The MRC’s State of the Basin Report aims to provide an overall picture of the state of the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB), in terms of its people and their livelihoods, the environment and the economy. Research and monitoring since the first State of the Basin Report was published in 2003 has...

During the last decades, a large number of climate change impact studies on agriculture have been conducted qualitatively and quantitatively in many regions of the Asia-Pacific. Changes in average climate conditions and climate variability will have a significant consequence on crop yields in many parts...

This paper considers how to make pro-poor climate change adaptation more effective in the city of Chittagong. Drawing on discussions with residents in informal settlements and interviews with staff from government agencies, NGOs and donors, it shows the lack of connection between the formal institutional...

This booklet provides a summary of the preliminary impact assessment of climate change and development on Mekong flow regimes and recommendations to improve the assessment of these impacts. The results of two global emission scenarios (A2 and B2, IPCC 2000) were downscaled to the regional level covering...

This paper is a product of the Transport, Energy& Urban Sustainable Development Unit, East Asiaand Pacific Region and addresses the increasinglyimportant issue of urban flooding. Disaster statisticsappear to show that floods are becoming morefrequent, with medium-scale flooding increasingfastest. The impact of this is driven by...

This policy brief from the Asian Development Bankexplains how the adoption of timely policies andprograms can convert environmental migrationfrom a threat into an opportunity to promoteimproved livelihoods and sustainable development.An ADB project that is developing policy andfinancing responses to environmental migration hasdetermined that climate change...

This publication by the International Institute forEnvironment and Development (IIED) addressesthe degree of transparency in UN-sponsored climatefinance, claiming that transparent reporting onclimate finance is essential for governments toplan mitigation and adaptation activities and forcivil society to hold contributors and recipients toaccount for how climate funds...

This paper focuses on the adaptation strategies of developing countries and the possible adaptation options available for Southeast Asia. Adaptation refers to the actions taken by individuals, communities, or governments in response to climate change, to reduce the adverse impacts or to take advantage of...

Since the 3rd World Water Forum (Kyoto, 2003) the Caribbean and Pacific region have been collaborating as part of the global Dialogue on Water and Climate (DWC) initiative, which works »to improve the capacity in water resources management to cope with the impacts of increasing variability of the...

The Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) covers an area of approximately 606,000 km2 within the countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Based on the outcomes of recent national and regional studies, there is growing concern about the potential effects of climate change on the socio-economic characteristics...