The Forum will take place in Singapore and will be jointly organized by Singapore’s Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and the UN Environment.
Member States will:
- Review progress on implementation of UN Environment Assembly resolutions in Asia and the Pacific;
- Review progress of regional forums where UN Environment is the secretariat, including Asia Pacific Clean Asia Partnership, Asia Pacific Adaptation Network, and Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia;
- Identify priorities and engagement with Major Groups and Stakeholders in Asia Pacific;
- Engage with private sector on environmental solutions;
- Identify priorities and emerging issues from the region to be reflected in preparations for the upcoming UN Environment Assembly;
- Provide regional inputs to the UN Environment Assembly theme and its draft outcome documents at its fourth session; and
- Discuss challenges and opportunities to strengthen the regional environmental agenda for delivering the sustainable development goals and regional commitments to international agreements.
Catalysing a global agenda on adaptation to climate change
SEI Asia Centre Director Niall O’Connor will moderate this side event on Thursday 24 January, 12:30–13:45, where the recent brief meeting the global challenge of adaptation by addressing transboundary climate risk will be presented. The brief is a joint collaboration between SEI, IDDRI (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations) and ODI (Overseas Development Institute) that concludes a transboundary view of climate risk creates opportunities for international cooperation on adaptation.
This brief from SEI, IDDRI and ODI finds that a transboundary view of climate risk creates opportunities for international cooperation on adaptation.
