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.
Tracking People’s Movement After Disasters Can Save Lives
Based on a case study in Indonesia, these charts illustrate how privacy-compliant human mobility data – such as mobile phone and GPS information – can provide rapid information to understand the impact of a disaster and how best to respond.
The World Needs a Path Forward on Biodiversity
A new global pact for nature expected to be passed at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in 2022 should balance the needs of developing and developed countries in helping avoid ecosystem collapse.
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.
Hidden Pollution: Asia’s Rivers are Teeming with Pharmaceuticals
New technologies in water treatment systems, as well as other measures, are needed to better understand the problem of pharmaceutical contamination of Asia’s rivers.
How Tonga Prepared for and Responded to a Devastating Volcanic Eruption
Disaster preparedness, combined with updated risk information and timely assessments of damages and needs, were critical for Tonga’s response to the undersea volcanic eruption.
Don’t Look Up, Look into Solutions for Ocean Acidification
We need to start planning today to accelerate our policy and investment options to address the potentially devastating impacts of ocean acidification.
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.
Plastic Waste and The Circular Economy
Instead of finding ways to manage the growing amounts of plastic waste, solutions should aim to generate less waste, something that a circular economy could achieve.
Protecting The Yellow River Basin in the People’s Republic of China
With the right policies, the Yellow River can help the People’s Republic of China achieve its goals for ecological sustainability and economic growth.