Environment: Facts and Figures
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Support for the Yangtze River Economic Belt
In the People’s Republic of China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt, a new programmatic approach has been adopted to achieve water security and green development, and increased resilience of the environment and people. -
Integrated Livelihoods Improvement and Sustainable Tourism in Khuvskul Lake National Park
The project aims to protect the environment and create sustainable tourism for communities in Mongolia's Khuvskul Lake National Park. -
Developing Asia Needs to Prioritize Disaster Resilience to Cope with Growing Risks
With the region facing ever-higher disaster risks, developing Asia urgently needs to build its resilience before catastrophe strikes through better planning, setting aside government budget, and encouraging insurance. -
Recent Significant Disasters in the Asia and Pacific Region
The recent disasters that affected Indonesia and Nepal serve as a call to risk-prone countries throughout Asia and the Pacific to build and vigilantly maintain resilience to catastrophes. -
People's Republic of China: Support for the Yangtze River Economic Belt
An ADB assistance framework for the People's Republic of China's Yangtze River Economic Belt is key to helping the country achieve its goals of inclusive and sustainable growth. -
Climate Change Impacts on Human Systems in Asia and the Pacific
Unabated climate change would bring devastating consequences to countries in Asia and the Pacific, with the temperature increase to reach 6 degree Celsius by the end of the century under a business-as-usual scenario. -
The PRC: Carbon Capture and Storage
In the People's Republic of China, there is a rapid increase in electricity demand and a heavy reliance on its vast coal reserves as a result of an energy-intensive economic growth. -
Building Climate Change Resilience for Asia's Urban Poor
A new fund that targets climate change resilience in 25 Asian Cities will be provided by an innovative partnership between ADB, the UK Department for International Development Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation. -
ADB's Response to the Asian Tsunami of December 2004
The Asian Tsunami Fund was an important source of grants and loans for rehabilitation and reconstruction in the countries that suffered the most in the disaster of December 2004. -
Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan): ADB's Response
In response to Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), ADB designed and approved more than $900 million in assistance for relief, recovery, and reconstruction of affected areas. A number of ADB projects were also re-designed to help affected communities.