The gathering storm: will Asia Pacific cities adapt to climate change?

This document is the report of a workshop which addressed the issue of how cities in the Asia-Pacific region might adapt to climate change and in particular, whether the cities could collaborate with each other in ways that cannot be anticipated by states, and might prove critical to successful adaptation. The participants identified a research agenda that could feed into policies and actions at many levels within and between nations and societies.

The workshop was a joint activity of RMIT University’s Global Cities Institute and the Nautilus Institute at RMIT and in San Francisco, held on 6-7 November 2007 in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, with the support of RMIT Vietnam on its campus in Ho Chi Minh City.