The fight against climate change could be won or lost on the pages of newspapers, in TV and radio broadcasts and on the internet and mobile phones. This is because people need good information to make effective decisions. Climate change journalism can protect people and...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has released a new series of policy briefs related to the Greater Mekong Sub-region as part of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study. The Policies are related to (1) Investment in Forest Resources, (2) Field-level Forestry, (3) Forest Biodiversity Conservation,...

Oxfam’s new briefing paper for climate change adaptation in developing countries focuses on finance and provides recommendations for the Green Climate Fund and other fund providers.

South-East Asia will be strongly affected by impacts of climate change according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This is due to the fact that one of the most pressing environmental problems in the region is the expansion of area under increasing water...

This describes the project that aimed to build the capacity of local government officials, researchers, and the provincial government of Albay in the Philippines in assessing the impacts of climate change with the help of a computer modeling system complemented by local knowledge.

The Mekong River Commission

The AIACC project is an enabling activity of the Global Environment Facility in the climate change focal area. Primary funding for the AIACC project was provided by a GEF grant of US$7,500,000. Financial support was also received from the Canadian International Development Agency (US$100,000), the Rockefeller Foundation (US$25,000),...

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...

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...