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UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
World’s first impact bond on weather, climate data opens for contributions
The Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) today opened for contributions to raise US$200 million towards a climate impact bond aimed at strengthening systematic observation of the planet and help close …
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Slow climate adaptation threatening lives and economies
Adaptation finance needs of developing countries estimated at over US$310 billion per year by 2035.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Nearly 80% of the world’s poor live in regions exposed to climate hazards: report
Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – …
World Economic Forum
Climate health risks put US$1.5 trillion in productivity at stake by 2050
Climate-driven health risks could cost the global economy at least US$1.5 trillion in lost productivity by 2050 in …
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2 September 2025
25 August 2025
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Philippines hosts first regional policy dialogue on loss and damage for Southeast Asia
18 August 2025
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Preparing for the next flood: Protecting women’s health in Bangladesh
30 July 2025
29 July 2025
Health Care Without Harm Southeast Asia
Lao government, international NGOs lead efforts to strengthen climate resilience in health sector
18 July 2025
20 June 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
What can we see about climate change in macroeconomic data?
5 June 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Amid scorching temperatures, India turns to ideas both old and new to beat the heat
28 March 2025
Imagine H2O Asia
Announcing Imagine H2O Asia’s 6th cohort of water entrepreneurs
3 March 2025
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Green Climate Fund approves US$103 million to strengthen early warning systems for vulnerable countries
20 January 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Resilience rising: Targeting transformative disaster risk reduction in Asia-Pacific subregions
1 November 2024
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Climate change could reduce GDP in developing Asia and the Pacific by 17% by 2070
18 October 2024
United Nations Environment Programme
To counter climate change, Colombian cities weave nature back into their urban fabric
6 August 2024
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Surge to 2030: Philippines to host Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
8 February 2024
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
World Wetlands Day 2024: Securing the health and wellbeing of Asean communities
5 February 2024
Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Bank commits record climate finance of almost US$10 billion in 2023
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