Izumi TSURITA

Capacity building and training has been one of the neglected areas of governance in the Asia-Pacific region often termed as 'by the disposable for the disposable'. This has led to poor planning and investments in capacity building leading to poor capacities at all levels. This has relevance to climate change adaptation where various stakeholders...

India is one of the highly drought prone countries in the world. Due to the monsoon system, the entire agriculture and related economic activities depend on a short window of rainy season. Available climate change projections indicate high probability for prolonged and frequent droughts for India. Drought monitoring is crucial to continuously plan...

Climate change adaptation is also an issue of capacity building and capacity building of key stakeholders is of paramount importance for promoting climate change adaptation in some of the most vulnerable sectors and countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Awareness generation and capacity building of policy makers is the key since they are crucial to...