Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN)

25/10/2025

UNEP Goodwill Ambassadors joined APAN Forum

03/10/2025

Plenary 3: Interplay of Enablers, happening now.

01/10/2025

Happening Now....

Unlocking the synergies between systems is critical to realizing transformational adaptation, as emphasized by both the IPCC and the UNFCCC. Resilient future...

01/10/2025

Happening now: 9th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum (APAN Forum)

Formally opening the three-day forum on advancing resilience for all, APAN welcomed more than 900 participants from Asia and the Pacific at the United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand.

From 1 to 3 October, the forum will host 45 sessions discussing resilience pathways of food and agricultural systems, water ecosystems and biodiversity, infrastructure, cities and industries and health, livelihoods, and societies.

These systems we scrutinised under resilience enablers of (1) policies, planning and governance, (2) science, evidence, knowledge systems, (3) innovation, technologies and transformative practices, (4) financial systems, instruments and modalities, (5) social capital, empowerment and equity.

The 9th APAN Forum is organised by the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), co-organised by the Asian Development Bank, Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research and UNESCAP.

UN Environment Programme
UN Climate Change
IUCN Asia
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
United Nations Development Programme - UNDP
Antoinette Taus
ICIMOD
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

The opening session will set an overall tone of the 9th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum and highlights the importance of forum theme "Resilience...

30/09/2025

Deep dive session Developing a FRAMEwork for assessing climate and disaster-related losses of biodiversity and ECOsystem services (FRAME-ECO) is happening now.

30/09/2025

Happening today: Second day of 9th APAN Forum Pre-forum deep dive sessions

Here’s a run down of today’s pre forum sessions:

• Peer Learning Cohort Event on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) for NAP Processes (Closed), co-hosted by the NAP Global Network and the Government of Thailand

• Regional workshop on developing a blueprint for upscaling Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) built on Indigenous/traditional and local knowledge system in the Asia-Pacific (Open), organized by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)

• Co-creating transformative and gender-responsive climate adaptation in Asia – A multistakeholder dialogue (Closed), organized by ARROW, UN Women, ICIMOD, UNEP

• Transformational Strategies for Scaling up Extreme Heat Adaptation: Regulations, Finance and Capacities for Integrating Sustainable Cooling (Open), organized by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

• FRAME-ECO: Contextualization of Framework for Assessing Climate and Disaster-Induced Losses of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Asia-Pacific (Open) organized by UNEP, UNDRR, UNU-EHS

• Private Sector and Adaptation at the Local Level (Closed), organized by Asian Development Bank (ADB)

• Unlocking collaboration: Scaling adaptation through partnerships (Open), organized by APN, AIT, AP-PLAT, RRC.AP, SAFE, SPREP, UNFCCC, ESCAP, UNEP-ROAP

Learn more about the Forum events here: https://indico.un.org/event/1019400/program

30/09/2025

9th APAN Forum kicks off its two days of the forum deep sessions.

From 29 to 30 September 2025, partner organisations take dedicated sessions prior to the main forum on 1 October. These sessions are mini workshops or small group deep dive sessions that zero in on a particular topic on climate change adaptation - from finance, gender, MEL, to local adaptation strategies and others.

29 September run down:

• Peer Learning Cohort Event on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) for NAP Processes
by APN

• Regional workshop on developing a blueprint for upscaling Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) built
on Indigenous/traditional and local knowledge system in the Asia-Pacific by IGES and APN

• Financing Transformational Adaptation: Catalyzing Equitable and Scalable Action in Asia-Pacific
by Indian Network on Ethics and Climate Change (INECC), Germanwatch e.V., Institute for
Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), Greenovation Hub (GHUB), LAYA, Indonesia Research
Institute for Decarbonization (IRID), Asia Haus Foundation.

Learn more about the Forum sessions here: https://indico.un.org/event/1019400/program

22/10/2024

Happening today!

We are inviting adaptation practitioners from the Asia-Pacific region to register and participate in this webinar on Transformative Adaptation, happening tomorrow at 10.00 AM, Bangkok Time.

We have a great lineup of speakers and panelists who will share their reflections on what transformative adaptation is. IGES and ICCCAD will also share the results of a policy study conducted, which identified transformative adaptation barriers, enablers and policy insights.

Register here: https://shorturl.at/ebOtF

01/10/2024

It’s official!

We have kick-started the UNFCCC CASTT Adaptation Academy Training in Asia 2024!

On 30 September 2024, 20 participants from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Nepal, Mongolia, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Viet Nam took first strides in strengthening their technical knowledge and skills in the preparation of their country’s Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs).

Marlene Nilsson, Regional Deputy Director of UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Huicheul Jung, Director, KEI KACCC, Ministry of the Environment – Korea, Paul Desanker, Manager, Adaptation Division of the UNFCCC and Mukand Babel Professor, Asian Institute of Technology opened the week-long training in the Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

The UNFCCC-CASTT Adaptation Academy in Asia 2024 aims to enhance developing countries' ability to report on adaptation for the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) outlined in the Paris Agreement. Given that every country is required to submit its Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) by the end of 2024, it presents a significant opportunity to increase comprehension of adaptation reporting.

This year, the Adaptation Academy is organised and hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea, with the support of the UNFCCC secretariat, will organize a five-day international Adaptation Academy from 30 September to 4 October 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event is co-organized by the Korea Environment Institute (KEI)-Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change (KACCC), Asian Institute for Technology (AIT), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)-Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre (UNEP CCC), United Nations Development Programme, and the Food and Agriculture Organisation.



UN Climate Change UN Environment Programme in Asia Pacific UN Environment Programme United Nations Development Programme - UNDP Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

18/09/2024

Registration now open!

Webinar on Enhancing regional cooperation for Transformative Adaptation in the Asia-Pacific: key barriers, enablers, and policy insights

22 October 2024, 10.00 AM - 12.00 PM, ICT

To learn more about the webinar and to register, click this link: https://shorturl.at/ebOtF

15/07/2024

How do we ensure that gender equality and social inclusion are embedded in the GGA?

To initiate discussion and identify entry points for ensuring gender and social inclusion is integrated in the Global Goal on Adaptation, UNEP, UN Women and APAN organised the webinar, “Dialogue on Actionable Steps for Inclusive Resilience Monitoring and reporting.”

Organisers dedicated two separate sessions for Asia and the Pacific, designed to capture the insights of stakeholders in ensuring mainstreaming of gender and social inclusion considerations in development of the GGA indicators. The sessions also aim to gather and understand capacity building support initiatives in integrating gender equality and social inclusion in the adaptation policy cycle, informing the design of longer-term capacity building activities.

Dates and registration portals:

Asia session: 30 July 2024 (Tuesday), 10.00 – 12.00 PM, ICT
Register here: https://shorturl.at/Wqo6u

Pacific session: 01 August 2024 (Thursday), 3.00 – 5.00 PM, WST
Register here: https://shorturl.at/gaEk2

Don’t miss this webinar, register now!

UN Women Asia and the Pacific UN Environment Programme in Asia Pacific