The 6^th
International Climate Change Adaptation Platforms Meeting

Date: November 19^th (Thu) - 20^th (Fri), 2026

Venue: National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan

Aims of the meeting

⮚ To share knowledge and experience on developing and operating national and international information platforms.
⮚ To share recent tools, initiatives, and approaches for supporting climate change adaptation through information platforms.
⮚ To exchange experiences on capacity development and monitoring and evaluation to enhance climate change adaptation.

Background of the meeting

Since the first meeting in 2018 — at which experts operating cutting-edge climate change adaptation information platforms from other countries and regions were invited to share their insights and advice with a view to strengthening A-PLAT (launched in 2016) and launching the new AP-PLAT (subsequently launched in 2019) — this series of meetings has expanded its scope and participants, accumulating a wealth of experience in knowledge sharing. Following the fifth meeting in 2024, this sixth meeting will serve as a forum for sharing the latest initiatives and insights for further advance climate change adaptation.

Program

Day 1 – November 19^th

time	program
10:00-10:10	Opening Remarks Dr. Yasuaki Hijioka, Director, Center for Climate Change Adaptation (CCCA), National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)
10:10-11:30	Introduction Brief introductions by participating organizations (5 min each)
11:30-13:00	Group photo, lunch and networking
Session 1: CCCA's Mid-term Strategy and Recent Initiatives (10 min each)
13:00-15:00	Message from Director: Dr. Yasuaki Hijioka, Director Planning and Collaboration: Dr. Kazuaki Takahashi, Deputy Director Web Development: Dr. Yoshifumi Masago, Head, Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Research Section Support for Local Governments: Dr. Tomohiro Fujita, Senior Researcher, Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Research Section Support for Private Sector: Dr. Kazutaka Oka, Head, Climate Change Impacts Monitoring Research Section Advancing Adaptation in the Asia-Pacific: Dr. Yuji Masutomi, Head, Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Research Section Discussion
Session 2: Latest Tools (15 min each)
15:30-17:30	Taiwan: Dr. Tzu-Ming Liu, Associate Researcher, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction New Zealand: Dr. Nicholas Cradock-Henry, Principal Scientist, Earth Sciences New Zealand Korea: Dr. Young-Il Song, Honorary Research Fellow, Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change Japan: Dr. Takahiro Oyama, Researcher, Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Research Section, CCCA, NIES Japan: Ms. Akiko Miyatsuka, Climate Change Adaptation Promoter, Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Research Section, CCCA, NIES Discussion
19:00	Networking dinner Location: TBD

Day 2 – November 20^th

time	program
Session 3: Capacity Development for Utilizing Scientific Knowledge and Tools (15 min each)
10:00-12:00	Japan: AP-PLAT Capacity Development Australia: Dr. Brenda Lin, Principal Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation Asia-Pacific: Mr. Vensel Margraff, IPCC Pacific Regional Coordinator, Pacific Climate Change Centre, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme ESCAP: Ms. Kareff May Rafisura, Section Chief, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Discussion
12:00-13:00	Lunch and networking
13:00-13:10	Greetings from the NIES President
Session 4: Monitoring and Evaluation of Adaptation Platforms (15 min each)
13:10-14:30	Germany: Dr. Sebastian Weiss, Scientific associate, German Federal Environment Agency Netherlands: Dr. Kim van Nieuwaal, Strategic advisor, Climate Adaptation Services Denmark: Dr. Thea Aavang Wind, Climate Change Adaptation Portal Specialist, Danish Environmental Protection Agency Japan: Dr. Yoshifumi Masago, Head, Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Research Section, CCCA, NIES Discussion
Session 5: Strategies to Accelerate Regional Adaptation Implementation (10-15 min each)
15:00-16:30	Japan: Dr. Yuji Masutomi, Head, Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Research Section, CCCA, NIES UNDP: Mr. Yusuke Taishi, Senior Technical Advisor, United Nations Development Programme APN: Dr. Linda Anne Stevenson, Programme Director, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research EU: Ms. Kati Mattern, Expert, European Environment Agency Discussion
16:30-17:00	Closing

Published: October 6, 2026

The 6thInternational Climate Change Adaptation Platforms Meeting