Publications | Asia Pacific Adaptation Network

21 November 2014

Technologies to Support Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Asia

This publication showcases technologies that can be used to address such impacts across six sectors: agriculture, coastal resources, human health, transportation, water resources, and disaster risk management. The solutions presen...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Coastal Zone Management / Disaster Risk Reduction / Natural Resources and Agriculture / Urban Areas and Infrastructure

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

30 April 2014

Central Mekong Delta Region Connectivity Project: Rapid climate change threat and vulnerability assessment

In the context of climate change, it is usually not economical or technically possible to completely climate proof infrastructure against all possible climate change projections. Engineers, together with climate scientists, need t...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Urban Areas and Infrastructure

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Vietnam

31 December 2013

ADB summary report from COP 19/CMP9

This report provides a summary of expectations and outcomes of, and Asian Development Bank's engagement in, the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 19) to the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Chan...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

26 November 2013

The Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific

The Pacific developing member countries of ADB are highly vulnerable to the predicted effects of climate change, including higher sea levels, intense storm surges and cyclones, erratic rainfall patterns, and major temperature fluc...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Financing Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Pacific

17 October 2013

Economics of Climate Change in East Asia

This regional study includes the People's Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Mongolia and examines how strategies for adapting to climate change up to 2050 can be combined with measures to reduce greenhouse gas e...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Financing Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

China, Japan, Korea, South, Mongolia, Northeast Asia

31 August 2013

Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific

The Pacific region—a diverse array of 7,500 islands of varying topographies, cultures, and economies—is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, with significant economic costs. This study provides fine-scale clim...

THEMES : Financing Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Factsheet / Brochure

Pacific

08 April 2013

Responding to climate change using an adaptation pathways and decision-making approach

As part of the ADB CTI RETA on Strengthening Coastal and Marine Resource Governance in the Coral Triangle of the Pacific, WorldFish has undertaken this climate change adaptation project in Timor-Leste and Solomon Islands, and diss...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Community Based Adaptation / Natural Resources and Agriculture

PUBLICATION TYPE : Factsheet / Brochure

Southeast Asia

15 February 2013

Why Asia’s growing coastal cities must invest in climate resilience

I recently attended the “Coastal Cities At Risk 2013” conference organized by the Manila Observatory and the Coastal Cities at Risk Initiative supported by the Canadian Government. As many remarked, the venue was quite apt because...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Coastal Zone Management / Disaster Risk Reduction / Forecast and Assessment / Urban Areas and Infrastructure

PUBLICATION TYPE : Journal / Periodical

Southeast Asia