. The centers have sought duties to work on. Whatshould be done to push forward their activities? What does a desirable local adaptation center(and the roles to play) look like? Advice with cases outside of Japan would be appreciated.
a)There are silos among departments. What do you think to create an effective collaboration network
among relevant departments?
b) What expertise is essential for LCCACs? What would help LCCACs that are solely operated by theenvironment department of prefectures?
c) What financial mechanism would support LCCACs? How could the central government / businesssector financially support them?
d) To what extent local adaptation centers should bear the responsibility for collecting, organizing, andanalyzing scientific findings?

2. Do you set indicators regarding activities of LCCACs, adaptation plans, or implementation ofadaptation measures? Japan has been seeking to establish the indicators.
a)Do you have metrics to measure the activities or contributions of local adaptation centers? Are there
any international key performance indicators?
b) Do you know any practical indicators that measure the progress of adaptation plans or measures?

3. How do you support business sectors in adaptation to climate change? Good practices areappreciated.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Do any platforms have feedback from business sector? If so, in what framework?
What do you do to disseminate adaptation in small-medium-sized companies?
Do you have any good practices of cooperation or collaboration with companies?
Do you collect, organize or analyze technologies for adaptation that are developed and owned in thebusiness sector? If so, what does the scheme for information collection look like?

This event has been organised with the financial support of the European Union’s Partnership
Instrument and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, andNuclear Safety (BMU) in the context of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). The opinions
expressed are the sole responsibility of the organisers and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe European Union.