RRC.AP is a supporting partner of the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) and contributed to the 7th APAN Forum held virtually on 8 – 12 March 2021. During the forum RRC.AP organised the two virtual sessions on following:
“Collaborating Efforts to Strengthening Cities Resilience to Climate and Disaster Risks”, This session focused on how to integrate Disaster Risk Resilience into national d... Read more..
RRC.AP participated in the Water Security and Climate Change Conference (WSCC) held virtually from 1 to 4 March 2021. The conference provided a space for scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders from diverse sectors to share their knowledge and experience on water security issues with relation to climate variability and change. RRC.AP organised a session on “Adapting to Climate Change: Strengthening Urban Water Resilience” on 2 ... Read more..
The Twenty-second Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting (IG22) on the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET) was held virtually from 25 to 26 November 2020. Over 50 representatives from the participating countries, namely Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam, participated in the Session. The United Nations Environment ... Read more..
On 19 November 2020, the AIT RRC.AP organised and hosted a webinar on “Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030): Cities and Partners Engagement in Asia and the Pacific” in partnership with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Educational Partnerships for ... Read more..
The AIT RRC.AP convened a virtual training programme on pseudo-global warming downscaling using S8DS user-interface in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, University of Tsukuba and Pacific Consultancy, Japan. The training was divided into three themes - Theme 1: Theoretical session on Pseudo global warming downscaling; Theme 2: Practical session on the use of S8DS user-interface; and Theme 3: Operation and mainte... Read more..
The Working Group (WG) Session 2 Meeting on Drafting Medium Term Plan for the EANET (Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia 2021-2025) and on Reviewing Scope of Instrument for the EANET was held virtually from 20-22 October 2020, gathering over 50 representatives from the EANET participating countries. Following the session 1 of the Working Group meeting held in early July 2020. The participants met again online t... Read more..
The CounterMEASURE Final Stakeholder Conference was successfully held on 25 to 28 May 2020 virtually. It showcased important achievements of the CounterMEASURE project at its first phase and previewed second phase of CounterMEASURE implementation. The virtual conference highlighted key stories, accomplishments, and innovative solutions – even to the growing concern around the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Cumulatively, about... Read more..
Preparatory activities regarding the partnership between RRC.AP CCC and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation's Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change Asia Pacific (KAS-RECAP) to conduct the second edition of Youth Energy Academy (YEA) and follow up activities has been completed.
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RRC.AP, in collaboration with United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the Educational Partnership for Innovation in Communities Network (EPIC-N) with financial support from Ministry of the Environment Japan (MoEJ) organized a five days regional training workshop from 24 – 28 February 2020 at the Sukosol Hotel, in Bangkok, Thailand. This workshop on Read more..
The Myanmar Awareness Workshop on Acid Deposition and Air Pollution was conducted on 24 to 25 February 2020 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The event was organized by the Secretariat for the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET) in collaboration with the Myanmar Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) and the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC). A total of 60 participants from various sectors, such as... Read more..
RRC.AP shared insights on its work in capacity building for youth-led climate action during a side event titled “Increasing Climate Ambition through Capacity Building Among Youth and Educators” during COP 25. The Youth Energy Academy is a unique and disruptive training programme brought to AIT for the first time in October 2019 with the support of the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Foundation. The programme aimed to equip young people... Read more..
RRC.AP participated at COP 25 by sharing insights and progress from its work in capacity building for city-based climate change and disaster risk resilience. The event compiled insights from various initiatives and offered lessons on strengthening urban resilience through the Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities Network (EPIC-N) approach. The event was held at the Japan Pavilion and included representatives of the G... Read more..
The workshop on “Capacity Building for preparation of bankable concept notes for Green Climate Fund” was organized by Pacific Consultants and the International Renewable Energy Agency with the support of the Ministry of Environment of Japan.The workshop convened 14 participants from ten island countries in Asia and the Pacific. Sessions supported participants develop climate reasoning, theory of change, and logical frameworks o... Read more..
The EANET National Awareness Workshop 2019 was held in Putrajaya, Malaysia on 26 to 28 November 2019. The event was organized by the EANET Secretariat and the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC), Malaysia to facilitate sharing and learning platforms and to increase understanding of issues related to the prevention of acid deposition and air pollution that contribute to the achieveme... Read more..
The five-day workshop on “GCF Concept Note Development Training Programme” was organized by AIT RRC.AP with financial support from the Ministry of Environment of Japan. The workshop convened 28 participants from five countries in Asia and four countries in the Pacific region, with an aim to strengthen the capacity of National Designated Authorities (NDAs), Direct Access Entities (DAEs), including candidate entities, as well as ... Read more..
The kick-off meeting (Project Team Meeting) on JAIF Project on Mercury Waste for Indonesia was held on 18-19 November 2019. In attendance were 13 participants from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Ministry of Health, The Basel Convention Regional Centre (BCRC), Indonesia and AIT RRC.AP. The kick-off meeting was primarily organized to introduce the project and project team members as well as involvement of international consu... Read more..
The Second Technical Consultation on the Project “Promotion of Countermeasures Against Marine Plastic Litter in Southeast Asia and India” - in short, the CounterMEASURE project was held on 15 November 2019 in UN Conference Center, Bangkok by UNEP ROAP. The meeting aims to create an opportunity to exchange the lessons learned and to catalyze synergy between Mekong and India through in-depth discussion on technical challenges and solut... Read more..
The Twenty-first Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting (IG21) on the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET) was organized during 12-13 November 2019 in Beijing, China. The meeting was organized by the Secretariat for the EANET, hosted by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the People’s Republic of China. The meeting during it’s one and half-day Session reviewed, discussed, considered and made suggestions on th... Read more..
