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The objectives of the session are to emphasize the following points: Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalayas will seriously comprise food, nutritional and energy security in the region and downstream, severely challenging abilities of nations – particularly the poorer nations– to achieve the SDGs. There is an urgent need for collective climate...

生態系を基盤とするアプローチやランドスケープアプローチといった土地管理の統合的アプローチは、持続可能なインフラおよび生物多様性の持続可能な利用と保全と併用することで、複数の利点をもたらす。自然資本を維持することの重要性を強調すると同時に、土地と天然資源の利害相反に取り組むための手段を利害関係者に提供することによって、開発、気候変動適応、および防災に対する国際目標に貢献できる大きな可能性が統合的アプローチにはある。統合的アプローチ、持続可能なインフラ、ならびに生物多様性の持続可能な利用および保全は、アジア太平洋諸国がSDGを達成するための重要な戦略である。統合は、さまざまな地理的スケールおよびタイムスケールにおいて必要となる。国レベルでの適応戦略の開発に焦点が当てられてきたが...

Japan is one of the prominent contributors towards overseas development assistance (ODA) and emergency relief assistance (external emergency assistance, EEA) in the aftermath of major natural disasters. These assistances have costs and benefits to both the recipients and to the donor countries. In order to improve the efficacy of various forms of...

This session will explore the transboundary risks that result from both the impacts of climate change and the effects of adaptation (positive and negative). It will draw on case studies from within and across the Asia Pacific region, to provide an impetus for increased regional – and subsequently global – action and cooperation.   The session will...

This is a precarious moment for the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). Environmentally, socially, and economically, there is no single likely future for the HKH. Between now and 2080, the HKH may run downhill, or the region may continue doing business as usual and muddling through, or it may advance toward prosperity. Evidence-based actions to reduce...

This paper aims to identify and prioritize key non-economic loss and damages (NELDs) caused by the 2009 Cyclone Aila in Khulna District of Bangladesh and to identify appropriate practices to address the NELDs. The analytic hierarchy process was applied to prioritize key criteria, NELD indicators and practices that should be integrated into disaster...

Global support for promoting adaptation, both in terms of technical and financial assistance is growing, though only a few countries have reached the stage of submitting their NAPs. Developing effective NAPs is a complicated process requiring a great deal of financial and technical resources, much akin to the implementation of environmental...

Enhanced trade and investments have been one of the significant developments of regional integration in Asia during the recent decades. Countries that are successful in attracting global investments are also highly vulnerable to natural hazards and related losses. This has opened up doors to an important, inescapable and hidden phenomenon of...

India and Japan are at different developmental progression pathways but they share a significant commonality in disaster risks. Both are among the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Yet, the approach they selected to disaster risk reduction (DRR) has significant differences. Realising the potential for cooperation in the field of DRR, both...

This presentation outlines the application of the ecological debt index (EDI) concept to assess urban households from the point of urban food systems. The concept is being developed for application in a UNEP 10FYP project being implemented in India in collaboration with the Center for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA). The EDI enables users to assess...