Environment: Facts and Figures
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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. -
People's Republic of China - Ranking the Most Livable Cities
An ADB study ranks 33 cities of the People's Republic of China 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.