How digital technologies can help climate adaptation in Asia and the Pacific
Asia-Pacific is one of the most vulnerable regions, and the impacts are projected to intensify in the future if no actions are taken.
While some countries in the region, like Australia and South Korea, have good climate adaptation capacities, many struggles to adapt because of insufficient resources and capabilities.
The report termed these as countries with special needs (CSNs) – countries most vulnerable and have the most need for adaptation interventions.
A paper series by ESCAP published in December 2021 addresses the gap between the urgency to adapt to climate change and digital technology by assessing the key enablers and commonalities between different case studies worldwide in using digital technologies for climate adaptation.
The paper aims to answer the following questions:
- How and what digital technologies contribute to climate change adaptation?
- What policy gaps exist n the use of digital technologies for addressing key issues of climate change adaptation in Asia and the Pacific?
- What policies and strategies worldwide have been successful in using digital technologies for climate change adaptation?
- What are the key enabling factors that allow the use of digital technologies for climate change adaptation?
- How can CSNs from Asia and the Pacific replicate the good practices from the case studies to mainstream climate change adaptation into digital technology-related policies?
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