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Return of Investments Evaluation for Nature-Based Solutions - Water Security

1 October 2024
This presentation gives an overview of building the business case for climate-resilient NBS in an urban context as well as discusses methodology and tools.

Session 1 Introduction and Guide Questions

25 September 2024

Introduction to the Workshop

25 September 2024
A brief introduction on how climate and disaster risks impact physical, geographical, social, and financial systems and how relevant risk information can be used for informed decision-making for climate adaptive and resilient investments. This also shares ADB’s commitment on building climate and…

Risk Information for Investing in a Resilient Future in Asia and the Pacific

25 September 2024
An introduction on climate and disaster risk data and information—types, uses, opportunities for strengthening data at national level, and samples of sources of data and information.

Risk Data Exercise

25 September 2024
An introduction to different open-source climate and natural hazard databases/platforms as well as walk-throughs on how to tap and use these databases/platforms.

Case Study of Upstream Climate Assessment in the Amu Darya Basin

25 September 2024
A presentation of a case study of a project in Uzbekistan. This shows how the use of climate and disaster risk assessment and climate data informed the decision-making for investment planning (e.g., identification of risks, hazards, vulnerabilities with use of climate data and adaptive measures to…

Tonga: Strengthen Climate and Disaster Risk

25 September 2024
An introduction to the Government of Tonga’s planning agency, which is under the Prime Minister’s Office, the National Planning Department. This presentation provides a glimpse of how the planning is translated from national plans (i.e., Tonga Strategic Development Framework, Sustainable…

Tonga: National Emergency Management Office

25 September 2024
An introduction to the national agency of the Government of Tonga, which is responsible for enhancing national disaster preparedness and strengthening cluster systems and emergency coordination mechanisms, the National Emergency Management Office (NEMO).[1] The NEMO is in-charge of translating…

Session 2 Introduction and Guide Questions

25 September 2024

Role of Climate and Disaster Assessment Investment Decisions

25 September 2024
This is a compact lecture on risk, the factors contributing to it, the type of risk assessments (upstream vs. project), and when to do a detailed risk assessment. It also discusses some factors that are critical to consider and include in risk assessments, such as uncertainties, system-level…