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ADB and the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) conducted a final workshop on “Supporting Investments in Water-Related Disaster Management: From Innovation to Investment” in Manila on February 4 to share the outcomes and lessons learned from the project through which ADB...

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) held a cooperation workshop on disaster risk management in the Asia and Pacific in Tokyo from February 20 to 21. The workshop discussed chapter drafts for a major study on disaster risk management (DRM) in the Asia and the Pacific;...

Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) launched its first edition of a quarterly e-newsletter, Asia Resilience Brief, recently. Each issue of the Asia Resilience Brief will highlight new developments in the field of urban climate change resilience and updates on ACCCRN activities

Higher Ground Foundation (HGF) organised a webinar on the theme of adaptation urgencies and opportunities for business, underscoring the importance of addressing climate change adaptation in vulnerable communities for the business community. This webinar focused on adaptation urgencies as well as opportunities for business keeping...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has called for massive investment to develop and deploy climate-friendly technologies in Asia and the Pacific. Introducing the pilot Asia-Pacific Climate Technology Finance Center (CTFC) established by it as a step forward to this shift, ADB underlined the importance of...

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) conducted a workshop on Pacific Climate Change Portal Training with participation from countries such as Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu and organisations like Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and United Nations...

Meteorological forecasting centres across the Pacific have forecast a near average or slightly above average number of tropical cyclones for the 2012–2013 season (November 2012 to April 2013). The Pacific is expected to face nine to 12 named cyclones in the 2012–2013 season. Tropical cyclone...

Tuvalu’s National Climate Change Policy (TCCP) and their National Strategic Action Plan for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management (NSAP) were launched by Tuvalu Prime Minister in late September, 2012. TCCP and NSAP were developed following nationwide consultation facilitated by the Secretariat of the...

Mountain Partnership focal points and ministerial representatives from Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen discussed climate change impacts faced by their countries, and the new and existing funding mechanisms as well as tools related to climate change with the aim of establishing a...

The International Climate Change Information Programme has started an initiative called Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation Projects (ECCAP) to ensure the focus on the evaluation of the effectiveness and impacts of climate change adaptation projects in a dynamic way. At present, more than 300 internationally funded...