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The Government of Kiribati’s 'Whole-of-Island' team has returned to Abaiang for the launch of the Island’s Council Strategic Action Plan 2014-2017 and to undertake agricultural, education, fisheries, meteorological and water sector related activities and training on the atoll. The Plan will focus on key priority...

The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project in FSM celebrated a major achievement on 29 May, with the official opening of a climate-proof road on the island of Kosrae. The improved coastal road is designed to withstand high tides and heavy rainfall, with worsening...

People living in areas devastated by typhoons Sendong and Pablo can now have peace of mind.   Appropriate measures are now in place to keep people safe from the effects of extreme weather events such as floods.   This is contained in a report by...

Bangladesh plans to cut spending from its own budget on climate change adaptation and rely more in the future on funds from donors, government officials said. The low-lying South Asian nation, considered one of the countries most at risk from climate impacts such as sea...

Participants at an Asia-Pacific Outreach Meeting on Sustainable Development Financing, co-hosted by the Government of Indonesia and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), considered mobilizing regional savings to finance sustainable development. UN Under-Secretary-General and ESCAP Executive Secretary Shamshad Akhtar...

USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific is embarking on its second year of training support in climate change adaptation and finance to government officials from 13 eligible countries in Asia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. The support includes airfare,...

The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Project in Tonga has brought about a new water supply system in the Hihifo District with the objective to strengthen the capacity to supply and store water and to better able to manage the demand and use of...

The consultative meeting is one of the key national-level activities that supports regional initiatives of the ASEAN Technical Working Group in Agriculture and Research Development (ATWGARD). The meeting aimed to present the initial findings and outputs of the case study on climate change related threats...

This project aims to develop a modeling framework for assessing the effects and impacts of climate change and climate variability on rice production in the Philippines. Specifically, the project analyzes location-specific climate risks in relation to the rice production situation by province and assesses the...

The technical assistance will create plans for green growth and resilience in three critical watersheds in the Philippines by considering five dimensions: (1) economic development; (2) resilience to climate change; (3) biodiversity, ecosystems, and social development; (4) greenhouse gas emissions; and (5) poverty alleviation. Through...