The 4th Exchange on “Bringing Realistic Adaptation Financing into the NAP Process” was raised by Dr. Peter King on 21 May 2014 to engage the APAN climate change adaptation community in Asia and the Pacific. The Exchange period lasted approximately four weeks. The e-discussion report...

In this video, city officials, citizens, scientists and ICLEI experts from India, the Philippines and Europe share their reflections on the consequences of climate change at local level. The video captures a number of stories on how local governments and stakeholders in these two Asian...

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 110, April 2014:   So what do community based adaptation look like? And how do we think about them? This issue offers exactly this from global to local and East to West directions. The 110th issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled ‘Adaptation in Retrospect:...

This magazine features the perspective of the President Benigno Aquino III of the Philippines on what else needs to happen to reduce risks in one of Asia’s most disaster-affected countries. Also, the magazine shares exclusive insights of ADB President Takehiko Nakao into how the region’s...

The Operational Plan for Integrated Disaster Risk Management, 2014–2020 seeks to strengthen disaster resilience in the developing member countries of ADB. The operational plan has three key objectives to promote an integrated disaster risk management approach in ADB’s operations; to strengthen ADB’s developing member country...

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.e. agriculture, hydroelectricity and water-induced disasters, and identifies climate...

The special edition provide an overview of CDKN’s training programme to increase the capacity of Nepali climate negotiators; a study to assess the economic impacts of climate change on Nepal’s key sectors such as agriculture and water; the Government of Nepal’s work to strengthen knowledge...

This brief summarizes the differences and similarities between NAPAs and NAPs; activities that can be funded under the NAP process based on the existing priorities and circumstances of LDCs, including “no- regret” measures and the integration of NAPs into national development plans and strategies; NAP...

This case study illustrates how the Western Province in Sri Lanka, the most urbanised province in the country, is promoting urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry as a strategy to reduce vulnerability to climate change, while at the same time enhancing urban livability and livelihoods....

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 the programme was developed, what factors have contributed to its...