A snapshot of UCR-CoP mid-year event
( 02/07/2014 )
On Wednesday 11 June 2014, almost 40 UCR-CoP participants gathered for our mid-year event to hear about and discuss some of the interesting projects and research findings our members have been working on this year.
The event hosted at Winrock International, Hanoi, provided an
opportunity for members from government, private, research and the
not-for profit sectors to hear three interesting presentations relating
to the following themes:
- Mainstreaming urban climate resilience into policy and decision-making
- Capacity building and training
- Sharing knowledge and lessons learned
Dr. Nguyen Phuong Nam, from Clitech, shared with the group the
findings of a review of Climate Action Planning (CAP) by local
governments in Vietnam.
Dr. Nam explained to participants how the study looked at
international good practices of local government action plans in other
countries and used this as a basis to compare with selected local
government in Vietnam preparing their first CAPs.
Participants heard that the results from the study will be used to inform the next CAPs in 2014-2015.
Ms. Do Anh Nguyet, from COHED, discussed with the group experiences
and reflections on building heat stress resilience amongst Da Nang’s
most vulnerable workers.
Participants heard that heat stress awareness and responses to deal
with heat stress are limited. Ms. Nguyet, emphasized that the
involvement of various stakeholders is essential to building heat stress
resilience among workers.
Ms. Vu Thi My Hanh, former project coordinator with Challenge to
Change, shared with participant’s experiences about working with youth
on climate change adaptation and resilience.
Participants heard that youth are concerned about climate change
impacts, and have innovative ideas on how such impacts can be addressed.
Ms. Hanh also shared with the group an insightful video
produced under the programme. The video showcased how climate change
will affect young people’s lives and the role that young people can play
in helping address and manage climate change impacts in the future.
By now all UCR-CoP members should have received a summary of the
event, which includes links to the three presentations. If you are not a
member, and would like a summary of the event and access to the
presentations, please use the following link to join the UCR-CoP.
As a co-facilitator of the UCR-CoP, ISET again thanks all those who
attended for their enthusiastic contributions and we look forward to
continuing to work with all members throughout the remainder of 2014.
Posted by Danielle Cleal and Thanh Ngo, ISET-Vietnam
Reminders:
For all members that attended the event, we ask you to please take the time to complete a short event evaluation survey. Your feedback is valued, and will be used in designing the next event.
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activities, or would like to check out upcoming events organized by
other members, please use our shared calendar that can be found in the right hand column of this blog.
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