Reports

Summary This study is part of the UNRISD project “Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change in Southeast Asian Coastal Cities” which explores adaptation decisionmaking processes and barriers to transformative solutions in order to inform more progressive policy making…

The main authors of this publication are Animesh Kumar and Iria Touzon Calle, under the direction of Loretta Hieber Girardet. The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on countries in the Asia- Pacific region. Not only…

Earlier this year, the South Asian floods of 2020 were declared a humanitarian crisis when millions across the subcontinent were impacted. Already reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, some 9.6 million people in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal…

PRESS RELEASE N0:JPNEMPAK20-60 Pakistan is prone to natural disasters such as floods and landslides caused by heavy torrential rains, tropical cyclones, earthquakes and so on. Quite notably, every year Pakistan experiences heavy damages due to floods triggered…

Promoting the accessibility and application of science, technology, and research for enhanced multi-hazard early warning and disaster risk reduction, and supporting implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction towards 2030 We, the Disaster Management Centre…

Highlights • 253772 cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Nepal, of which 243664 cases have been recovered so far. • Of the reported cases, Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) is the leading cause of morbidity…

Authors: Martin Kerres (GIZ), Marcel Servos (GIZ), Annika Kramer (adelphi), Fred Hattermann (PIK), Dennis Tänzler (adelphi), Tobias Pilz (PIK) and André Mueller (adelphi) Executive Summary Climate change matters to the water cycle – Impacts vary from one region…

By Dhanasree Jayaram, MAHE With climate change increasingly affecting food production in South Asia, it is time to focus on making food markets more resilient to climate shocks. In September 2020, India imposed a ban on onion exports…

SC/14391 Reporting on promising developments in peace talks between the Government of Afghanistan and its Taliban opposition, the top United Nations official for the country warned the Security Council during a 17 December videoconference meeting that future…

This document is expected to serve as a Guidance Document on application of nature-based as well as hybrid solutions. Some of the good practices of bio-engineering for stabilization of vulnerable slopes and reducing the erosion potential…