Climate change and disaster risk management


Cultivating a Resilient Agrifood System
Pursuing policy actions—from plate to planet—can help boost food and nutrition security while strengthening the sustainability of agrifood systems in the region.

Tags: Sustainable Development Goals, ASEAN, Climate change and disaster risk management, Finance, Private sector development

Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Risk Management: Revitalizing Philippine Rivers to Boost Climate Resilience and Enhance Environmental Stability
This case study brief shares insights from pilot projects in the Philippines on how nature-based solutions can strengthen flood risk management in cost-effective ways.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Philippines, Agriculture and food security, Tourism, Water, Health

How Scientists and Communities Can Build Partnerships to Deal with Floods: Learning from Indonesia
Citizen science, a way for communities to collaborate with researchers, can help scientists understand the impacts of floods.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Climate change and disaster risk management, Indonesia

ASEAN Gears Up for a Shift to Electric Vehicles
Accelerating EV adoption is expected to help decarbonize the transport sector as well as attract investments.

Tags: Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Transportation, Environment, Climate change and disaster risk management, ASEAN, Energy, Information and communications technology

Breaking the Waves: Kickstarting the Global Sustainable Blue Economy in Southeast Asia
Advancing a sustainable blue economy entails developing a globally recognized taxonomy, attracting much-needed private capital into blue projects, and generating a healthy project pipeline.

Tags: Environment, Finance, Climate change and disaster risk management, Tourism, Philippines, Indonesia, GFH News

$134 Million UK Fund to Help Catalyze Green Financing in Southeast Asia
The fund will leverage UK and ADB funds to accelerate a pipeline of low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure projects and catalyze financing from public and private capital sources.

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

How Nature-Friendly Solutions Can Help Curb Floods in Mindanao
An ecosystem-based approach provides a low-cost way of avoiding more than $60 million in damages annually.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Environment, Agriculture and food security, Philippines, Climate change and disaster risk management

How Makassar Is Putting People First in Goal to Become a Smart, Livable City
Prioritizing "heartware" alongside hardware and software associated with technology is key in the local government's livable city plan.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Urban development, Sustainable Development Goals, Indonesia, COVID-19, Health, Climate change and disaster risk management, ASEAN

Cambodia’s Ecosystem for Technology Startups
This report assesses the current ecosystem for tech-based startups in Cambodia, focusing on agriculture, education, health, and climate change.

Tags: Cambodia, Information and communications technology, Economics, Private sector development, Agriculture and food security, Education, Health, Climate change and disaster risk management

ADB Financing Partners Mobilized $1.1 Billion for Southeast Asian Countries in 2021
The funding supported developing member countries' COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery interventions, says ADB's Partnership Report 2021.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Finance, Health, COVID-19, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Transportation, Private sector development, Sustainable Development Goals, Gender and development

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