Keynote Statement Read more about Keynote Statement ADB's Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Bambang Susantono, delivers his keynote speech. He talks about the solutions required to build climate resilience and ADB's experience in addressing the risk of loss and damage in Asia and the Pacific.
Charles Rodgers Keywords climate change disaster financing disaster risk reduction climate adaptation Read more about Charles Rodgers Charles Rodgers is Senior Advisor for Climate Change Adaptation at the Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines since 2015. He has served as Senior Environment Specialist with the Asian Development Bank in the Regional and Sustainable Development Department where he coordinated ADB’s climate change adaptation program. Dr. Rodgers’ training and professional experience combine civil engineering and economics as applied to agriculture and food security, water resources development and global climate change.
Country Experience on Contingency Finance: Nicaragua Read more about Country Experience on Contingency Finance: Nicaragua Nicaragua is the first nation in Central America to get covered by a disaster risk insurance. Was this move helpful in reducing its vulnerability?
Social Protection in the Area of Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia Pacific: IFRC Experience and Learnings Read more about Social Protection in the Area of Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia Pacific: IFRC Experience and Learnings 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.
Overview of the Range of Approaches to Address the Risks of Loss and Damage Read more about Overview of the Range of Approaches to Address the Risks of Loss and Damage Learn about the range of approaches currently available to address the risks of loss and damage.
ADB and IFMR Workshop: Discussion Highlights Read more about ADB and IFMR Workshop: Discussion Highlights This article summarizes the discussions during the different workshop sessions on catastrophe risk protection markets in India.
Workshop on Building Catastrophe Risk Protection Markets for Low-Income Households in India Read more about Workshop on Building Catastrophe Risk Protection Markets for Low-Income Households in India The purpose of the workshop is to bring key market participants together to debate and discuss the development of robust and deep catastrophe risk protection markets in India. Participants discussed the need for catastrophe risk protection in India, dispeled any misconceptions involved with the required data, discussed the product development challenges, and deliberated the ways in which these challenges can be overcome to create catastrophe risk mitigation products for the Indian market.
Adaptation and Migration in Asia's Drowning River Deltas Read more about Adaptation and Migration in Asia's Drowning River Deltas Alex Chapman from the University of Southampton reported on the latest adaptation and migration research in Asia's mega-river deltas. These regions are highly populated and vital to global food security, but most are rapidly sinking into the sea.
DisasterAWARE Platform: Emergency Operations Read more about DisasterAWARE Platform: Emergency Operations This presentation introduces DisasterAWARE and its key features as an integrated emergency operations (EMOPS) platform developed by the Pacific Disaster Center. It also explains how the EMOPS application is made freely available to disaster management practitioners around the world to support disaster risk reduction and humanitarian assistance activities.