Aroosa Masroor for The Express Tribune KARACHI: The devastation from Pakistan’s “worst floods in living memory” could have been contained had flood-prevention projects been put in place, experts say. The government claims that nothing could have prevented the floods that have killed more than 1,600 people and made over a million people homeless. “These are [...]
Southeast Asia Faces Soaring Economic Costs If Climate Change Action Delayed – New Study
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Southeast Asia, one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to climate change, faces a poorer future unless global warming is controlled, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) study. The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia: A Regional Review can be downloaded from this page. Using reviews of previous [...]
Media Workshop Provides New Script for Reporting on Climate Change
ADB Press Release | 17 April 2009 BEIJING, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) have concluded a week-long workshop in Beijing to raise awareness through the media about the impacts of climate change on the region. Twenty-two Chinese broadcast journalists attended the professional development program, [...]
Japan Help Bangladesh Tackle Climate Change Challenges
ADB | Press Release MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Flood-prone Bangladesh is getting support from Japan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) to tackle the huge challenges posed by climate change over the coming decades. ADB’s Board of Directors approved a technical assistance grant of US$2 million from the Japan Special Fund to beef up the capacity of [...]
Clean Future for World's Dirtiest River
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Indonesia’s efforts to clean up the Citarum River, often called the world’s most polluted river, today received a major boost following the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) approval of a $500 million multi-tranche loan package. The first loan tranche is for $50 million. The Citarum River Basin Territory supports a population of 28 [...]
