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Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture www.searca.org CChAMP CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION PROGRAM FOR AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Ensuring climate change resiliency in agricultural production and sustainable natural resource management in Southeast Asia

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SEARCA Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Program for Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture

www.searca.org

CChAMP CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION PROGRAM

FOR AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Ensuring climate change resiliency in agricultural production and sustainable natural resource management in Southeast Asia

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About CChAMP SEARCA’s Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Program (CChAMP) for Agriculture and Natural Resource

Management in Southeast Asia aims to contribute to an

enabled environment for rural poverty reduction and food

security via built capacities and institutions that ensure

climate change resiliency in agricultural production and

sustainable natural resource management in Southeast Asia.

• Empowered agriculture and natural resource institutions to address climate change adaptation and mitigation

• Well-informed policy and decision makers on the impact of climate change in agriculture and natural resources

• Science-based knowledge on climate change • Mainstreamed climate change adaptation and mitigation in

national and sub-national development plans • Informed public and effective management of knowledge

on climate change in Southeast Asia

Expected Outputs

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Research and Development

Seed fund for research and development activities focused on climate change in Southeast Asia

Research projects on risk and vulnerability assessment and impacts of climate change on agrobiodiversity

Policy studies on climate change

Capacity Building and Knowledge Management Regional and national training

programs and online courses on climate risks in the agriculture and natural resource sector

Regional CChAMP conferences, symposia, seminars, policy forums, and workshops related to agriculture and natural resource management

Information and resources on climate change through SEARCA’s Knowledge Center on Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (KC3), publications, and other knowledge products.

Scholarships and Grants

Dissertation grants addressing climate change concerns

Exchanges and cross visits of climate change experts to enhance adaptation and mitigation measures in Southeast Asia

Support for participation of graduate students to symposia, forums, and training courses related to climate change

www.climatechange.searca.org

Mainstreaming in Development Management

Special projects mainstreaming climate change adaptation and mitigation at the regional, sub-regional, national, and sub-national levels

Assistance to government institutions and other partners’ projects addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation

Assistance in experts database build up

CChAMP COMPONENTS

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Dr. Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr. Director SEARCA, College, Los Baños Laguna 4031 Philippines Tel.: +63 49 536 7044 Fax: +63 49 536 7097 Email: [email protected] Dr. Bessie M. Burgos Manager Project Development and Management Department SEARCA, College, Los Baños Laguna 4031 Philippines Tel.: +63 49 536 2365 (local 123) Fax: +63 49 536 7097 Email: [email protected]

Contact Persons

Selected SEARCA Projects on Climate Change Adaptation

Mainstreaming of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Local Development Plans under the European Union funded project, Focused Food Production Assistance to Vulnerable Sectors

Knowledge Center on Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in Southeast Asia (KC3), a repository website of climate change information

Building Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change: Vulnerability Assessment and Economic Analysis of Adaptation in Cambodia, Philippines, and Vietnam (International Development Research Center)

Impact of Climate Change on the Philippines Rice Sector (International Rice Research Institute)

Capability Building on Responding to Climate Change through Research and Development in Agriculture (Philippine Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research)

Online Course on Responding to Climate Risks in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in Southeast Asia

Capacity Development Program on Mainstreaming Climate Resiliency in Agrarian Reform Communitiesʼ Development Plans (Philippine Department of Agrarian Reform)

Study Tour-Writeshop on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Southeast Asia (Korea-Food and Agriculture Organization)

Dissertations and research grants related to CCA