NEWS

ADB initiated an online chat session on 28 November 2013. Extreme weather events like the Typhoon Haiyan are a wake-up call for urgent and immediate actions not only on integrated disaster risk management, but also on addressing climate change. This chat raised the following questions:

• What practical steps can be taken to address climate change?
• What can countries like the Philippines do to increase their resilience to climate impacts and limit the damage of typhoons, floods, and tsunamis?
• What lessons can be learned from the natural disasters that have afflicted Asia and the Pacific region?

For more information and the chat transcript, please visit http://www.adb.org/news/events/live-online-chat-facing-natures-wrath-dealing-climate-change-and-its-effects.