Takeaways

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ACCCRN talking on inclusive urban climate change resilience at the 5th APAN Forum, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Takeaways Author: Nyoman Prayoga Posted on October 26, 2016

The Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum is the flagship event of the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) that brings together policymakers, scientists, donors, youth, and representatives from over 50 countries.

Taking adaptation to the next level

Takeaways Author: Saleemul Huq Posted on October 21, 2016

I am writing this from Colombo, Sri Lanka where I have been attending the Fifth Asia Pacific Adaptation forum here with over 800 participants from over fifty countries in Asia and the Pacific, including senior officials from governments, academics and researchers, civil society, media and UN agencies and development founders, private sector, and students and children came together over three days to share knowledge and experiences of planning and implementing adaptation activities in their respective countries and sectors.

The City Resilience Index: Shaping a New Urban Agenda

Takeaways Author: Sundaa Bridgett-Jones Posted on October 13, 2016

What and who makes a city resilient—not just livable now or sustainable for the long term—has become an increasingly critical question, one The Rockefeller Foundation set out to answer three years ago with our partners at Arup.

The ACCCRN blog winners were sharing experiences at Urban Agriculture Workshop in Chiang Rai

Takeaways Author: Porpla Khuan-arch Posted on August 26, 2016

From 3rd to 5th August 2016, Hari Krishna Nibanupudi, the winner of the 2016 ACCCRN Blog Competition, and Srishti Singh, the People’s Choice Winner, visited Chiang Rai, Thailand, to attend the workshop on Building Urban Agriculture Collaboration between Chiang Rai and Hat Yai.

The one and a half day workshop included presentations from related agencies in cities of Chiang Rai and Hat Yai, such as the Chiang Rai Agricultural Extension Agency, Chiang Rai Municipality, Songkhal Community Foundation and the Golden Jubilee Museum of Agriculture Agency.

Thoughts on UCCR and Infrastructure Financing and Cities Following the ACCCRN Learning Forum

Takeaways Author: Nicholas Taylor Posted on June 23, 2016

During the recent ACCCRN Learning Forum held in the city of Semarang, Indonesia the challenges of generating, initiating, researching, building, growing, and communicating urban climate change resilience (UCCR) were brought into keen focus. The million dollar questions on everybody’s lips at the end of the forum was: so, where do we go from here? And, how do we get there?