APAN Technical Session - Building Coastal and Community Resilience: From Inclusive Fisheries to Nature-based Solutions

Considered Asia-Pacific’s largest and longest-standing gathering of adaptation practitioners to share information, knowledge and best practices in adaptation and resilience-building, the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum (APAN Forum) is the biennial flagship event of the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) Secretariat, hosted within the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

The APAN Forum serves as a primary regional platform for adaptation practitioners to meet, exchange knowledge and experiences, and collaborate towards the pertinent outcomes and practical solutions that are needed to address the challenges of climate change.

Session: 

COBSEA Secretariat and Oxfam are co-organizing a session entitled "Building Coastal and Community Resilience: From Inclusive Fisheries to Nature-based Solutions".

Conference Room 4 (11.00-12.30 BKK time), UNCC, Bangkok, Thailand (3 October) 

Description: 

This session explores climate adaptation to support livelihoods and marine and coastal ecosystems.

On one side, it will focus on small-scale fishers in South Asia, who face disproportionate risks due to climate impacts, unsafe conditions, and depletion of resources. The session will highlight the need for inclusive policies, safety nets, gender equity, and recognition of indigenous knowledge.

On the other, it will showcase how Blue Carbon ecosystems (mangroves, seagrasses, coral reefs) act as transformational pathways for climate adaptation and mitigation, highlighting cases from Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines. These ecosystems not only sequester carbon but also protect coastlines and sustain local livelihoods.