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Climate Change and its impact in Thailand: A short overview on actual and potential impacts of the changing climate in Southeast Asia
In 2011, Thailand was underwater: more than one million people were affected by severe flooding for several weeks as a result of persistent rainfall (World Bank, 2011). In...
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Greeen Solutions For Livable Cities
This publication is authored by a multidisciplinary technical assistance team of experts. It shares solutions emerging from the GrEEEn Cities Initiative of the Asian Development...
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Asian Development Bank Member Fact Sheet: Vietnam
ADB supports Viet Nam in promoting job creation and competitiveness, increasing the inclusiveness of infrastructure and service delivery, and improving environmental...
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Water-related disasters and disaster risk management in the People's Republic of China
The frequency and magnitude of natural disasters are increasing in most regions across the world with water-related disasters being the most common and recurrent. The economic...
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Nature-Based Solutions For Building Resilience in Towns and Cities
This publication summarizes the rich seven-volume “Resource Kit on Building Resilience and Sustainability in Mekong Towns.” It includes the principles of green infrastructure...
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Southeast Asia and the Economics of Global Climate Stabilization
The study applies two global dynamic economy–energy– environment models: the World Induced Technical Change Hybrid (WITCH) model, which focuses on the detailed representation of...
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Environmental Issues, Climate Changes, And Energy Security in Developing Asia
Four environmental dimensions of energy security—climate change, air pollution, water availability and quality, and land-use change—and the environmental impact of 13 energy...
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Submission by Thailand: Intended Nationally Determined Contribution and Relevant Information
As a developing country highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, Thailand attaches great importance to the global efforts to address this common and pressing...
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Thailand’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes
Outline of National Adaptation Plan Processes for Thailand
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Thailand's Second National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Thailand submitted its initial national communication (INC) to the UNFCCC in 2000. The second national communication (SNC) is being prepared using the UNFCCC reporting...
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Climate proofing ADB investment in the transport sector: initial experience
This publication is the outcome of the review prepared in collaboration with the Environment Community of Practice and the Environment and Safeguards Division of the Regional...
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ADB and the Climate Investment Funds: Climate Change Innovation and Action in Asia and the Pacific
This document presents ADB’s experience in developing Climate Investment Funds (CIF) programs and highlights innovative transformations expected from or already achieved by ADB...
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Forests and Forestry in the Greater Mekong Subregion to 2020
In the 12 years since the first Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study was completed in 1998, the region has experienced tremendous changes in nearly every aspect. These...
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Swidden, Rubber and Carbon: Can REDD+ work for people and the environment in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia
Swidden (also called shifting cultivation) has long been the dominant farming system in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA). Today the ecological bounty of this region is...
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Mangrove Communities and Disaster Risk Reduction: Cases in Vietnam: Cases in Vietnam
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...
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Turn down the heat : climate extremes, regional impacts, and the case for resilience
This shortened version of the longer "Turn down the heat" report was prepared by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Climate Analytics and focusses on the...
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Climate change in the Lower Mekong Basin, an analysis of economic values at risk
This report draws from a 2013 USAID analysis of climate change impacts in the Lower Mekong Basin that forecasts more extreme temperatures, rainfall, weather events and sea level...
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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015: SDG 13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
While the deadline for achieving all 17 Sustainable Development Goals is 15 years into the future, Goal 13 calls for “urgent” action to combat climate change and its adverse...
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Basin-wide impacts of climate change on ecosystem services in the Lower Mekong Basin
Water resources support more than 60 million people in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) and are important for food security—especially rice production—and economic security. This...
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What is Ocean Acidification?
Archived definition of ocean acidification from US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration