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The 7th Issue: 3 December 2025 |
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| The Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform (AP-PLAT) is a partnership on climate change adaptation launched under the lead of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (AP-PLAT website: https://ap-plat.nies.go.jp/index.html). |
1. AP-PLAT’s Activities and Updates |
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AP-PLAT announced the launch of its new Climate Finance menu, featuring the GCF Concept Note Development Guide. The concept note development guide is designed for the Asia-Pacific context by using three pillars of support: science-backed approach, practice-proven knowledge, and user centered design.
Whether you are a government official, project coordinator, or climate finance practitioner, this guide provides the support you need to develop high-quality Concept Notes and begin your GCF funding journey. Read more about the tools and guidebook through this link.
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AP-PLAT held a technical session at the APAN Forum. The session was also act as the Annual Plenary Meeting of AP-PLAT. The plenary highlighted the role of regional partnerships in strengthening NAP implementation across the region. In addition, the development of robust monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems was emphasized as essential for tracking progress and improving accountability.
Read more about the technical session through this link.
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AP-PLAT co-hosted a Knowledge Café session at the Adaptation Futures 2025 Conference in New Zealand on 16 October 2025. The session focused on the current status of climate and impact projection tools applicable to Pacific nations. Some of the tools talked are available in AP-PLAT. The session marked an important first step toward the co-development of future climate information tools that are regionally tailored, user-friendly, and inclusive.
Read more about the session through this link.
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2. Introduction to AP-PLAT deliverables and achievements |
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IGES held the first session of a workshop in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of climate change adaptation on 18–19 September 2025 in Thimphu, Bhutan. 22 officers from several ministries in Bhutan participated in this workshop. Through the workshop, participants deepened their understanding of different types of indicators: process, output, and outcome, and recognized the importance of setting both quantitative and qualitative indicators for effective MEL.
The second workshop will highlight how the GGA indicators agreed at the international level can be appropriately applied in Bhutan.
Read more about the Bhutan M&E Workshop through this link.
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AP-PLAT conducted a field assessment and an expert meeting in Bangladesh as part of the AP-PLAT capacity building program. In identifying the current situation and challenges of Early Warning System (EWS) of the country, the assessment found out that the EWS lead time is short and insufficient. There is a need for strengthening the capacity of local disaster prevention committees and creating flood risk maps. Also, an SMS-based multi-channel alert system through collaboration with telecommunications providers is one alternative proposed to solve the existing problem
Read more about the Bhutan M&E Workshop through this link.
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3. Call for your contributions to the AP-PLAT newsletter |
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We invite partner organisations and stakeholders to actively participate in AP-PLAT activities to strengthen our network and expand access to adaptation knowledge. By sharing your updates and initiatives, you can help shape adaptation strategies and inspire meaningful action. Contributing your events, updates, or announcements through our newsletter allows you to reach over 30 partner organisations and more than 20 independent subscribers from other climate adaptation platforms, research institutes, the private sector, governmental agencies, and other stakeholders that are actively involved in climate adaptation initiatives.
To share your information with our community, please contact the AP-PLAT secretariat at [ap-plat@iges.or.jp].
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4. Want to become a member? |
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If you are interested in becoming a supporting organisation and/or capacity development partner organisation, please apply using the following links.
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Please spread the word! |
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If you know anyone who would be interested in AP-PLAT, please forward this newsletter to them and spread the word about AP-PLAT through your community. You can subscribe from this link.
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