Publications

03 December 2018

Enabling Resilience for All: Avoiding the Worst Impacts: Summary Report of the 6th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum

The 6th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum took place from 17 to 19 October 2018, at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Headquarters in Manila, Philippines. This is the sixth flagship biennial event of the Asia Pacific A...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

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26 November 2018

The Changing World of Mongolia's Boreal Forests

Every year as the sun warms and the days lengthen, 28-year-old Baganatsooj moves his herds to their summer pastures outside the town of Tunkhel in Mongolia’s far northern Selenge province – a nomadic lifestyle his ancestors have p...

THEMES : Natural Resources and Agriculture

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Mongolia, Central Asia

31 January 2018

Examining the relationship between inequality and climate change in Papua New Guinea and Tonga

Understanding the relationship between inequality and climate change risk is increasingly recognized as being central to informing effective adaptation action. In this research, negative outcomes of inequality associated with...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Gender and Social Impacts

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Papua New Guinea, Tonga

10 November 2017

Livelihood Security in Changing Climate: Insight from the Farmer's Field Laboratory

Climate induced natural hazards are emerging as a cause of major concern, particularly in the coastal and haor areas of Bangladesh. There is growing evidence that these hazards are appearing more frequently and are expected to be...

THEMES : Natural Resources and Agriculture

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Bangladesh

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31 October 2017

Mainstreaming, accessing and institutionalising finance for climate change adaptation

The cost of adapting to climate change in developing countries could rise to between US$280 and US$500 billion per year by 2050 (UNEP, 2016). Moreover, adaptation costs are likely to increase, even if the world succeeds in limitin...

THEMES : Financing Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

South Asia

19 September 2017

Working across scales: Learning from seven years of climate compatible development in Asia

The adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Change Agreement, all in 2015, highlights the strength of inte...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan

16 February 2017

Innovative Financing for the Adaptation Fund: Pathways and Potentials

This new report explores the potential of seven innovative climate finance options to meet the financing needs of the Adaptation Fund. It concludes that if implemented in a collective manner, these can provide a steady and predict...

THEMES : Financing Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

15 February 2017

Summary of Adaptation Measures in the Nationally Determined Contributions of selected Asia-Pacific Countries

The international commitments in response to climate change have been made globally, particularly at COP21 in Paris in December 2015 and at COP22 in Marrakech in November 2016. All parties are required to submit their Nationally D...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

15 February 2017

Summary of APAN Capacity Building Activities, 2010-2015

In support of APAN’s broad mission to “build climate change resilient and sustainable human systems, ecosystems and economies” in Asia-Pacific, the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) has provided significa...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

30 January 2017

Climate finance in the Pacific: An overview of flows to the region’s Small Island Developing States

This working paper presents an analysis of climate finance flows to Pacific Island states in 2010–2014, collectively and by country, as well as more recent data on flows from multilateral climate funds. The Small Island Developing...

THEMES : Financing Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Pacific

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