VGP - Viet Nam appreciates valuable support provided by the Nippon Foundation and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation since 1980, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang. KHANH PHUONG The Government...
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VGP - Viet Nam appreciates valuable support provided by the Nippon Foundation and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation since 1980, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang. KHANH PHUONG The Government...
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Executive summary The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caught the world unprepared, revealing society’s vulnerabilities, systemic fragility and lack of resilience. In 2020, the Data, Strategy...
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Cambodia Cambodia has sustained high levels of economic growth over the last two decades and is considered to be on the path to achieve the status of a higher middle-income status country by 2030...
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Sarah Helen Olson, Amanda E Fine, Mathieu Pruvot, Lucy O Keatts, Chris Walzer Correspondence to Dr Sarah Helen Olson; solson@wcs.org Summary box The global public health sector acknowledges an intact...
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East Asia and the Pacific is home to half of the world’s population living in poverty. Challenges faced by poor families in meeting their basic needs and securing their livelihoods are exacerbated by...
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Climate change impacts increase in Asia Bangkok, Thailand 27 July 2023 (WMO) – Extreme weather and climate change impacts are increasing in Asia, which ricocheted between droughts and floods in 2022,...
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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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Ying-Syuan (Elaine) Huang, Philip Vaughter, and Jonghwi Park Highlights South Asia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, with millions of displacements recorded every year. Yet issues of...
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ADB Operations Reach $20.5 Billion in 2022, Addressing Crises, Building Resilience MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 April 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $20.5 billion from its own...
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East Asia and Pacific Regional Growth to Accelerate as China Rebounds Slowing global growth, commodity prices, financial tightening to weigh in 2023 WASHINGTON, March 30, 2023 – Growth in developing...
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By Kwan Soo-Chen and David McCoy KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 28 2023 (IPS) - Global warming and climate breakdown are going to be disruptive to say the least. Humanity’s insistence on unsustainable...
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Executive summary The Lloyd’s Register Foundation Safety Perceptions Index (SPI) provides a comprehensive assessment of worries and experiences of risk across 121 countries. The SPI is a unique body...
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Excerpt IFRC NETWORK ACTION IN 2023 Joint situational analysis All four Mekong countries in this plan – Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam – score differently on the Human Development Index...
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Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, 14 November 2022 - Economic losses from drought, floods and landslides have rocketed in Asia. In 2021 alone, weather and water-related hazards caused total damage of US$ 35.6...
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Edited by Mely Caballero-Anthony and Jose Ma. Luis Montesclaros Foreword Foresighted and pragmatic policymaking requires acknowledging the constancy of change, and the fleetingness and perhaps...
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Two powerful tropical cyclones are bringing misery to millions in opposite parts of the world. Hurricane Ian has caused devastation in western Cuba and has increased in strength and size as it heads...
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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...
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KEY MESSAGES 1. Global fisheries and aquaculture production is at a record high and the sector will play an increasingly important role in providing food and nutrition in the future. Total fisheries...
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Summary for policymakers Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2022 for ESCAP Subregions: Summary for Policymakers builds on ESCAP’s Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2021, Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report...