Status of Climate Change Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific

Broadens your understanding of climate change adaptation in the Asia-Pacific region Shares insights into how you can enhance effectiveness and efficiency of regional adaptation efforts Enriches understanding of adaptation gaps and needs of different sub-regions in these countries especially for practitioners and policymakers

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Mozaharul Alam is the Regional Coordinator of Climate Change Programme of UN Environment Asia and the Pacific Office. He has obtained M. Sc. degree in Geography from Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh. He has received an international fellowship award on climate change by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, UK. He has served the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of Bangladesh as National Project Coordinator for formulating National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA). He has also worked as one of the Lead Authors for Working Group II for IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.

Jeongho Lee is a Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Cooperation at Korea Environment Institute (KEI). He had received his PhD degree from the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University in Korea. He started his environmental research careers at KEI, and he had served Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change as Director and Head. He has several years of experience working on climate change impacts and vulnerability assessment and national climate change adaptation strategies in Korea.

Puja Sawhney is the former Regional Coordinator of the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN). She has received her PhD in Geography from the University of Bonn, Germany. She holds a Master's in Environment and Development from The University of London and a Master's in Geography from the University of Delhi. She has done extensive work on Climate Changes Issues for more than almost two decades in the Asia- Pacific region.

Inhalt
Adaptation Journey.- Measuring Status of Climate Change Adaptation: An Assessment Framework.- Regional Overview.- Status of Climate Change Adaptation in Central Asia Region.- Status of Climate Change Adaptation in Northeast Asia Region.- Status of Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific.- Status of Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia Region.- Status of Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia Region.- Status of Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture Sector in Asia.- Adaptation in Mountain Agriculture: Food Security in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan (HKH) Region.- Enhanced Actions on Adaptation.