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Recent studies point to shifts in precipitation patterns in the Tian Shan mountains which supply Central Asia with much of its freshwater for irrigation and pasture.

This publication has examples to show how city-level initiatives contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience, all while delivering economic, environmental, health, and social co-benefits. The climate actions are drawn from

South Asia Drought Monitoring System is a practical drought monitoring service using satellite-based methods to show healthy vegetation and areas of dryness.

The GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning (CM4EW) is an international and transparent multi-source, consensus assessment of the crop growing conditions, status, and agro-climatic conditions that are likely to impact global production. The CM4EW reports

This publication is titled “Urban Resilience in South Asia”. Some of the important themes covered in this issue include, the role of risk assessments in building capacity of city governments, women leadership for urban resilience, financing resilience to

This policy report aims to adapt the nexus approach to the intersection of disasters and pandemics in the Asia-Pacific. While the region’s prior experience with SARS in 2003 had prepared countries somewhat, the scale of COVID-19 has dwarfed previous

Integrated approaches for climate-resilient development supported by UNDP are improving lives and livelihoods and protecting the planet.

This publication analyzes seven cities in Asia that are economic centers and are located on or close to the coast to analyze how their gross domestic product (GDP) could potentially be impacted by extreme coastal flooding in 2030 with the business-as