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Avani Dixit

Working in ADB's Nepal Resident Mission, Avani Dixit provides technical support on country-level policy and strategy work on climate change across different sectors and thematic areas, support project teams during project processing preparation and implementation by ensuring that climate change adaptation and mitigation components are properly identified and incorporated, and monitor project-level climate change interventions and other performance indicators. He co-leads the Building Adaptation and Resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalayas regional technical assistance project.

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Hindu Kush Himalaya: Climate Change is a Crisis at the Top of the World

The time to act against the changing climate is now, as the investments made today will determine the resilience of the Hindu Kush Himalaya region for generations to come.

The time to act against the changing climate is now, as the investments made today will determine the resilience of the Hindu Kush Himalaya region for generations to come.

Climate Change: We Need a New Approach to Financing Adaptation

To urgently close the adaptation gap, a new and innovative approach is needed in funding and financing climate change adaptation strategies.

To urgently close the adaptation gap, a new and innovative approach is needed in funding and financing climate change adaptation strategies.

A Strategy to Address Air Pollution and Climate Change in Bishkek

Decisive action is needed to improve air quality and cut carbon dioxide emissions in the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Decisive action is needed to improve air quality and cut carbon dioxide emissions in the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Five Actions to Address Climate Change in the CAREC Region

No country can fight climate change alone. The countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program should take coordinated action to combat the increasing impacts of climate change and find sustainable solutions.

No country can fight climate change alone. The countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program should take coordinated action to combat the increasing impacts of climate change and find sustainable solutions.

James G. Baker

James is responsible for leading ADB’s regional marine plastics reduction program and supporting operationalization of Strategy 2030 Operational Priority 3 and the Healthy Oceans Action Plan. He is also responsible for supporting country programming and sovereign and private sector project teams to identify and promote circular economy activities within their programs and investments.

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How Companies and Governments Can Work Together to Address Climate Change

Climate change is creating uncertainties for companies around the world. With the right policies, governments can help them to navigate tumultuous times and support green transformation.

Climate change is creating uncertainties for companies around the world. With the right policies, governments can help them to navigate tumultuous times and support green transformation.

Jon Barnett

Jon Barnett is a political geographer whose research investigates social impacts and responses to environmental change. He has over twenty years of experience conducting field-based research on social vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Australia, China, Timor-Leste and Pacific Island Countries. Jon's research has helped explain the impacts of climate change on cultures, food security, inequality, instability, migration, and water security, and ways in which adaptation can promote social justice and peace.

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Five Innovative Strategies to Minimize Loss and Damage from Climate Change

Climate change is threatening vulnerable communities throughout Asia and the Pacific. To minimize the losses, five key strategies should be pursued.

Climate change is threatening vulnerable communities throughout Asia and the Pacific. To minimize the losses, five key strategies should be pursued.

Three Ways Finance Departments Can be a Secret Weapon Against Climate Change

Finance ministries are empowered with functions that allow them to lead a comprehensive, government-wide approach to address climate change.

Finance ministries are empowered with functions that allow them to lead a comprehensive, government-wide approach to address climate change.
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