Government policies and programmes for building resilience in the Asia-Pacific region

This table outlines some of the policies, programmes and projects implemented for building the four interrelated forms of resilience...

Resilience and the SDGs in the Asia-Pacific region - Several SDG targets have indicators related to disaster risk reduction

Several SDGs make explicit links to resilience, while numerous goals have targets and indicators that capture dimensions of resilience,...

ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Center

This figure shows that as the region has developed economically, and GDP has grown, economic assets at risk have increased substantially....

The human cost of the 2017 floods in South Asia

As figure shows, the monsoon rains in 2017 claimed an estimated 1,200 lives in South Asia, and affected 40 million people across...

Changes in Investment in Social Protection, 2003-2016

Effective social protection systems can help strengthen the resilience of individuals and households to stresses and shocks in several...

Air pollution shuts down New Delhi

Air pollution is becoming increasingly serious in India, and debilitating smog in New Delhi during the winter months (November–February) is...

Forest cover loss in South-East Asia and Indonesia, 2001–2016

Deforestation and forest degradation are major issues for countries across the Asia-Pacific region, but the problem is particularly...

Risk interconnection map

While the effects of climate change will be felt globally, the Asia-Pacific region will be especially affected, particularly by...

Annual per capita consumption and labour income in Japan and Thailand

Social protection programmes for children and older people can tackle these life-cycle vulnerabilities. The pace at which income deficits...

Groups identified as being extremely vulnerable to risk

Some groups or communities are disproportionately exposed to risks and are more vulnerable to the changing risk profile of the Asia-Pacific...