Climate Change Adaption

Tackling the global climate crisis could reap significant economic benefits for both developed and developing countries, according to a new report.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned of an upward surge in migration caused by climate change this century, and counseled governments in disaster-prone Asia-Pacific nations to promptly enact a broad range of measures to stave off future humanitarian crises. In its new report, Addressing Climate Change and Migration in Asia and the Pacific, the ADB notes that more than 42 million people in the region were displaced by environmental disasters over the past two years alone. An undetermined number of those displaced became migrants, unable to return home or choosing to relocate to safer ground.

A nearly USD30 million grant from USAID is to underwrite a five-year program led by WWF-Nepal that will mobilize the efforts of international and local NGOs to protect critical forests and forest dependent communities in Nepal.

South Korea's Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs announced a set of guidelines on Friday that call for provincial administrations to accept the reality of climate change and upgrade anti-disaster measures accordingly.