temperature linked to droughts and heat waves) and the frequency of intense natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific and its … as well as droughts and heat waves. The Asia and the Pacific region has experienced some of the most damaging disasters … Asia and the Pacific? This paper considers three main disaster risk factors - rising population exposure, greater …

The Asia-Pacific region was the first to be hit by the COVID-19 pandemic; it put a strain on its people and economies … facing Asia at this critical juncture and policy advice to the region both to address the current challenges and to build the …

of Asia and the world economy - during the last five decades has caused significant strains on their scarce resources …

the world's freshwater supplies go to agriculture; in South Asia, agriculture uses over 90%. On-farm greenhouse gas …; in Asia, during the same period, on-farm GHG emissions grew by 27%, from 2.5 to 3.2 GtCO2e. All of this puts agriculture … combat climate change. This paper looks at how past technology choices opened a pathway to prosperity in Asia that now …