The UCCAR course aims to improve climate change knowledge among mid- to senior-level professionals working in urban and infrastructure planning and, in turn, help them design adaptation projects. This 7-module, 5-day course begins with an introduction to climate change and climate change adaptation; provides tools and techniques for assessing climate change impacts and vulnerabilities; presents a framework for identification, evaluation, selection, and implementation of climate adaptation strategies, programs and projects; and finally looks at the options available for financing adaptation projects and methods of accessing climate change finance.
Training course on Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
Talk on Biomass Supply Chain Sustainability in India
AIT students tapped as social reporters at ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity
Eleven student volunteers from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) acted as ‘Social Reporters’ at the Second ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity (ACB) 2016 held on 15-17 February 2016 at Bangkok. As social reporters, AIT students documented the technical sessions, summarized the proceedings, provided inputs to the daily bulletin, assisted in the field trip for delegates, and participated in discussions with policy makers, experts, NGOs, and government officials.
When the tsunami caused the Fukushima breakdown
Although all the working units of the nuclear reactor were shut down following the Tohoku earthquake, the question of how Fukushima-I exploded has baffled many observers.
Why Fukushima-I accident happened?
Details about Dr. Noritaka Yusa are available at this link: http://afre.qse.tohoku.ac.jp/members/staff/yusa/index.html
More details are available from this seminar poster.
Collaboration for Innovation
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AIT Research Competition 2016
Do you have a research / business idea that has the potential to be a scalable solution?Join the AIT Research Competition, a platform for AIT researchers to develop their research/ business idea to scalable solutions by working with industry experts and venture capitalists.
PEA signs 20 Mil. Baht agreement with AIT to upgrade 24 staff
The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) of Thailand will send twenty-four of its staff to enroll in Master and Doctoral programs offered by the Asian Institute of Technology over the next four years, to support its plans for developing “Smart Network†energy services.
Seminar on Using DNA to Conserve and Protect Tropical Forests
Abstract: Tropical forests are important sources of timber, non‐timber forest products, and ecosystem services for approximately 1.6 billion people. Harboring more than half of the world’s plant and wild animal species, these ecosystems store about 247 billion tonnes of carbon.