The Asia and Pacific region has made significant progress in reducing poverty over the last half century. The poor and vulnerable populations suffer disproportionately from the adverse impacts of climate change and disasters, which results in loss of life, damage to household and community assets, disruption of livelihoods, and loss of income.
When if comes to disaster events, Asia and the Pacific suffers more than half of all people affected and a staggering 70% of the death and missing people worldwide. To strengthen resilience, disaster risk reduction seeks to 9i) to prevent new disaster risk, (ii) reduce existing disaster risk and (iii) manage residual risk. This publication is intended to guide policy makers and administrations in developing member countries and stakeholders interested in financing disaster risk reduction.
A mature La Niña event remains active in the tropical Pacific. Climate models suggest the 2021-22 La Niña is near or at its peak, with a return to neutral El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) likely early in the southern hemisphere autumn (March 2022).
The interim guidance focuses on accounting for projected changes to extreme daily rainfall intensity in Pacific island countries when conducting feasibility studies, climate risk and adaptation assessments and infrastructure design. The advice and information provided here are based on the best available data and scientific understanding for the Pacific region.
The community resilience partnership program (CRPP) is intended to help countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific scale up investments in climate adaptations, especially investments as the community level that explicitly target nexus between climate change, poverty, and gender. In doing so, the CRPP aims to support countries to meet their commitments to the Paris Agreement, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risks Reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals,
The Paris Agreement aims to limit global warming 1.5ºC–2ºC above preindustrial temperatures. Current international climate responses will not meet these targets. Thus, urgent and widespread action is indispensable. recent Intergovernmental Panelon Climate change reports showed significant difference in degree of impact between 1.5ºC–2ºC of warming. Indeed, the 1.5ºCgoal is the safest for most of Asia and the Pacific. And then the covid19 pandemic entered the equation, shutting down economies and claiming almost 1,163,459 lives by 28 Oct 2020. Its devastating impacts leave the world struggling toe rebuild. After the covid19., the world must choose the path toward a safer, inclusive, dignifies and resilient future.
The 15 Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are exposed to a wide range of worsening climate-related hazards, such as tropical cyclones, floods, droughts storm surges and sea level rise. The region also faces geo physical hazards such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
It is a dedicated technical assistance platform established by the Water Sector Group (WSG) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support its developing member countiries (DMCs) become waste secure and resilient. It plans to leverage financing, physical and human resources, governance, partnerships, knowledge, and skills at the local level, while aligning with national, regional and global water security and resilience goals.
This inaugural Asia and the Pacific Renewable Energy status report provides a comprehensive overview of renewable energy developments in selected countries of the region.Asia and the Pacific plays a large role in the world, covering a vast territory and contributing a majority of world population and population growth. The region's economic transformation, accompanied by an energy transition is fundamental to the success of global efforts to achieve sustainable development goals and decarbonisation objectives.
