Participated in Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum

Under the theme New Partnerships for Resilient Development: Government, Business and Society. Over 500 climate change adaptation practitioners from public and private sectors jointed this year’s Forum. The Forum aimed at helping participants from all levels of government, business and society to address development challenges in a changing climate more effectively. This year’s Forum focused on adaptation actors and how they collaborate to form partnerships and networks for resilient development.
As one of co-organizers, GWP SAS invited GWP China and GWP SEA to attend the event. GWP China sent Prof. Xiaotao Cheng, Deputy Coordinator of GWP China to participate in the forum and deliver a presentation under theme “Implications of hydropower for food security in a changing climate” in the side event organized by GWP SAS. In his presentation, he stressed that it is necessary to make a more objective and comprehensive evaluation on the hydropower development to meet the increasing demands of a stable and fast economic growth and to food and energy security. As a clean energy, the hydropower is an effective measure to reduce greenhouse gas emission and to remit global warming through substituting for the increase of coal-firing power. Meanwhile, during the interim of hydropower development, the top priority should be given to its influence on ecological environment and the contradictions occurred among relevant regions. The establishment of necessary mechanisms for coordination and compensation may really contribute to the sustainable development for the overall situation. He also introduced the application of related theories and principles in the Yellow River Basin.
After the side event, GWP SAS and GWP China also exchanged information on their present working progress. According to the discussion, two regions planned to organize a session early 2015 resulting with a cooperation proposal after discussion about strategies, annual work plan, working priorities of each other.