ADB Climate Change Programs: Facilitating Integrated Solutions in Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank | November 2011
Abstract
Over the past decade, Asia and the Pacific has made significant progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. However, accelerating climate change is threatening to reverse these gains, and those who are already economically and socially vulnerable are likely to suffer soonest and most. To enable member countries cope with the inevitable impacts already locked into the climate system, as well as to transition them to low-carbon economies, ADB is working with urgency to put in place integrated solutions that will address both the causes and consequences of climate change in the region.
In 2009 to August 2011, ADB's climate change-related interventions span a total of more than 110 projects, involving an investment of about $10 billion. During the same period, ADB has also provided more than $245 million in technical assistance to improve knowledge and capacities, support policy and institutional development, and ensure the feasibility of investments related to climate change.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2011. ADB Climate Change Programs: Facilitating Integrated Solutions in Asia and the Pacific. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/711. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Climate
Climate change
Climate impacts assessment
Global climate change
Rural Development
Rural Development Projects
Rural Development Research
Climatic change
Climatic influence
Climatology
Investment bank
Investment policy
Rural areas
Rural economy
Rural planning
Rural poverty
Development potential
Climatic factor
Soils and climate
Dynamic climatology
Climate change mitigation
Communication in rural development
Rural enterprise zones
Rural manpower policy
Environment impact analysis
City planning
Urban climatology
Bank investment
Capital investment
Investment banking
Venture capital
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