Winrock International India (WII) and Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET, US) jointly organized an International Conference on Adaptation to Climatic Variability and Change: Sharing insights from US, India and other parts of the World, with support from US Environmental Protection Agency, during January 5-7, 2006 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. This conference was part of US-India bilateral co-operation and hosted in partnership with US EPA.

The conference had three core objectives:

1. To increase dialogue and understanding regarding emerging adaptation issues and the approaches and activities currently being undertaken respond to them. Within this particular aim, attention was paid to issues related to:
   
   
• Opportunities for climate risk reduction in the context of post-disaster reconstruction activities such as those following the Asian Tsunami and those that will follow Hurricane Katrina in the US;
• Climate risk and adaptation within the water sector where most direct impacts of change are likely to occur; and
• Long-term adaptation issues in agricultural and agriculturally linked economic systems.
  
  
2. To identify critical areas where research or pilot implementation activities are needed that would support the development of policies or programs capable designed to enhance adaptive capacity;
   
3. To establish links between government, NGO, academic and other groups working on questions of adaptation as a basis for further cooperation in the future.
   
   The proceeding of the conference has been published.