324 datasets found

A presentation about Mekong Delta wetlands in Vietnam. The presenter discusses Mekong habitats and biodiversity and the economic importance of the Delta. They then discuss key...

A training material by Joerg Hartmann on climate change and hydropower development published in May 2014 by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in...

The Sambor Hydropower Dam Alternatives Assessment was conducted by an international team of experts directed by the Natural Heritage Institute (NHI) under a formal agreement...

Press Release: [San Francisco, CA, April 2018] The Mekong River in Southeast Asia is the 8th largest river in the world, traversing eight countries with some 60 million people....

There is no doubt that the Mekong Delta is facing serious threats caused by climate change and Mekong upstream dams. In recent years, those threats have resulted in large-scale...

This Country Profile (http://countryadaptationprofiles.gfdrr.org) is part of a series of 31 priority country briefs developed by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and...

Mangrove forest belts have very important role on reducing the impacts of natural disasters in the coastal areas. However, in the last three decades, under the pressures of...

The National Green Growth Roadmap envisions a combination of objectives for economic growth and development, human well‐being, and environmental quality, which will promote the...

The Pacific operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) cover 14 developing member countries (DMCs). These countries have established national policies and institutions to...

Infrastructure is essential for development. This publication presents the highlights of a report on the current condition of developing Asia’s infrastructure—defined here as...

In 2009, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the ADB Institute projected infrastructure needs for developing Asia from 2010 to 2020 in Infrastructure for a Seamless Asia...

The Asia and Pacific region is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Unabated warming could significantly undo previous achievements of economic development and...

Cambodia recognises the need for respecting the principles of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in particular the principle of ‘common but...

This Second National Communication has been prepared to fulfill Cambodia’s commitments to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It contains the...

June 5th marks the annual World Environment Day, a time to reflect on the importance of protecting the environment. In September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted 17...

This report moves beyond asset and production losses and focuses instead on how natural disasters affect people’s well-being. Here, natural disaster risk and losses are measured...

These examples from the Greater Mekong Subregion demonstrate approaches of immediate relevance for other towns and regions throughout Asia with extensive coastlines, riverine...

The Asia-Pacific region as a whole has had considerable success with the MDGs, particularly in reducing levels of poverty. Nevertheless, the region is off track when it comes to...

The impacts of climate change on people's livelihoods have been widely documented. It is expected that climate and environmental change will hamper poverty reduction, or even...

The report mentions the current situation, causes of land degradation and desertification; solutions to drought and desertification; Land degradation and desertification in the...