Climate Finance Tracking and Paris Agreement Alignment Read more about Climate Finance Tracking and Paris Agreement Alignment SDCC-URG, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Division (SDCD), and the urban divisions of Operations Departments (ODs) jointly organized a deep dive FGD for the urban sector staff on ADB’s procedures for working on the Paris Agreement (PA) alignment and tracking of climate finance (mitigation and adaptation) at the project level.
Multiscalar Drivers and Responses to Heat Exposure in Asian Cities Read more about Multiscalar Drivers and Responses to Heat Exposure in Asian Cities
Bijal Brahmbhatt Keywords resilience urban poor Urban Development climate change disaster risk reduction pro-poor policies and investments ADB Read more about Bijal Brahmbhatt Bijal Brahmbhatt is the Director of Mahila Housing Trust in India. Her work of over 20 years in cities has been in the areas of formal, informal, and invisible governance for housing and habitat. Her programs have helped women participate in city-level initiatives, a small step to make cities inclusive. Bijal was a Fellow (2015) of the Womanity Foundation, Switzerland and a finalist of Schwab Foundation’s Social Entrepreneur of the year, India.
Climate and Disaster Resilience at the Household Level Read more about Climate and Disaster Resilience at the Household Level
Housing Micro-Finance for Building Climate Change and Disaster Resilience Read more about Housing Micro-Finance for Building Climate Change and Disaster Resilience
Development of Adaptive Social Protection in Indonesia Read more about Development of Adaptive Social Protection in Indonesia
Transformation Recording Read more about Transformation Recording Solutions to making the urban poor more resilient need to go beyond ‘business as usual and need to consider the underlying drivers which create risk for this group. Piece-meal solutions that offer temporary respite from oncoming climate change-induced stresses and disaster risks will not create the necessary level of structural change and require constant input. Therefore, it is necessary to discuss and understand how resilience initiatives can be made transformational so that urban poor households and communities within cities become truly resilient and independent.
Financing for Resilience of the Urban Poor Recording Read more about Financing for Resilience of the Urban Poor Recording Cities in Asia and the Pacific need to plan for a warmer world. This will require scaling up investments in climate and disaster resilience that benefits all populations. Finance, especially climate adaptation finance could potentially play a critical role in helping cities and communities unlock their potential to grow despite climate challenges.
Compound Hazards Recording Read more about Compound Hazards Recording Compound hazards — when multiple hazards occur simultaneously, or one after another — have come to prominence as countries manage climate and disaster risks while continuing to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. The impacts of climate change, including climate variability and more frequent and intense natural hazards, are increasing the complexity of the disaster ‘riskscape’ across Asia and the Pacific, and particularly for the urban poor.