www.GANadapt.org

Masataka Watanabe, Chair, Global Adaptation Network

Chair, Asia Pacific Adaptation Network Professor, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan

The role of global and regional networks in supporting adaptation plans and policies,

Introduction to the Global Adaptation Network (GAN) and Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN)

NAP Expo 2015, April 14-15, 2015, Kameha Grand Hotel, Bonn, Germany

What does GAN seek to accomplish?

Overall objective: To help build climate resilience of vulnerable communities, ecosystems and economies through the mobilization of knowledge for adaptation

How Does it Work? Regional Networks

APAN: Asia Pacific Adaptation Network REGATTA: Regional Gateway for Technology Transfer and Climate Change Action WARN-CC: West asia Regional Network on Climate Change AAKNet: Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network

What work does GAN do at the global level?

• Prioritizing knowledge for adaptation, in regions and globally

• Sharing knowledge for adaptation globally through an online platform, knowledge-sharing events and publications;

• Connecting the Regional Networks, facilitating knowledge-sharing, exchange and collaboration among them, providing them technical support, and catalyzing the establishment of further regional and thematic networks under the GAN;

• Raising awareness of the GAN and the Regional Networks and representing them at international fora, strengthening their linkages to the UNFCCC processes, and building partnerships and mobilizing resources for their further development.

The First GAN Forum

• Mobilization of GAN Network members to share adaptation knowledge and engage in joint activities (i.e. fill adaptation gaps together)

• Facilitation of exchange and collaboration among global adaptation practitioners and decision makers and linking them through the regional networks

• Empowering organizations and networks to help countries and communities in their delivery of adaptation solutions, building of adaptive capacity and supporting policy processes.

• Mobilization of collaborative action and joint initiatives that address knowledge gaps and avoid redundancy

6-7 March 2015, Panama City, Republic of Panama

The Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative

Adaptation Knowledge Gap (LAKI)

Andean Pilot

Jointly organized with UNFCCC – Workshop in Colombia

Adaptation Knowledge Days (I-VI)

• Annually in June, on margins of Bonn UNFCCC meeting

• In partnership with UNDP, World Bank, UNFCCC and IUCN

• Focuses on a topical issue

• This year will be Adaptation Finance

Introducing APAN

Masataka WATANABE

Professor

Chuo University

Last reviewed: February 2014

APAN’s goal is to assist countries to build climate change resilient and sustainable human systems, ecosystems, and economies.

APAN strives to equip key actors in the region with knowledge for:

designing and implementing adaptation measures,

building capacity to access technologies and finance in support of climate change adaptation, and

integrating climate change adaptation into policies, strategies and plans.

APAN’s Mission Statement

How APAN operates

Regional Hub

(IGES,

RRC.AP, SEI)

Steering

Committee &

Scretariat

(UNEP ROAP)

Thematic

Nodes (GWP SAS,

ICIMOD,

SEARCA)

Sub-Regional

Nodes (CAREC,

CANSA, ICLEI,

RCCCA,

SPREP)

UNEP’s Global Adaptation Network

(APAN, REGATTA, AAKN, WARN-CC)

Partners

17 Partners

1. Knowledge Management and Synthesis

2. Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum

3. Sub-Regional and Thematic Conferences

4. Targeted and Focused Trainings

APAN’s Core Activities

APAN Knowledge Management &

Synthesis

Subscribe to receive APAN’s monthly newsletter:

Latest climate change adaptation news

Resources on APAN activities

Announcements shared by over 5,000 community members

APAN Web Portal: www.asiapacificadapt.net Extensive curated

resources, databases on

CCA good practices,

projects and technologies

Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum

APAN Forum: Host Organisations

YEAR HOST VENUE

2014 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2013 Korea Environment Institute, Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change

Incheon, Korea

2012 APAN Partners Bangkok, Thailand

2010 APAN Partners Bangkok, Thailand

Number of APAN training workshops, conferences and forums conducted since 2011

Number of developing country govt officials who participated in APAN events since 2011:

APAN Results and Impacts

41

4,000 (approx.)

Lesson learned from GAN/APAN (1)

• How to design content focus on users’ highest priorities: conduct an analysis on who are the key users’ of knowledge, current sources of knowledge, nature of those sources through consultative meeting , capacity building workshops and trainings, sub-annual conference, Forums.

• What delivery mechanisms are giving greatest results: Workshops/sub-annual conference, APAN Forum are the most effective way of communicating with different stakeholders. APAN web portal and online community of practice are effective delivery mechanism.

Lesson learned from GAN/APAN (2)

• How can regional networks best benefit from and add value to GAN:

(1) GAN can provide a wider platform to showcase

the work of the regional networks,

(2) Cross fertilization of ideas and leanings, setting

standard of knowledge products

(3) Synthesis knowledge from the different regional

networks

Get involved with APAN

APAN Web Portal: www.asiapacificadapt.net APAN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asiapacificadaptationnetwork APAN on Twitter: https://twitter.com/APANadapt

APAN Regional Hub IGES Regional Centre Unit 604, SG Tower, 6th Floor 161/1 Soi Mahadlek Luang 3 Rajdamri Road, Patumwan Bangkok 10330, Thailand Phone: +662-651-8794 Fax: +662-651-8798 Email: info@asiapacificadapt.net

APAN Programme Management Unit UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific 2nd Floor, UN Building Rajdamnern Nok Avenue Bangkok 10200, Thailand Phone: +662-288-1234 Fax: +662-280-3829 Email: uneproap@un.org

REGATTA

REGATTA virtual platform:

www.climatechange-regatta.org

REGATTA – Achievements

REGATTA – Achievments

Adaptation

Climate resilient society

Sustainable Green

Development

Development Mitigation

Co-benefit

Low carbon society

Sustainable Green Development for CCA

Vulnerability

Vulnerability Index

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY

EXPOSURE SENSITIVITY

•Past and present climate trends and risks •Future weather conditions, i.e., temperature, precipitation and its pattern, drought episodes and flooding events •Socio-economic changes, development plan and land use plan

•Disaster resilience capability of regulatory agency •Existence of research institutes •Microcredit , rural finance •Climate insurance, mutual aid system •Information, Climate change knowledge

•Facility damaged by climate disaster •Present condition of facilities •Operating/functioning conditions of facilities •Changes in natural environment •Soil fertility •Irrigation, water point •Livelihood sources

requires integrative approach of both

physical and social dimensions

(ref. UNDP)

Ecological vulnerability = f (tem. precipitation, biomass)

Threshold value of eco. vulnerability (~0.3) is critical to adaptation

Loss as a function of Eco. Vulnerability in Mongolia

Challenge for GAN

• Promote adaptation under green development constraint, not trade-off

• Evaluation of vulnerability and adaptation effects

THANK YOU!