To prepare for climate change-related disasters, many institutions are now addressing changing climate within their mandates at the global and local levels. While these efforts are useful, relevant knowledge solutions generated by these efforts are scattered and generally inaccessible. In addition, this fragmented body of knowledge needs to be organized, packaged, and shared in formats understandable to and replicable by various users. It is in this context that the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) established the Knowledge Center on Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in Southeast Asia (KC3).
KC3 has received recognition as a finalist in the Clean Energy Marketplace Competition during the 2009 Asia Clean Energy Forum on Investing in Solutions that Address Climate Change and Energy Security, organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).