During 10-12 June 2009, representatives from more than 18 universities and research organizations from across the Asia-Pasific, as well as international and intergovernmental organizations, gathered at UNU headquarters in Tokyo to put higher education on top of the climate change adaptation agenda. The even successfully established a regional network that will provide the foundations for a comprehensive postgraduate educational programme to produce the necessary students, educators, and research needed for effective adaptation to climate change. More than 100 educators, researchers, policy makers and administrators participated.