Publications

10 June 2014

Economic impact assessment of climate change for key sectors in Nepal

This report assesses how climate change will affect key economic sectors in Nepal such as agriculture, water and energy. This study estimates the potential impacts and economic costs of climate change for three major risk areas, i...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Nepal

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10 June 2014

The Environments of the Poor in Southeast Asia, East Asia and the Pacific

This book introduces a spatial approach to poverty, and argues that a triple win -- reducing poverty, protecting the environment, and responding to climate change -- is possible. The book provides evidence from Southeast Asia, Eas...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Pacific

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10 June 2014

Tip Sheet: Gender-Inclusive Disaster Risk Management

The Gender Tip Sheets are a reference guide for staff and consultants of ADB and its developing members for conceptualizing, designing, and implementing gender inclusive projects. This issue focuses on the critical role of women i...

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

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Rest of the World, South Asia

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10 June 2014

Climate compatible development - voices for change

This film provides expert opinions from around the world on the progress being made toward climate compatible development on a daily basis. It discusses the key objectives of climate compatible development: to provide jobs, improv...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Video

Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Pacific, Rest of the World, South Asia, Central Asia

10 June 2014

It’s getting hot in here

This animated short film has been to spread awareness on climate change. The film covers three topics: the basic science behind global warming; the effects of climate change on the environment; and the steps people can take to red...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Video

Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Pacific, Rest of the World, South Asia, Central Asia

10 June 2014

Action Research - Child centered climate change adaptation in Northern Thailand

As part of Plan International’s Child centered climate change adaptation (4CA) project in Thailand, children and youth in Chiang Rai, Thailand participate in an action research to find out how climate change and disasters affect t...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Video

Thailand

10 June 2014

Making Grasslands Sustainable in Mongolia: International Experiences with Payments for Environmental Services in Grazing Lands and Other Rangelands

This report identifies potential financing mechanisms that the Government of Mongolia and relevant stakeholders can potentially adopt and incorporate into their specific climate change and environmental strategies and plans. The r...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Mongolia

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10 June 2014

Central and West Asia Working Paper Series: Climate Change and Sustainable Water Management in Central Asia

This report shows the results of the research on Water and Adaptation Interventions in Central and West Asia, combining field observations with sophisticated satellite-based data and created models to demonstrate the impacts of cl...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Central Asia

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10 June 2014

Addressing heat-related health risks in urban India: Ahmedabad’s Heat Action Plan

This report, one of Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)’s Inside stories on climate compatible development, looks at how the city of Ahmedabad in Western India is preparing for the increasingly extreme heat of the cit...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

South Asia

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10 June 2014

Integrating climate change concerns into disaster management planning: The case of Gorakhpur, India

This case study describes how an action research programme on climate mainstreaming is currently addressing a considerable increase in the intensity and frequency of floods that Gorakhpur District has faced. The study looks at how...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

India

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