Announcements
Announcements
Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2019 will bring a voice from the region to the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit on 23 September in New York.
The 2011 Bangkok floods. Photo: ebv images / Flickr.
Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2019 (2–6 September in Bangkok, Thailand) will support preparations of the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit on September 23 in New York, and voice recommendations and support actions from the region. The Climate Action Summit aims to raise ambitions and accelerate action to implement the Paris Agreement.
Asia-Pacific Climate Week will also build momentum towards COP 25, held in Chile in December, by ensuring climate action remains central to the UN Climate Change process.
SEI Asia is collaborating with partners to organize the following sessions at the outset of the event.
Monday, September 2
This event will strengthen engagement of universities and research institutions, building capacity for preparation and implementation of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and for raising climate action ambition.
Tuesday, September 3
Later this month, world leaders will gather in New York to meet the UN Secretary General’s call for ambitious action to combat climate change. The day will serve as an important step toward the UN Secretary General’s call for ambitious action to combat climate change by providing stakeholders from Asia and the Pacific the opportunity to raise the need for urgent action, and by sharing how the region is finding unique and effective ways to build resilience to climate change.
Wednesday, September 4
UN Environment and UN Women, through the regional project EmPower-Women for Climate Resilient Societies is hosting an interactive panel discussion bringing together diverse perspectives from the region on how to engage women and girls meaningfully in building climate resilience. SEI’s Dr. Bernadette P. Resurrección will facilitate this session.
Perspective / Gatherings such as the recent APAN Forum are important for climate change adaptation progress, but they need to be more inclusive.
Other publication / This publication aims to help empower young people in Asia and the Pacific to take up the challenge of realizing the UN SDGs and the 2030 Agenda.
Perspective / SEI has a role amidst economic inequality, climate change, mass migration, says Asia Director Niall O'Connor, reporting from the 8th Asia Think Tank Summit.
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