Briefing on the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 (GAR2022): Our World at Risk – Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future Read more about Briefing on the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 (GAR2022): Our World at Risk – Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future COVID-19 and climate change are making it clear that disaster impacts increasingly cascade across geographies and sectors. Despite progress, risk creation is outstripping risk reduction. To change course, new approaches to governance systems and an understanding of systemic risk are needed.
Unlocking Tomorrow's Resilience: Bridging Countries through ISO of Disaster Risk Reduction Infrastructure Read more about Unlocking Tomorrow's Resilience: Bridging Countries through ISO of Disaster Risk Reduction Infrastructure The session featured a presentation by David Nguyen from Tohoku University that discussed how the international standardization of disaster risk reduction infrastructure can strengthen the resilience agenda.
Pushing the Limits: Scaling up Climate and Disaster Resilience to Minimize and Address Loss and Damage Read more about Pushing the Limits: Scaling up Climate and Disaster Resilience to Minimize and Address Loss and Damage This session discussed the limits to adaptation and how specific areas of investments in climate and disaster resilience can help push the limits and thereby help countries minimize and address loss and damage.
Climate Risk Management in an Emergency Assistance Loan: The Pakistan Emergency Flood Assistance Project Read more about Climate Risk Management in an Emergency Assistance Loan: The Pakistan Emergency Flood Assistance Project The session shared the approach and lessons learned in climate risk management for the Emergency Assistance Loan for the Pakistan 2022 floods. The presentation highlighted key approaches and results of rapid climate change assessments used to inform the build-back-better reconstruction of key transport, irrigation, and flood risk management infrastructure.
Capacity Development Course Read more about Capacity Development Course Forty-one ADB staff from headquarters and resident missions completed seven interactive, half-day virtual workshops of the 2023 Resilience Learning Month (RLM) capacity development course from 26 September to 17 October. This year’s course tackled carbon pricing and carbon finance, climate finance, climate and disaster resilience, Paris alignment, and post-disaster and emergency assistance.
Seismic Risk: A Changing Landscape Read more about Seismic Risk: A Changing Landscape This session convened two leading experts to share the latest developments and learning that can inform the work of ADB and its member countries in strengthening understanding of seismic risk and building resilience.
2023 Resilience Learning Month Read more about 2023 Resilience Learning Month In celebration of Resilience Learning Month (RLM) 2023, ADB has organized a series of online events and capacity-building workshops that highlight regional and global innovation and lessons learned on tackling climate change and building climate and disaster resilience, delivered in partnership with ADB operations departments and sector and thematic groups.
Shinichiro Fujimori Keywords climate change mitigation food security biodiversity environment clean air management Read more about Shinichiro Fujimori Shinichiro Fujimori is a professor at Kyoto University, Department of Environmental Engineering. He is also a visiting researcher at NIES and in Energy program at IIASA. Dr. Fujimori’s main fields of scientific interest include integrated assessment modeling in climate change mitigation as well as its impact and adaptation. Furthermore, his model representation covers broader sense of global social/environmental issues and their assessments such as poverty, food security, and biodiversity. Ultimately, his research aims to inform national and global environmental policies. Dr.
Tanmay Tathagat Keywords climate change mitigation sustainable development energy efficiency indoor air quality green buildings Read more about Tanmay Tathagat Tanmay Tathagat is Director of the organisation Environmental Design Solutions [EDS]. He has a background of architecture and engineering. Over the last 30 years, he has worked on issues of climate change mitigation and sustainable development, building energy efficiency, indoor air quality, green buildings, and standards and labeling in Asia, Africa and the US.