Capacity-building needs for enabling resilience for all: key outcomes of APAN forum

Background

The Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), developed and launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2009 under the Global Adaptation Network (GAN), is the first regional adaptation network. APAN is an open network that strives to equip adaptation actors in the region with knowledge for designing and implementing adaptation measures, building capacity to access technologies and finance, and integrating climate change adaptation into policies, strategies, and plans towards building climate change resilient and sustainable human systems, ecosystems, and economies. APAN has established a good partnership with key sub-regional organizations and become a key adaptation knowledge mobilizer in Asia and the Pacific region. Its mission is to help build climate change resilient and sustainable human systems, ecosystems, and economies in countries across the region.

The Asia-Pacific Adaptation Forum is the primary regional platform for adaptation practitioners to share lessons learned and experiences. The Forum is the flagship event of APAN. The Seventh Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum was held virtually on 8-12 March 2021. The Ministry of the Environment (MoEJ) of Japan was the host of the event and gathered over 900 unique forum attendees from over 62 countries, including representatives from Governments, Intergovernmental Organizations, United Nations bodies, Civil Society Organizations, and other entities, The Forum concluded with a set of recommendations to advance Enabling Resilience for All: The Critical Decade to Scale-up Action.

Objectives

The primary objectives of this side event are to:

• Share key outcomes of the Seventh Asia-Pacific Adaptation Forum specifically focusing on capacity-building needs for enabling resilience for all.
• Share ongoing and planned efforts of APAN partners including the host of the seventh Asia-Pacific Adaptation Forum to support capacity building needs including generation of knowledge.
• Provide space for dialogue and understand the needs of a wide range of adaptation practitioners.