Environment: Facts and Figures
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Recent Significant Disasters in the Asia and Pacific Region
The recent disasters that affected Nepal and the Philippines serve as a call to risk-prone countries throughout Asia and the Pacific to build and vigilantly maintain resilience to catastrophes. -
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 (DFID) Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation. The goal is to leverage and scale up solutions to protect some of the world's most vulnerable urban communities. -
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. -
People's Republic of China - Ranking the Most Livable Cities
Increasing attention is being given to the “livability” of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) cities as their environment becomes less polluted. An ADB study ranks 33 cities of the PRC according to their environmental livability through a pioneering series of indexes. -
Typhoon Haiyan Aftermath - ADB's Response
ADB has so far approved $900 million as assistance for communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan. In addition, up to $150 million from ongoing projects can be reallocated, pushing ADB’s support in excess of $1 billion. -
Powerhouse Economies at High Risk
The cities of East Asia's powerhouse economies are at high risk. Climate change will cause massive swaths of land to disappear, force millions to migrate, and wreak havoc to infrastructure and agriculture. -
Same Energy, More Power: Accelerating Energy Efficiency in Asia
Energy efficiency refers to approaches or strategies that yield more service value from each primary energy consumed. -
Protecting Borneo's Heart
The lush forests of the world’s third largest non-continental island - among the fast-shrinking band of forests functioning as the earth’s lungs - are being conserved to provide sustainable livelihood for local populations and a safe haven for thousands of animal and plant species.