AP-Gateway to Climate and Development
Climate change is an urgent issue that requires global participation. The
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) provides critical information on current
climatic condition, impact assessments, and the relationship between various
mitigation paths and future GHG concentration scenarios. Based on its understanding,
it is increasingly clear that we need to take concrete and immediate actions
to minimize the impacts of future climate change. Also, at the COP13 of
the UNFCCC held December 2007 in Bali, Indonesia, Parties agreed on "the
Bali Action Plan", which confirms that all countries, both developed
and developing, need to make efforts to tackle climate change. As developing
countries' priority is development, it is necessary to integrate mitigation
and adaptation into national development policies and plans, in order to
address climate change.
Asia-Pacific Gateway to Climate and Development is a platform to assist countries to make concrete efforts to address climate and development. The AP Gateway to Climate and Development captures two focal areas; Co-benefits Approach (mitigation) and Integrating Adaptation into Development.
UPDATES
- 2,June 2008
- UNFCCC SB28 Side Event, "Aligning climate and development: Japan's new initiative to support developing countries" (organized by MOEJ and OECC)
(Draft Agenda)
Bonn, Germany - 23,Apr 2008
- The Kick-off Meeting of Asia-Pacific Gateway to Climate and Development at Bangkok, Thailand Updated!
- 4,Apr 2008
- "Asia-Pacific Gateway to Climate and Development" website launched
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