Rising temperatures pose a threat to the health of over 243 million children in the region Bangkok, 11 April 2024 – Forecasts of a summer of record heat across East Asia and the Pacific put the lives...
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Rising temperatures pose a threat to the health of over 243 million children in the region Bangkok, 11 April 2024 – Forecasts of a summer of record heat across East Asia and the Pacific put the lives...
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Introduction The impacts of climate change in the Asia-Pacific region threaten to undo hard-won gains in sustainable development that countries have made in recent decades. Climate change is putting...
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HIGHLIGHTS HAZARDS Bangladesh and Fiji were hit by cyclones in November. About 10,000 people were displaced in Bangladesh and 230,000 were affected in Fiji. Heavy rains caused floods in India,...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Vanuatu is an archipelago of over 80 islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Its population of more than 300,000 people, the Ni-Vanuatu, have faced a changing environment for...
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A disaster emergency is underway in Asia and the Pacific as risks outpace resilience, warns new UN study The Asia-Pacific region has a narrow window to increase its resilience and protect its...
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Children in East Asia and the Pacific face the greatest exposure to multiple climate disasters Children in the region face six times more climate related shocks compared to their grandparents eroding...
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The monthly risk briefing reports on new, emerging or deteriorating situations; therefore, ongoing events that are considered to be unchanged are not featured and risks that are beyond the scope and...
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New UN report reveals that climate pledges by countries in the Asia-Pacific are off track with the 1.5°C pathway As typhoons, floods, heatwaves and droughts in the Asia-Pacific region highlight the...
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Ahead of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27, the Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (PIANGO) and partners, have outlined a list of key asks, that...
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CHAPTER 1 The shifting contours of the Pacific small island developing States (SIDS) disaster riskscape Blue Pacific 2050 Climate Change and Disasters Strategic pathways: Governance, Partnerships and...
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Author(s) : Simon Addison, Ritu Bharadwaj, Anna Carthy, et al. This paper presents a detailed overview of the nature of loss and damage risks affecting low-income countries, marginalised groups and...
As Natural Disasters Threaten Vanuatu’s Economic Gains, Agriculture and Education Provide Opportunities PORT VILA, April 11, 2022 – New World Bank research has highlighted the opportunities and...
KEY MESSAGES • Vanuatu is warming and is expected to warm throughout the 21st century. Future rates of warming are clouded by current models’ inability to simulate very localized changes but, warming...
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Glasgow, 10 November 2021 (WMO) - Sea surface temperatures and ocean heat in parts of the South-West Pacific are increasing at more than three times the global average rate, with marine heatwaves...
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Edited by Ritu Bharadwaj and Clare Shakya Loss and damage is an urgent issue: the world’s least-resourced communities and countries are increasingly unable to adapt to or absorb worsening climate...
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Climate Crisis – Children face life with far more heatwaves, floods, droughts and wildfires than grandparents Children born over the past year[1] will on average face seven times more scorching...
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Integrated approaches for climate-resilient development supported by UNDP are improving lives and livelihoods – and protecting the planet – as nations race to address the climate crisis The climate...
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The year 2020 marked the end of the Fourth United Nations Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011−2020 or informally called the Istanbul Programme of Action. During...
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2021 is “make or break year” for Climate Action 2021 must be the year for climate action – “the make it or break it year,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at the launch of...
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Executive Summary This Annual Report highlights the progress and results achieved during FY20. About the FY20 Annual Report This Annual Report highlights the progress and results achieved during...