The world is getting warmer and natural hazards are becoming more intense, likely bringing higher economic losses in the future. Today, four major weather perils result in expected economic losses of USD 200 billion annually. With more severe weather coming, economic losses are set to rise. The study analysis finds …
Advocates of foreign ownership of agricultural land say it brings wealth, infrastructure and new farming techniques; opponents say that displaced and deskilled smallholders are often the result. When people talk about land-grabbing the immediate focus tends to be on issues like food security, land sovereignty and worries about a new, …
Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) seeks to contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment. The CBDRM Training and Learning Circle (TLC) network has developed this training manual on Integrating Gender into Community Based Disaster Risk Management, to help harness the capacities of both women and men in addressing vulnerable …
A statistical downscaling known for producing station-scale climate information from GCM output was preferred to evaluate the impacts of climate change within the Mount Makiling forest watershed, Philippines. The lumped hydrologic BROOK90 model was utilized for the water balance assessment of climate change impacts based on two scenarios (A1B and …
What are the best approaches for Southeast Asian countries to exploit their large renewable energy potentials? Focusing on Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, this report investigates the potentials and barriers for scaling up market penetration of renewable energy technologies in the countries
To better understand the obstacles to access facing the poor, and the efforts by governments to reach this population, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and its civil society organization (CSO) partners in The Access Initiative (TAI) closely examined access rights and practices in four countries
This brief explains the importance of empowering people after natural disasters by giving them access to their rights and entitlements, allowing them to reconstruct the legal foundation for their lives and livelihoods.
Manila (Philippines): The moratorium on commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal in India, which has led to a controversy over genetically modified (GM) food crops in the country, has caught farmers
Energy insecurity, water scarcity, and climate change pose growing risks for the real estate sector in South and Southeast Asia, yet the connections between these trends and financial impacts are not well understood by analysts, investors, companies, and governments in the region. This report presents a framework to assess risks …
This WRI report assesses financial implications of climate change and water scarcity on the Food & Beverage sector in South & Southeast Asia. Warns that as a large water user, this sector is at risk from decreasing water supplies in parts of emerging Asia , specially India. This report identifies …
Water-related risks are receiving more attention than in the past, yet the connection to power sector development is not well understood by investors, governments, and companies in South and Southeast Asia. This report presents a framework for investors and analysts to assess the risk of impacts from water-related issues, including …
A 6.0magnitude earthquake struck west of Manila on Thursday, the seismology institute reported, causing buildings in the Philippine capital to shake and sending frightened workers out of their offices. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, and no tsunami alert was issued. Buildings in Manila shook for about …
The objective was to study dengue vector breeding patterns under a variety of conditions in public and private spaces; to explore the ecological, biological and social (eco-bio-social) factors involved in vector breeding and viral transmission, and to define the main implications for vector control.
Two Laureates of the Rolex Awards, one from the United States, the other from the Philippines, will team up in a bid to devise a fast-track solution to help overcome one of the major drivers of global climate change. Their proposed collaboration has the potential to make the world far …
