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Welcome to the one platform, which gives you all the information you require or may want to share in the field of adaptation to climate change. This monthly newsletter is brought to you by the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia (AKP) and Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN). We will be happy to spotlight your Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) activities, announcements, events and new initiatives. All you have to do is to send your submissions to info@climateadapt.asia 2nd Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum Pre-event Briefing and Panel Discussion, Bangkok, March 6 Delegates, who attended the 2nd Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum Pre-event briefing and panel discussion, at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) in Bangkok on 6 March emphasized that climate change is no longer a global threat but a global reality. A run-up to the 2nd Adaptation Forum, the meeting was attended by several climate change experts as well as leading lights of the Thai entertainment world. The screening of a video by Thai PBS showing the floods that devastated large parts of Thailand in 2011 set the tone for the event. Later, Khun Winai “Make” Kraibutr a famous Thai movie star, dwelt on the creative industry’s role in highlighting environmental issues. The high point of the event was a panel discussion on the need for providing greater attention to Climate Change Adaptation. The panelists included Dr. Mozaharul Alam, Regional Climate Change Coordinator for Asia and the Pacific Region, UNEP, Dr Seree Supratid, Thai Public Broadcasting System (Thai PBS), Dr. Geoffrey Blate, Senior Advisor, WWF Greater Mekong, Dr. Robert Mather, Head of South East Asia Group, The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and Dr. Albert Salamanca, Stockholm Environment Institute Asia Centre (SEI). The discussion was moderated by Stuart Ward from the Development Cooperation Section of the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok.