October 30^th
2009

This week the ANU Climate Change Institute (CCI) hosted a closed workshop focusing on the implementation of adaptive response strategies to strengthen against climate change impacts in developed and developing economies in the APEC Region.

Sponsors of the workshop were AusAID, the ANU Climate Change Institute, the ANU Exchange and the ANU Korea Institute.  The workshop was co-hosted by the APEC Virtual Centre for Enviromental Technology Exchange (Australia). Representatives from Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, the Philippines and Australia attended the two day workshop held at the Australian National University.

The first session of the workshop was co-chaired by Ms Octavia Borthwick, Assistant Director General of the Asia Regional Branch at AusAID, and Professor Will Steffen, Executive Director of the ANU Climate Change Institute.

Keynote speakers for the event were:

Ms Octavia Borthwick, AusAID

Dr Heesu Park, Policy Advisor, Republic of Korea International Cooperation Agency

Dr Carmel Gacho, Senior Science Research Specialist, Industrial Technology Development Institute, Dept Science and Technology, Philippines

Dr Nguyen Dai Khanh, Director Technology and International Cooperation, National Hydro-Meteorological Service, Ministry of Natural Resources, Vietnam

Mr Hong-Seok Kim, Researcher, Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute, Republic of Korea

Mr Tom Worthington, Green Technology Strategies,  ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australia

Dr Phong Ngo, Nong Lam University Water Management Department, Agronomy Faculty Vietnam

Mr Tetsuro Fujitsuka, Director Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) via video-link from Kobe, Japan.

 Other presenters included:

Professor Tony Jakeman, ICAM Director, Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australia

Dr Christopher Silverio, Chief Science Research Specialist, Department of Science and Technology, the Philippines

Dr Michael Djordjevic, Research School of Biological Science, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australia

Dr Keith Lovegrove, Solar Thermal Group, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Sciences

Dr Igor Skryabin, Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Australia

An expected outcome of the Workshop will be the production of a report which will be presented to the respective Government aid agencies, in Japan, Republic of Korea and Australia.

Photo (top): APEC VC Climate Change Workshop video-conference with APN Director Mr Tetsuro Fujitsuka and APN Secretariat, Kobe, Japan.

Photo (bottom): APEC VC delegates and Workshop participants.