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5 September 2016
Extreme weather conditions have affected 1.3 billion people in the past decade. How do you address this? In this speech, ADB's Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Bambang Susantono, highlights the need to build climate resilience in the region. He also shares ADB's…
5 September 2016
Climate‐related disasters are expected to increasingly affect vulnerable people, adding to the already unmanageable workload of humanitarian teams. There is a need for systems that can respond predictably and effectively to protect vulnerable communities amidst the evolving risks.
5 September 2016
Learn about the range of approaches currently available to address the risks of loss and damage.
5 September 2016
What are the financial instruments used to address the risks of loss and damage? And how are these structured? Get to know the existing financial instruments, along with their advantages and challenges at different levels of application.
5 September 2016
Risk financing mechanisms at local, national, regional, and global scales contribute to increasing resilience to climate extremes and climate variability, but involve major design challenges.
5 September 2016
Risk transfer schemes including insurance products and tools that help the vulnerable to have direct or indirect insurance coverage against the negative impact of climate change. The Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) is an example of such. Learn how MCII reach its target group and help…
31 August 2016
Asia and the Pacific shows a positive trend in strengthening water security with the number of water insecure countries dropping to 29 from 38 in 2013, according to this edition of the Asian Water Development Outlook.
29 June 2016
Maximum impacts of disasters are largely felt by the poorest members of society. Given this, interventions are needed that would bring in development benefits in the near term, while reducing their vulnerability over the longer term.
29 June 2016
Ecosystems evolve and change over time, and are naturally resilient and adaptable up to some rate of change. They also have a crucial role in disaster risk management. Get to know why and how ecosystem based adaptation (EBA) has become a buzzword in the field of climate change and disaster risk…
28 June 2016
Climate data need to be translated into useful information that can be understood by different audiences and users. The experience of communities near the Pyanj River Basic shows how science and community-based vulnerability assessment can work hand-in-hand.