Southeast Asia

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the economic impacts of natural disasters to inform both climate adaptation policy and the estimation of potential climate damages. It comprises papers that estimate the short- and lo...

The paper analyses the potential criteria for allocating international funding for adaptation to climate change. It also asks whether ‘equity’ and ‘cost-effectiveness’ are two contradictory principles, or if ways can be found to r...

This briefing paper highlights that impacts from climate change and global warming are already being felt, and will become increasingly inevitable in the future unless there is a rapid reduction in emissions coupled with scaled up...

The frequency of intense floods and storms is increasing globally, particularly in the Asia-Pacific, amid the spectre of climate change. Associated with these natural disasters are more variable and extreme rainfall and temperatur...

When considering climate change, indigenous people and marginalized populations warrant particular attention. In order to strengthen the consideration of indigenous knowledge in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (5AR), to be rele...

This toolkit is part of outputs from the Adaptation Knowledge Platform’s capacity building activities in the Philippines. AKP and its country partner, the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) facilitated a knowledge building process...

During the last three years, the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform (AKP) has worked towards building bridges between existing knowledge on adaptation to climate change and the governments, agencies and communit...

Asia Pacific is expected to produce roughly 45% of the world’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2030 and up to 60% by the end of the century if current trends continue. The figures underscore the challenges the region’s policymak...

This article discusses some of the fundamental key questions needed to improve adaptation policy and practice, as policy makers consider how to address future climate risks.   Read more: http://chimalaya.org/2012/06/30/is-climate-...

Carola Donner-Reichle, Senior Advisor at Asian Development Bank’s Regional and Sustainable Development Department, writes about the need to mitigate the social and economic impact of climate change, particularly on the poor and mo...