Climate change and disaster risk management


Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals through Solutions at the Energy, Food and Finance Nexus
This report shows how cascading crises are pushing the SDGs out of reach of Asia and the Pacific economies.

Tags: Sustainable Development Goals, COVID-19, Energy, Agriculture and food security, Finance, Climate change and disaster risk management

Women Must Be at the Forefront of the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
The transition to a low-carbon economy needs to be consciously designed to be socially equitable and inclusive–a just transition. Moreover, the transition cannot be gender-neutral but must be gender-just.

Tags: Gender and development, Education, Energy, Climate change and disaster risk management, Sustainable Development Goals

Rebalancing and Restoring Our Relationship with Nature Entails Adopting Regenerative Design
Regenerative design is an an important mechanism for decarbonization as it aims to restore social and planetary health, revitalize biodiverse ecosystems, and renew natural capital.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals

ASEAN and Global Value Chains: Locking in Resilience and Sustainability
This book reviews the challenges and opportunities facing GVCs in Southeast Asia as they build greater resilience and promote sustainable, green development for the region and its people.

Tags: ASEAN, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Trade and industry, Regional cooperation and integration, Sustainable Development Goals

3 Steps to Mobilize Waqf to Fund Indonesia's Net-Zero Ambitions
Indonesia needs to invest in building human capital, establish coordination between government and non-government actors; and build a blueprint establishing a legal framework to mobilize waqf for climate finance.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Indonesia, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Energy

Climate Adaptation and Tourism: A Closer Link Than We Might Think?
Ensuring the tourism sector adapts to climate change impacts could be both challenging and complicated, but industry players are already finding ways to mitigate climate impacts on their bottom line.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Tourism, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment

Can Green Hydrogen Help Indonesia Meet Its Net-Zero Goals?
Indonesia faces the challenge of finding ways to make the use of green hydrogen economically feasible, financially appealing, and socially beneficial.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Energy, Indonesia, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, ASEAN, Brunei Darussalam

How to Cool Southeast Asia’s Cities
Adopting heat action plans, using heat-responsive building design, and deploying large scale "cool roof" programs among measures to limit exposure of the urban poor to heat stress

Tags: SEADS 2023, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Urban development

ADB Signs Loan for First Cross-Border Wind Power Project in Asia, First Plant in Lao PDR and Largest in Southeast Asia
The financing package is the largest syndicated renewable project financing transaction among ASEAN countries to date.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Climate change and disaster risk management, Finance, Environment, Energy, Lao PDR

Unlocking Islamic Climate Finance
This report analyzes how Islamic finance can be scaled up to help build urgently needed climate-resilient infrastructure in the Asia and the Pacific, and ensure its post-COVID-19 recovery is green, sustainable, and inclusive.

Tags: Climate change and disaster risk management, Finance

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