The Third Session of Disaster Resilience Week (2nd Day)

The Regional Learning Platform on Strengthening Disaster, Climate and Health Resilience: 10:30 - 11:45 Virtual (MS Teams and YouTube webcast) Session 3: Climate change adaptation and resilience   Organizing Partner(s): NEASPEC, ASEAN Secretariat

• Expert discussion session to facilitate regional cooperation on integrating climate adaptation and resilience into development planning processes post COVID-19 and deliberate on the key adaption priorities for Asia Pacific as well as for each ESCAP sub-region based on the respective specific riskscape.

Panelists: NEASPEC (Mongolia), ASEAN Secretariat, Turkmenistan, APDIM Break: 11:45 - 12:45 The Regional Learning Platform on Strengthening Disaster, Climate and Health Resilience : 12:45 - 14:00 Virtual (MS Teams and YouTube webcast) Session 4: Investing in disaster and climate resilient infrastructure for better health preparedness  Organizing Partner(s): UNDRR, CDRI

• Launch of the Issue Based Coalition Policy Paper: Climate and disaster resilient infrastructure- building resilience to future uncertainties and shocks
• Expert discussion session on the challenges and opportunities to strengthen resilience among critical infrastructure including health infrastructure for future shocks and facilitating regional and sub-regional cooperation to build disaster and climate resilient infrastructure.

Panelists: Government of Fiji, ADPC, China, UNDP Thematic Expert Meeting : 14:15 - 16:00 Virtual (MS Teams and YouTube webcast) Consideration of draft outcome document on developing a regional strategy for disaster, climate and health resilience 

• The Thematic Expert Meeting session will provide guidance on developing a regional strategy on building back better for disaster, climate, and health resilience. The recommendations of the Thematic Expert Meeting will be reported by the Chair of the session to the Seventh Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction through an information document.