ALM UNDP

Summary:

Background Paper for the Asia Regional Meeting of the Dialogue on Climate Change Adaptation for Land and Water Management, January 19-21, 2009.

This “Dialogue on Climate Change Adaptation for Land and Water Management” aims to facilitate the exchange of information, experiences and lessons learned among experts in land and water management in Africa and Asia in order to:

• Increase understanding of the implications of climate change for sustainable development;
• Promote understanding of integrated land and water management response strategies, including local coping strategies, and the application of lessons learned in new contexts; and
• Raise awareness of adaptation measures that address land and water management challenges.

The dialogue was initiated with a conference in Copenhagen in November 2008, and will continue with regional workshops in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Southeast Asia (SEA). It is anticipated that the findings and recommendations from this dialogue process will serve as inputs into the ongoing negotiations on the future of the international climate change regime expected to be concluded at COP-15 in Copenhagen (December 2009).