Announcements

HERE, in partnership with IBM and many others is hosting #HackForBetterDays,  a 30-day Asia-Pacific wide virtual hackathon for building web/mobile apps and interactive, informative maps to help communities with the challenges caused by COVID19. The hack kicks off on 24th April 5pm AEST. During the ...

The Asia-Pacific region faces a daunting spectrum of natural hazards. Indeed, many countries could be reaching a tipping point beyond which disaster risk, fuelled by climate change, exceeds their capacity to respond. This Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2019 shows how these disasters are closely linked to inequality ...

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is offering grants to journalists in the Asia-Pacific region to support in-depth and investigative reporting on climate and environmental change that can inform at-risk communities and policy makers to make better decisions and build resilience. EJN expects to award around 30 ...

The 6th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum is scheduled to convene in Manila, the Philippines, from 17-19 October 2018. dates: 17-19 October 2018 location: Manila, Philippines www: http://www.asiapacificadapt.net/ The event is organized by the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), which is a regional programme for managing and applying adaptation ...

The Seventh Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission Regional Consultative Forum Meeting will discuss various priority agendas on sustainable fisheries and aquaculture development in the region. It will also provide the direction guidance and specific recommendations to the APFIC commission and member governments in ensuring the sustainability and resilience ...

The editors of the new book “Farmer Innovations and Best Practices by Shifting Cultivators in Asia-Pacific” are calling for papers and photographs.   The book will explore the ways in which today’s shifting cultivators are innovating and adjusting their traditional practices to cope with the modern ...

The Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) will focus on the theme, ‘Transformations towards sustainable and resilient societies’.  In addition to discussing the theme of the July 2018 meeting of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2018) as it relates to regional and ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will hold the 3rd Asia Pacific Water Summit with the theme “Water Governance in Asia” in Yangon, Myanmar on 11-12 December 2017. A Comprehensive Approach will explore water security for sustainable development and cover issues such as (i) ensuring urban water ...