Building Resiliency in the Pacific: How ADB is Addressing Climate Change and Disaster Risks
Asian Development Bank | May 2018
Abstract
Pacific DMCs share many sustainable development challenges. Their small size, isolation, narrow economic bases, limited resources, and dependence on trade make them highly vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters. With the exception of Papua New Guinea, Pacific DMCs are small island developing states (SIDS), and seven are fragile and conflict-affected situation (FCAS) countries.
Extreme events, such as strong tropical cyclones, can push governments into debt distress, businesses into insolvency, and individuals into extreme hardship. Vulnerability is greatest for the poorest populations, who live in small communities on remote outer islands. Women rely more on natural resources for their sustenance and livelihood, which makes them particularly vulnerable to climate extremes.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2018. Building Resiliency in the Pacific: How ADB is Addressing Climate Change and Disaster Risks. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8470. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Climate
Climate change
Climate impacts assessment
Global climate change
Rural Development
Rural Development Projects
Rural Development Research
Aid And Development
Asian Development Bank
Comprehensive Development Framework
Development Cooperation
Development Management
Development Planning
Development Strategies
Climatic change
Climatic influence
Climatology
Investment bank
Investment policy
Rural areas
Rural economy
Rural planning
Rural poverty
Development potential
Rural planning
Aid coordination
Industrial projects
Infrastructure projects
Natural resources policy
Educational development
City planning
Urban climatology
Bank investment
Capital investment
Investment banking
Venture capital
Communication in rural development
Communication in community development
Economic development projects
Development banks
Economic forecasting
Environmental auditing
Cumulative effects assessment
Human rights and globalization
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