Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) would like to invite you to a press conference at 11 am on January 7th 2010 at Hotel Plaza Athénée in Bangkok, Thailand.  The press conference aims to promote the linkage of climate change adaptation with disaster risk reduction and to highlight the importance of climate change adaptation. The press conference is held in conjunction with the regional seminar, Special Report on “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)” during 7th – 8th of January 2010.

The two-day meeting, co-hosted by the Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and ADPC with financial support provided by the Royal Norwegian Government, will focus on the interfaces between climate change, extreme weather events, catastrophes, vulnerability, disaster risk reduction and adaptation.

 Participants in the Press Conference will be:

• Dr. Bhichit Rattakul, Executive Director (ADPC)
• Dr. Anand Patwardhan, representative from IPCC
• Dr. Karen O’Brien, representative from IPCC
• Mr. Brad Philips, Director, Public Health in Emergencies (ADPC)

Journalists should contact the Information & Communication Coordinator no later than Monday, 4 January 2010 to arrange accreditation through phone +66 (0)22980681 to 92 (Ext. 256), fax +66 (0)22 980012-13 or email hykim@adpc.net . The Press Conference will begin at 11 am, 7 January 2010 and journalists must arrive no later than 10:55 am. Participating journalists are invited to join for lunch with the participants following the press conference. This would be the opportunity to speak with the leading technical experts from the Asia region on the subject of extreme weather events and climate change.

 Press Release on 4th January 2010