Here’s How Better Crop Insurance Can Help Asia’s Farmers Survive Climate Change
‘Parametric’ insurance could offer farmers quicker relief when they lose their crops to floods, storms and other climate-driven calamities.
Transition Finance is Critical to Address Climate Change
Transition finance, which provides financing to high carbon-emitting industries, should be part of a broad range of innovative financing options to address climate change.
Are Asia’s Social Protection Systems Ready for the Shock of Climate Change?
Social protection programs need to be strengthened and expanded across Asia to prepare for the impacts of climate change.
Your Questions Answered: Why Are We Experiencing Heat Waves and What Can Be Done?
Le Lan, an environmental economist working on agricultural, environmental, and natural resources management in East Asia, answers questions about the heat waves that are rolling across parts of Asia and the rest of the world.
Your Questions Answered: How Do We Achieve Decarbonization?
Jonathan Walters, an economist and senior advisor for the infrastructure consulting firm Castalia and Akiko Terada-Hagiwara, an ADB Principal Economist, answer questions on how to work through the issues towards decarbonization in Asia and the Pacific.
Three Ways Small Islands and Coastal Areas can Adapt to Climate Change
Solutions for climate adaptation need to span multiple sectors, government departments and societal contexts. The challenge is great but we can meet it by combining natural and built assets with incentives for collective action and the optimization of traditional knowledge.
How to Deliver the Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure that Asia Needs
Governments in Asia and the Pacific should consider the direct and indirect benefits of resilient infrastructure, including losses avoided and economic and development benefits even when disaster doesn’t strike.
Addressing The Climate Crisis by Investing in Gender Equality and Women's Leadership
The recent IPCC reports have pointed out the climate emergency the world is facing. Through women’s leadership in climate action, we can better address the crisis.
Focus Climate Finance on Results
Climate finance investments need a clear purpose, showing how these investments will help climate mitigation by reducing greenhouse gas emissions or how they will help climate adaptation by improving the resilience of infrastructure, communities, and livelihoods.
Four Ways Education Can Fight Climate Change
Education is a fundamental tool for advancing action on climate change, yet it has not been adequately tapped for its potential.