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The knowledge product “Vulnerability of Highland Agriculture: Current and Future Climate Change Scenarios – Insights from Nan Province, Thailand” assesses how climate change is affecting smallholder highland farming systems in northern Thailand, with a detailed case study from Bua Yai subdistrict in Nan Province. Using climate projections, crop...

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment in Highlands – A Guidance Manual (Knowledge Product 3 under ADB TA-9993 THA) provides a practical, step-by-step framework for designing and implementing climate change vulnerability assessments (VA) tailored specifically to highland contexts. Grounded in field testing in Thailand’s highlands, the manual...

IGESは、パートナーである東京大学未来ビジョン研究センターおよび笹川平和財団とともに、アジア太平洋気候安全保障事業（Asia-Pacific Climate Security: APCS）の一環として、国際ワークショップを開催した。この2日間のワークショップには、アジア太平洋地域の研究者と実務者が参加し、気候安全保障に関する幅広い知識と経験が共有された。APCSのプロジェクトメンバーと海外から12名の講師が、気候安全保障という包括的なテーマに対し、それぞれの専門分野の視点から議論を展開した。 ワークショップの構成は次の二つの主要な目的に基づく。一つは、アジア太平洋地域特有の気候変動に関連した安全保障上のリスク、課題、機会を特定することである。もう一つは...

IGES organised the Asia Pacific Climate Security (APCS) International Workshop, together with its partner - the Institute for Future Initiatives of the University of Tokyo, and our collaborators from Sasakawa Peace Foundation. The two-day workshop gathered a wide range of knowledge on climate security from researchers and practitioners across the...

The presentation focuses on enhancing the role of agriculture in achieving climate goals by strengthening Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). It highlights agriculture's dual role in both greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate adaptation, noting that food systems contribute to nearly a quarter of global emissions. While most NDCs...

This presentation, delivered at the ASCEND Workshop in Cape Town, addresses how to frame non-economic losses and damages (NELDs) for a systematic synthesis of knowledge in Africa. It emphasises the complexity and multidimensionality of NELDs, shaped by diverse disciplines such as social sciences, environmental studies, law, and politics. The...

This paper highlights significant changes in agricultural land use trends in Asia and discusses the broad set of measures that are being implemented in the region. The increasing population and their demands are primary factors driving land use alterations in the Asia region. Intensive agricultural practices have exerted pressure on ecosystems...

Overall, there was a need and interest in further engagement with WASP on adaptation effectiveness. A stronger linkage to Sri Lanka’s National Adaptation Plan and its implementation is required as key stakeholders and organizations are mostly engaged at the project level. The participants highlighted the following key Adaptation Effectiveness...

Key messages: 1. Climate change results in substantial loss and damage to societies and natural systems when it is not mitigated by reducing greenhouse gas emissions or averted through adaptation. Loss of life, extinction of species and ecosystem destruction are a few of the irreversible repercussions already attributed to unabated climate change...

The South Asian nations have vibrant agrarian economies with a significant proportion of their populations dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods. These countries have made significant progress in developing the agriculture policy environment though slowly through concerted actions over the years as a result of which they have increasingly...