Advocacy Resources
Responding to the MERS outbreak in the Republic of Korea
In health systems, for example, shocks such as disease outbreaks lead to a series of major policy shifts. As was the case with the Republic...
Applying a resilience-thinking approach to food systems - Food system vulnerability and economic development
Depicts the vulnerability of food systems in Asia-Pacific countries to climate change, alongside gross domestic product (GDP) per capita....
Energy prices and GDP growth in oil-exporting Central Asian countries , 1992–2016
This figure shows the effects of energy price fluctuations on the GDP of the four most oil dependent countries in Central Asia. While not...
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...