17 Jul 2017
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 improvements of living standards. At the same time, the region has both ...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation
02 Mar 2020
The Philippines is the twelfth most populated country in the world and is ranked third globally in terms of its vulnerability to natural hazards. The Philippines is especially prone to hydrometeorological events with floods accounting for over 80...
Tags: Awareness material, Guidance material, Report, Research, Flood
04 Nov 2020
The World Cities Report 2020 convincingly affirms that well-planned, managed, and financed cities and towns create economic, social, environmental and other unquantifiable value that can vastly improve the quality of life of all. Urbanization can be ...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Preparedness