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This study recommends cost-effective adaptation responses that could build greater climate resilience into the agriculture sector in Asia and the Pacific. It uses predictions of global climate models to develop scenarios to 2050 for Asia and to derive

Currents, June 2009, Issue 15:

An interview with Elizabeth McNaughton, development programme officer in the Pacific Regional, Social and Vulnerability Team at NZAID, about ways to build safer communities and reduce the risk of disasters, based on her

This document is the report of a workshop which addressed the issue of how cities in the Asia-Pacific region might adapt to climate change and in particular, whether the cities could collaborate with each other in ways that cannot be anticipated by states

This report presents the key finding of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Conference on Natural Catastrophe Risk Insurance Mechanisms for Asia and the Pacific held in Tokyo in November 2008. It answers questions about disaster risk management and shows how

This annual report presents the most comprehensive global assessment of progress to date, based on data provided by a large number of international organizations within and outside the UN system. The aggregate figures in the report provide an overview of

A report of the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, “Multi-stakeholders Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction From National to Local”, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 2 to 4 December 2008.

Regional synthesis progress report:

This is a regional synthesis report on the progress of implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015. The Hyogo Framework for Action has been adapted in the Pacific as a regional DRM policy document

An Oxfam Australia report highlighting the urgent need to address the dramatic effects of climate change within the Pacific region and argues that unless wealthy, developed countries like Australia take urgent action to curb emissions, some island nations