Author: homolata
Enhancing Critical Infrastructure and Risk Management Capacity in Nepal
Ms. Silwal shows the landslide that occurred near her home and disrupted traffic movement for two days. Photo by ADPC. According to the World Bank, Nepal’s road and power (electricity) infrastructure quality is ranked among the lowest in Asia. Every year, monsoon floods and landslides wreak havoc on the nation’s critical infrastructure, affecting millions of [...] Read More
The Hard Truth About Climate Innovation: Lessons from the Ground
Photo credit: Pexels.com Innovation is the ability to conceive, develop and deliver new products and services that people want to use. It’s an idea that is embodied in a product or service. In the case of the Virtual Irrigation Academy (VIA), the first innovative step was to create monitoring tools that fit the mental model [...] Read More
Innovative Mobile Flood Barriers Transform Pakistan’s Climate Resilience Through International Partnership
Photo credit: wavesave.com Pakistan's unprecedented 2022 floods revealed critical gaps in traditional disaster response capabilities, prompting the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) to seek revolutionary flood management solutions through their Climate Innovation Challenge (CIC). This strategic initiative brought together the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), Dutch flood control specialist WaveSave, and the data analytics firm [...] Read More
Innovation for Building Climate Resilience in Asia
Photo credit: Pexels.com South Asia and South East Asia are among the most vulnerable regions to climate shocks. The region is living through a “new climate normal” in which intensifying heat waves, cyclones, droughts, and floods are testing the adaptation limits of government, businesses, and citizens. The changing climate could sharply diminish living conditions for [...] Read More
High-altitude Adaptation: Climate Change in India’s Palani Hills
Photo credit: Kodaikanal International School - Center for Environment and Humanity With changes witnessed in the fruiting of produce over the last few decades, it is now more important than ever to listen closely to the earth, attune our responses to its shifting patterns and talk to each other, say residents of the verdant Palani [...] Read More
Training of Trainers (ToT) Program on Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Strategic Initiative for Capacity Building and Knowledge Dissemination
Photo: pexels.com ADPC organized a Training of Trainers (ToT) program on Climate Smart Agriculture for Extension Officials in Madhesh Province, Nepal, under the Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CARE) for South Asia project. The training was conducted from 29 July to 2 August 2024 at Bardibas, Mahottari district of Nepal. The "Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CARE) [...] Read More
Climate Change News 27 April – 27 May, 2024
Climate Change and Migration Source: Relief Web Date: 27 May 2024 In the disaster-prone Asia-Pacific region, particularly in South Asia, the frequency and intensity of environmental hazards, exacerbated by climate change, pose significant risks. Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, with floods being the primary driver, recorded the highest number of disaster displacements in 2022. Asia- Pakistan's [...] Read More
Towards a Sustainable Delta: Need for a Climate-inclusive M&E Framework in Bangladesh
Photo: pexels.com Deltas are birthplaces of human civilization and are highly susceptible to climate change impacts like rising sea levels and changes in river flow. They are also affected by human-induced impacts related to land use within their catchment area. The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta, for example, is the world's largest and most dynamic delta and home [...] Read More
Climate Change News 27 March- 27 April 2024
WMO Report: Asia Suffers from Extreme Weather Source: UN News Date: 23 April 2024 With the warming trend almost doubling since the period from 1960–1990, Asia is heating up faster than the global average, with increased casualties and economic losses from floods, storms, and more severe heatwaves. Climate change has exacerbated the frequency and severity of such [...] Read More