2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
Asia
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Carbon pricing and fossil fuel subsidy rationalization tool kit
This tool kit offers a step-by-step guide for economies in Asia and the Pacific looking to design, build, and implement emission trading systems (ETS) to help speed up their transition to a greener, more
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Climate vulnerability of East Asia: adaptation in the region can provide global benefits
This derivative regional analysis covers the East Asian region consisting of China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. While the Climate Vulnerability Monitor 3rd
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Accelerating the net zero transition in Asia and the Pacific: low-carbon hydrogen for industrial decarbonization
Hydrogen is regarded as one of the limited options for decarbonizing the hard-to-abate industrial sector. This work investigates the status and potential of green and blue hydrogen in some major industrial
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2023 weather, climate and catastrophe report: Asia Pacific insights
This report states that disasters in the Asia Pacific region in 2022 amounted to a total economic loss of USD 80 billion while a substantial protection gap of 86 per cent meant many disaster losses were
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Labor migration in Asia: changing profiles and processes
Labor Migration in Asia: Changing Profiles and Processes analyzes labor migration trends in Asia, taking into account the landscape of labor markets after the lifting of strict entry and cross-border controls
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Water, ice, society, and ecosystems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: an outlook
<p>Glaciers in Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalaya could lose up to 75% of their volume by century’s end due to global warming, causing both dangerous flooding and water shortages for the 240 million people who live in the mountainous region, according to this report by the ICIMOD.</p>
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The future of work in the context of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific
This paper deals with the diverse landscape of demographic and labour market trends in the region, and puts them in context with emerging trends and developments – repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic,
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Asia-Pacific lags global oil and gas industry in shift from carbon
The oil and gas (O&G) sector in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is likely to find fundraising trickier, particularly to support fresh capacity, according to this new report by the Institute for Energy Economics
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Asia’s low-carbon transition: opportunities and challenges for trade
This paper finds the green trade pattern of Asian economies is increasing in terms of its export share within the region and in global trade. However, the green imports share showed faster growth than
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Enhancing food security and nutrition and managing risks and shocks in Asia and the Pacific through support to social protection systems: regional synthesis
This synthesis report presents an updated analysis of the social protection landscape in Asia and the Pacific and identifies priorities for enhancing both food security and nutrition and improving responses