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Kebijakan & Keuangan
At COP30, focus on wildfire prevention amid record destruction
With wildfires causing unprecedented damage, countries and organisations at COP30 agree to boost community-based prevention.
Karbon & Iklim
‘Tired of losing’: Twin typhoons expose deep wounds of corruption, climate injustice in the Philippines
In the aftermath of typhoons Kalmaegi and Fung-wong, mismanaged climate funds and weak infrastructure leave communities exposed to disaster.
From submerged heritage towns to burning forests, 2025 laid bare how “climate whiplash” is reshaping Asia’s weather and way of life.
Natural extremes and human-made vulnerabilities – from glacial melt to unchecked urbanisation – have turned Pakistan’s floods into a recurring national disaster.
#disaster relief Opini
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Climate resilience is a strategic investment
Current macroeconomic frameworks rightly treat climate shocks as threats to fiscal stability, but do not recognise the economic benefits of investing in measures that mitigate their effects.
It is imperative that adaptation measures are implemented now to safeguard against future extreme climate events.
Karbon & Iklim
Redefine the romanticised narrative of the ‘resilient Filipino’ for broader climate policy transformation
Climate change is clearly affecting the Philippines. Whether it can transform a long-held national attribute into successful climate adaptation will determine what the future holds.
Many with disability live in poverty, in low-income countries that are vulnerable to climate disasters. Yet climate resilience planning excludes their voices.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Realising the potential of the climate loss and damage fund
Karbon & Iklim
We can stop disaster risk spiralling out of control
Kebijakan & Keuangan
We need creative solutions to the sovereign debt and climate crises
Karbon & Iklim
How to prevent humanitarian crises
#disaster relief Video
Sampah
Fruit peels to the rescue
Watch: Singapore researchers are trying to give banana skins and coconut husks a new lease of life in water purification kits that can be used in disaster situations. They could one day also be used in the manufacture of batteries.
#disaster relief Podcasts
The chief of a Manila-based nonprofit that advocates for climate finance transparency tells the EB Podcast that so-called Filipino resilience to natural disasters should not be an “excuse” for developers to dodge accountability for substandard flood control projects.
#disaster relief Rilis Pers
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Resilience rising: Targeting transformative disaster risk reduction in Asia-Pacific subregions
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Surge to 2030: Philippines to host Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
