Engaging with academic and research institutions to close local adaptation knowledge gaps in the Asia-Pacific region

When: 12th May 2022, 3:00-4:00 (Bangkok time)

Where: Online, register here to attend

The Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), GAN’s regional node in the Asia-Pacific region, is hosting a series of technical webinars in 2022 in the run-up to the COP27 and the 8th APAN Forum (to be organized in 2023) and this is the first event of the webinar series.

This session will explore several examples of partnerships and initiatives involving academia, research institutions and communities in the Pacific islands, the Himalayas, Mekong wetlands and municipal areas of Thailand and Indonesia and how these initiatives are helping to close adaptation knowledge gaps and strengthen resilience.

These partnerships and initiatives have at least one common denominator: local communities should be at the forefront of adaptation and resilience action. Challenges and success factors in building, planning, implementing and sustaining such partnerships will be discussed to foster uptake and scale-up of such initiatives in the region and beyond.

For more information of the event, visit the APAN event page.