Climate change

Climate reality: Kickstarting action in the Philippines

By Preety Bhandari on Monday, 21 March 2016

The Philippines' pledge to address climate change is ambitious, but the question is whether or not it will translate into an actual investment plan.
Asian judiciary: Emerging leaders in climate change action

By Atsuko Hirose, Stephanie Venuti on Thursday, 17 December 2015

Asian judiciaries are setting the global benchmark on legal climate action through their work on cases with environmental implications.
Draft Paris Outcome: Glass half full on a climate deal at COP21

By Preety Bhandari on Tuesday, 08 December 2015

In Paris, ministers have been given all of the ingredients for forging a global climate deal. It is now up to them to deliver a balanced and equitable agreement that protects the future of the planet.
To meet emissions goal, PRC must scale up on carbon capture

By Annika Seiler on Tuesday, 01 December 2015

Now is the time for the PRC to make carbon capture storage the cornerstone of its policy to deliver on the government’s UNFCCC pledge of peaking emissions by 2030.
More frequent disasters show urgency of climate deal at COP21

By Vinod Thomas on Friday, 27 November 2015

The spike in climate-related disasters is linked not only to people’s increased exposure and vulnerability, but also to changes in temperature and rainfall from rising greenhouse gases.
The experience of Mexico’s Fonden in catastrophe bonds, lessons for Asia

By Salvador Perez on Monday, 09 November 2015

Asian countries threatened by natural hazards can learn from Mexico’s experience with its disaster fund and risk management strategy, including multi-catastrophe bonds.
Blog poll: Disasters seen as Asia’s top climate change threat

By ADB Blog Team on Tuesday, 03 November 2015

In our October blog poll, we asked readers what they believed was the biggest climate change threat to people in Asia and the Pacific, the world’s most vulnerable region to the effects of climate change.
Getting women actively involved in climate change mitigation

By Dagmar Zwebe on Friday, 07 August 2015

Since women often spend the money they earn on services with wider societal benefits, what are the costs of direct or indirect exclusion? How can women become more actively engaged in climate planning, as well as receive and share the benefits of this engagement?
Toward the 2°C pathway: Insights from the New Climate Economy 2015 report

By Soon Chan Hong on Friday, 17 July 2015

In its second report, the GCEC identifies 10 key economic opportunities that could close up to 96% of the gap between current emissions levels and those needed to limit the rise in global temperatures below 2°C.
4 principles for better tracking climate finance for adaptation

By Loreta Rufo on Tuesday, 14 July 2015

ADB and 5 other multilateral development banks, along with the International Development Finance Club, have taken another step forward in standardizing the way we track climate finance for adaptation. The move is a welcome advance in improving the transparency and targeting of future funding.
3 reasons to invest now in cleantech startups in Asia

By Daniel Hersson on Friday, 10 July 2015

Clean technology is about developing and deploying new solutions that can help address the impacts of climate change. Here are 3 additional reasons why the time has come to support cleantech entepreneurs.
Fiscal policies, inequality and climate change: How they make or break the rich-poor divide

By Hyun H. Son on Friday, 26 June 2015

Do fiscal policies respond appropriately to reduce vulnerabilities, or actually widen the pre-existing inequality that is exacerbated during disasters?
Asia – climate change battleground

By Preety Bhandari on Tuesday, 16 June 2015

With the region producing an ever greater share of global carbon emissions, what can it do to protect its people—and the world—from the effects of climate change?
Energy strategies must consider all parts of the ‘energy trilemma’

By Christoph Frei on Monday, 15 June 2015

Ahead of the 2015 Asian Clean Energy Forum, the region’s energy leaders are now looking to re-evaluate traditional norms to respond to volatile prices, extreme weather and large-scale accidents and disruptions.
Community-driven development for effective disaster response in the Philippines

By Yukiko Ito on Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Poverty and natural disasters are intertwined. Both, however, can be addressed together through the community-driven development approach to disaster preparedness, as we have learned in the Philippines.
Asia Clean Energy Forum, the energy trilemma, and the road to Paris

By Aiming Zhou on Thursday, 04 June 2015

This year’s Asia Clean Energy Forum (comes at a critical time in the lead-up to the crucial COP21 in Paris. Asia’s energy sector has a very important part to play in these UNFCCC negotiations and in setting the world on a course to limit global warming, and avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change.
Science and climate resilience: Room for improvement in Asia

By ADB Blog Team on Wednesday, 03 June 2015

Asia and the Pacific is the world’s most vulnerable region to climate change. As the region works to prepare national and local resilience plans, scientific data are crucial.
Expansion of Climate Investment Funds operations: What it means for Asia

By Preety Bhandari on Monday, 01 June 2015

We were delighted last month to learn that the CIFs have decided to extend support to an additional 16 countries, among them several in Asia and the Pacific.
Urban climate change resilience: How to maintain essential functions

By Alexandra Vogl on Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Many cities in Asia and the Pacific face the challenge of how to adapt to the effects of climate change. ADB’s Urban Climate Change Resilience manual notes how they must address urban systems, climate change, and vulnerable groups in a holistic approach.
What the future holds for climate technology – the case of Hunan, PRC

By Xuedu Lu on Friday, 15 May 2015

Hunan, a major manufacturing hub in the PRC, recently launched a low-carbon technology incubator to offset environmental degradation and rising greenhouse emissions, and wants to become a model for developing Asia, where the business case for cleantech is emerging.