Events

Training on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management

27 June 2016 to 29 June 2016

New Delhi

India

Representatives from South Asian countries attended the training that offered insights on climate change risks and approaches to climate risk management in sector planning and investment.

Co-organized by the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network, the three-day training involved presentations, case studies, and interactive sessions that aimed to enhance the knowledge and capacity of participants.

The learning event also provided an opportunity for the participants to share their experiences in addressing climate risks in development planning and investment projects. Close to 100 participants from South Asian countries attended the training.

Program and Learning Materials:

27 Jun 2016
28 Jun 2016
29 Jun 2016

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
27 Jun 2016	Welcome Remarks		M. Teresa Kho
27 Jun 2016	Welcome Remarks		Preety Bhandari
27 Jun 2016	Welcome Remarks		Puja Sawhey
27 Jun 2016	Session 1 - Climate Change Risk Management in South Asia and in ADB	Climate Risk Management in Planning and Investment Projects: Overall Approach Climate variability and change are a threat to development goals. But when climate risks are managed, the intended outcomes of strategies, policies, and...	Cinzia Losenno
27 Jun 2016	Session 1 - Climate Change Risk Management in South Asia and in ADB	Climate Change Risk Management Approach Adopted by TA 7984-NEP Learn how the climate change management framework helps reduce risks of infrastructure damage or loss from climate change and extreme events in Nepal. ...	Pramila Adhikari
27 Jun 2016	Session 2 - Climate Change Data and Projections: Scientific Foundation	Climate Science, Data, and Projections Today and tomorrow’s climate is not as it used to be. The world will continue to warm, and more than what has been observeddespite several mitigation ...	Richard Jones
27 Jun 2016	Session 2 - Climate Change Data and Projections: Scientific Foundation	Climate Scenarios for South Asia	J. Sanjay
27 Jun 2016	Session 2 - Climate Change Data and Projections: Scientific Foundation	Understanding and Managing Uncertainties What is the relevance of managing uncertainties on climate change risk reduction? This presentation describes the main sources of uncertainty in future...	Joseph Daron
27 Jun 2016	Session 3 - Implication of Climate Change and Impact Assessment: Key Considerations	Climate Change and Hydrology Countries in South Asia are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Some of the threats that hound South Asia include water shortages, increased ...	Richard Jones
27 Jun 2016	Session 3 - Implication of Climate Change and Impact Assessment: Key Considerations	Impact of Climate Change on Glacier Dependent Himalayan River Basins How does climate change affect the Himalayan region? Aside from the apparent increasing temperature, Himalayan region has been experiencing serveral...	Santosh Nepal
27 Jun 2016	Session 3 - Implication of Climate Change and Impact Assessment: Key Considerations	Climate Change, Sea Level, Islands, and Coastal Areas Warming raises averages sea levels from the oceans expanding as they warm and melting of land-ice. This has caused typhoons to become more extreme and...	Richard Jones
27 Jun 2016	Session 3 - Implication of Climate Change and Impact Assessment: Key Considerations	Impacts of Climate Change on Economic Sectors in South Asia Many economic sectorsare dependent on or sensitive to weather and climate. Extreme weather events that bring multiple hazards have serious economic impacts...	Richard Jones
27 Jun 2016	Session 3 - Implication of Climate Change and Impact Assessment: Key Considerations	Economic Impacts of Climate Change in South Asia Integrated assessment models can be used to assess the economic impacts of climate change. While each has its own limitation, these models can help in...	Benoit Laplante
27 Jun 2016	Session 4 - Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning	Vulnerability Assessments: A Review	Suruchi Bhadwal
27 Jun 2016	Session 4 - Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning	Adaptation Planning: Options, Technologies, and Technical Feasibility Adaptation options selected for implementation in aproject must be scientifically sound, socially beneficial, and economically viable. In prioritizing...	Charles Rodgers
27 Jun 2016	Session 4 - Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning	Adaptation Assessment: Economic Analysis There is no need to come up with a new type of economic analysis to determine the impacts of climate change. However, there might be a need to use economic...	Benoit Laplante

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
28 Jun 2016	Session 5 - Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Action	Synthesis of Day 1
28 Jun 2016	Session 5 - Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Action	Case Study on Agriculture in South Asia	Upasna Sharma
28 Jun 2016	Session 5 - Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Action	Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment: The Case of Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project What are climate change-relate risks that could significantly affect essential infratructure systems? This presentation looks into the climate vulnerability...	Benoit Laplante
28 Jun 2016	Session 5 - Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Action	Case Study on Urban Coastal Infrastructure: Bangladesh Coastal Cities Improvement Project	Charles Rodgers
28 Jun 2016	Session 5 - Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Action	Climate Change Risk Assessment and Adaptation: Bhutan Case Study Bhutan plans to build its second east-west highway to improve trade and rural connectivity in the southern part of the country. This highway is expected...	Pema Norbu
28 Jun 2016	Session 6 - Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment: Experiences and Lessons Learned	Case Study from India	Jyoti Parikh
28 Jun 2016	Session 6 - Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment: Experiences and Lessons Learned	Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment at the National Level	Ajay Dixit
28 Jun 2016	Session 6 - Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment: Experiences and Lessons Learned	Community-Level Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in the Pyanj River Basin Climate data need to be translated into useful information that can be understood by different audiences and users. The experience of communities near...	Cinzia Losenno
28 Jun 2016	Session 7 - Interactive Session: Decision-Making Under Uncertainty	Reflections and Lessons Learned

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
29 Jun 2016	Session 8 - Climate Change and Disaster Management	Disaster Risk Management in India	Santosh Kumar
29 Jun 2016	Session 8 - Climate Change and Disaster Management	Disaster Risk Management Managing the Impacts of Extreme Weather and Climate Events Maximum impacts of disasters are largely felt by the poorest members of society. Given this, interventions are needed that would bring in development ...	Arghya Sinha Roy
29 Jun 2016	Session 8 - Climate Change and Disaster Management	Ecosystem Based Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Ecosystems evolve and change over time, and are naturally resilient and adaptable up to some rate of change. They also have a crucial role in disaster...	Charles Rodgers
29 Jun 2016	Session 8 - Climate Change and Disaster Management	Ecosystem Based Adaptation in Urban Settings	Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio
29 Jun 2016	Session 9 - Climate Change Financing: Where, What Type, and How?	Updates on the Green Climate Fund and Pilot Program for Climate Resilience	Preety Bhandari
29 Jun 2016	Session 9 - Climate Change Financing: Where, What Type, and How?	Maldives on Green Climate Fund	Hamdhoon Mohamed
29 Jun 2016	Session 10 - Building Resilience in South Asia: Next Steps and Closing