Networking & Collaboration
Technologies are vital to building climate-resilient, low-carbon societies. Many essential technologies already exist — the challenge is to get them deployed where they are needed, and to build the enabling environments to support technology innovation, adaptation and scale-up. An overwhelming number of developing countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement indicate a requirement for technology support and capacity building in order to achieve their commitments. To meet this need, the CTCN serves as a demand-driven and trusted partner, matching the needs of developing countries for climate change-related equipment, methods, capacity development, and policy advice with the world-class expertise of its Network and our collaborators.
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
ADPC is an autonomous international organization established for scientific, educational, developmental, and humanitarian purposes, with a vision of building safer communities and promoting sustainable development through disaster risk reduction and climate resilience in Asia and the Pacific. Since its establishment in 1986,* ADPC has been providing comprehensive technical services to countries in the region across social and physical sciences to support sustainable solutions for disaster risk reduction and climate resilience. ADPC’s strategic themes are complemented and underpinned by the cross-cutting themes of gender and diversity, regional and transboundary cooperation, as well as poverty and livelihoods.
*ADPC was set up as a non-profit organisation within the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok in 1986. And since it was a part of AIT, it did not require any separate registration. However, it acquired the status of an International Organisation in 2005, due to which the year 2005 is mentioned in its Charter with Founding Member Countries.
