KEY MESSAGES Pakistan faces rates of warming considerably above the global average with a potential rise of 1.3°C–4.9°C by the 2090s over the 1986–2005 baseline. The range in possible temperature...
KEY MESSAGES Projections of temperature rise for Indonesia are hindered by the lack of fine resolution modelling. Most projections suggest that overall warming could be less than the global average...
BEIJING, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (12 May 2021) — Different financial instruments to increase disaster resilience in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were the focus of discussions at a workshop...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Southeast Asia is home to an estimated 36 million people living below the international poverty line, about 5% of the global total. If efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (20 April 2021) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a $50 million grant to help the Government of Afghanistan procure and deploy safe, high-quality COVID-19...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (16 April 2021) — The Government of Timor-Leste and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $1 million grant agreement to support immediate relief efforts in the aftermath...
UNICEF and ADB hand over medical equipment to support Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 response DILI, 2 March 2021 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) today...
UN forum opens with a call for greater regional cooperation to ensure sustainable and resilient recovery from COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific News Number: G/12/2021 The 8th Asia-Pacific Forum on...
SUVA, FIJI (1 March 2021) - UNICEF, together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), handed over 22,220 Cepheid GeneXpert test kits to the Fijian Ministry of Health and Medical Services today as part...
KEY MESSAGES • Warming in Nepal is projected to be higher than the global average. By the 2080s, Nepal is projected to warm by 1.2°C–4.2°C, under the highest emission scenario, RCP8.5, as compared to...
KEY MESSAGES Maldives experiences a consistently warm climate and has already experienced warming trends, with increases of 0.8°C between 1978 and 2018. Future projections are clouded by the...
Islamabad, 5 February 2021 – Funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), 220 Oxygen Concentrators worth $331,000 were handed over by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to the Ministry of...
Introduction Timor-Leste acted rapidly on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic with a two-pronged approach. First, it put in place a system of health controls to keep the disease at bay, and...
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A revolution in the planning, design, financing, and delivery of infrastructure is urgently needed to meet the acute needs of our warming world. Climate risk is affecting infrastructure development...
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This policy brief proposes reforms in primary and secondary education as developing Asia copes with the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). It explores blended learning modalities that can...
Abstract This paper investigates the impact of environmental factors that indicate climate change on household decisions to migrate abroad in the case of Tajikistan, an environmentally vulnerable and...
Executive Summary Protected areas, such as national parks and reserves, form the basis of most national and global efforts to conserve biodiversity. They help to maintain natural living systems and...
SUVA, FIJI (24 December 2020) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a $1 million (about 2 million Fijian dollars) grant to the Government of Fiji to help fund priority recovery activities...
This joint report by ADB and the OECD examines how emerging technologies and innovation can improve the management of disaster and climate risks and the availability and affordability of financial...
KEY MESSAGES Afghanistan faces rates of warming higher than the global average with a potential rise of 1.4°C–5.4°C by the 2080s and the 2090s, compared with the baseline of 1986–2005. The range in...