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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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...
Improve water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management to strengthen resilience to vector-borne diseases. Introduction In Nepal, dengue fever has spread at an alarming rate, with nationwide...
This report proposes solutions across six priority policy areas and identifies enabling factors to help build resilience to climate and disaster risks among the urban poor in the Philippines. ...
Executive Summary Mongolia has a strong capacity for sustainable development due to its highly skilled, educated, and resilient population and a wealth of natural resources. It also faces significant...
Executive Summary Poverty and climate nexus needs special attention. Climate and disaster risk poses a serious threat to the socioeconomic development of Indonesia and undermines the country’s...
Technical Summary Background Bangladesh, considered to be the world’s largest delta, is a riverine country that is highly vulnerable to climate and weather-related and geophysical hazards due to its...
KEY MESSAGES Timor-Leste’s tropical climate is heavily influenced by the West Pacific Monsoon and its mountainous climate. Timor-Leste’s climate is strongly impacted by the El Niño Southern...
KEY MESSAGES • Tajikistan is projected to experience temperature rises significantly above the global average. Under the highest emissions pathway (RCP8.5), warming could reach 5.5°C by the 2090s,...
KEY MESSAGES • Between 1970 and 2013, Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak regions experienced surface mean temperature increase of 0.14°C–0.25°C per decade. • Under RCP8.5, the highest emissions...
KEY MESSAGES • While data are limited, historical records indicate an increase in annual temperatures of just under 1°C over the 20th century in Bhutan, with daily minimum temperatures increasing at...
KEY MESSAGES • Observations show temperature increases across Thailand since the mid-20th century and an increase in annual precipitation. Most of this increase occurs during the wet season. • By the...
KEY MESSAGES • Cambodia is projected to experience warming of 3.1°C by the 2090s, against the baseline conditions over 1986–2005 under the highest emissions pathway, RCP8.5. • Increases in annual...
KEY MESSAGES Historical temperatures show a warming trend since the mid-20th century, with average annual mean temperature increasing by approximately 0.6°C and a significant increase in hot days and...
PREFACE Kiribati is one of the most remote and least developed countries in the world. The capital, South Tarawa, is dependent on groundwater, which is seriously threatened by climate change-induced...
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES (19 July 2021) — A six-year, pioneering regional technical assistance initiative has boosted the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao...
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES (30 June 2021) — The Asian Development Bank has generally endorsed a new 5-year strategy aimed at building resilience against economic shocks, delivering sustainable services, and...
This profile is intended to serve as a public good to facilitate upstream country diagnostics, policy dialogue, and strategic planning by providing comprehensive overviews of trends and projected...
This profile is intended to serve as a public good to facilitate upstream country diagnostics, policy dialogue, and strategic planning by providing comprehensive overviews of trends and projected...
KEY MESSAGES The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) have experienced warming of around 0.7°C between 1980 and 2017. Future trends in warming are obscured by the inability of climate models to...
This profile is intended to serve as a public good to facilitate upstream country diagnostics, policy dialogue, and strategic planning by providing comprehensive overviews of trends and projected...