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ASEAN State of Climate Change Report
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ASEAN state of climate change report: Current status and outlook of the ASEAN region toward the ASEAN climate vision 2050

The ASEAN State of Climate Change Report (ASCCR) provides an overall outlook of the state of play of climate change issues in the ASEAN region.
Image of water front village in Lao PDR
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Launch of the CREWS Cambodia and Lao PDR project to enhance early warning

The $5.5 million project aims to reduce the impacts of disasters caused by hazards by increasing the utilization of early warning and risk information in Cambodia and Lao PDR.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Bank, the
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Enhancing early warning systems in Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Weather and climate conditions over the Indochina, including Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic, make it one of the most vulnerable regions on the planet.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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ADB boosts climate resilience in health systems of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Viet Nam

A six-year technical assistance initiative has boosted the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam to respond to climate-induced health threats.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Watershed vulnerability and adaptation assessments in the Greater Mekong Subregion

These regional guidelines on watershed-scale vulnerability and adaptation assessments (W-VAAs) are the product of a multiyear collaboration among the institutions listed above. The guidelines synthesize the shared knowledge and experience of the

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Climate risk country profile: Lao PDR

This profile is intended to serve as a public good to facilitate upstream country diagnostics, policy dialogue, and strategic planning by providing comprehensive overviews of trends and projected changes in key climate parameters, sector-specific

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Lao PDR: a comprehensive disaster risk reduction story

UNOSAT has been supporting Lao PDR to build resilience to many hazards, namely floods and tropical storms – hazards which will only grow in severity, frequency.
United Nations Satellite Centre
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
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The integrated disaster risk management fund: sharing lessons and achievements

Southeast Asia is home to an estimated 36 million people living below the international poverty line, about 5% of the global total. If efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in this region are to succeed, undertaking disaster risk-informed

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