The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The 21st edition of the annual comprehensive economic report on the developing member economies of ADB. sets. Evaluates the recent economic performance of 45 economies in Asia, and provides projections for major macroeconomic indicators for 2009 and 2010. Asian Development Outlook 2009 is the 21st edition of the annual comprehensive …
There is one source of fertilizer that seems virtually recession proof and protective against soaring prices as well-and that is the fertilizer in human urine. Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO) has for several years been promoting ecosan toilets which collect urine and faeces seprately. Efforts are underway to crystallise …
The current world food crisis is the result of the combined effects of competition for cropland from the growth in biofuels, low cereal stocks, high oil prices, speculation in food markets and extreme weather events. The crisis has resulted in a several-fold increase in several central commodity prices, driven 110 …
This report offers an original perspective on HIV and AIDS as a development issue in South Asia, a region with a heterogeneous epidemic and estimated national HIV prevalence rates of up to 0.5 percent. The analysis challenges the common perception of HIV and AIDS, which has been shaped to a …
A role of dietary nutrients in relation to insulin resistance has been suggested but conclusive evidence in human beings is lacking. Asian Indians and South Asians are prone to develop insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome. In the present paper, data pertaining to nutrient intake, insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk …
Heightened sensitivity and concerted action in the judiciary, legal profession and civil society have helped to create an expanded notion of access to justice and to foster the phenomenon of Public Interest Litigation. PIL has become a common feature in cases concerning development, environment and human rights, which have closely …
This report seeks to assist businesses operating in Southeast Asia to: Understand the need to adapt to climate change. What is climate adaptation, and what does it mean for business?; Learn what others are doing within government, civil society, and the private sector to promote adaptation, and how these activities …
In view of the far reaching consequences of climate change in the South Asian region in general, and India, in particular, the present International Conference was organized to address the following: Identify and debate upon the effect of climate change on ecological & socio-economic systems with a focus on biological …
A draft of the South Asia Region Climate Change Strategy. Aimed at supporting the development priorities of south asian nations by addressing climate-change related risks and opportunities, focuses on adaptation and climate impacts on economic growth and poverty reduction. The South Asia Region Climate Change Strategy (SARCCS) builds upon the …
A recent analytical report examining the multiple challenges that global climate change raises for the management of shared freshwater resources.Assesses the prospective risks to human security and explores how policies and institutions can evolve to ensure sustainable water supplies in a warming world. Troubled Waters: Climate Change, Hydropolitics, and Transboundary …
This year's report, entitled "Breaking in and moving up: New industrial challenges for the bottom billion and the middle-income countries" focuses on countries that have been left behind. It is about the opportunities and constraints faced by two groups of countries: the countries of the "bottom billion" trying to break …
This paper deals with agricultural development and policies in mountains and hills in the Himalayan region. Mountain agriculture (instead of being confined to field crops as in the case of the prime land in plains) is an integrated system of resource usage, linking various land-based activities. As a result, the …
Infrastructure is shown to be a cost-effective means of lowering trade costs and thereby promoting regional growth and integration. This report combines thematic and country studies, while breaking new ground in quantifying infrastructure's impact on Asia's trade costs. The contributors add to empirical estimates of Asia's trade costs and infrastructure's …
Using existing international databases that track disaster occurrence and humanitarian costs, this research attempts to improve understanding of how climate change may affect international humanitarian spending. Employing four distinct methodological approaches, a range of potential impact scenarios is developed. The findings indicate that climate change will have a significant impact …
In India, about 1,220 species of birds have been recorded (number depends on the classification we use) out of which 149 or c. 10% are threatened, which is not a very comfortable situation. Besides including most of the species in the Wildlife Protection Act (including 100 species in Schedule I: …
NEW DELHI: On the occasion of World AIDS Day-2008, the Indian Red Cross Society along with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies launched the
Aarti Dhar, NEW DELHI: Injecting drug users (IDUs) and men who have sex with men (MSM) require particular attention in the fight against HIV/AIDS and HIV continues to be a major public health problem in the South East Asia Region, with the highest incidence among sex workers and their clients, …
