Asian development outlook 2024
Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific are forecast to expand by 4.9% on average this year as the region continues its resilient growth amid robust domestic demand, improving semiconductor exports,
Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific are forecast to expand by 4.9% on average this year as the region continues its resilient growth amid robust domestic demand, improving semiconductor exports,
Energy security is among the major concerns of countries in Asia and the Pacific. Punctuating this concern are the over dependence of many countries on imported energy resources to meet their increasing
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the public health and societal implications of climate change in South East Asia, and create a framework for planning national and regional responses.
<p>On March 11th, Japan was hit by one of the biggest natural cataclysms ever observed – a magnitude 9 earthquake on the Richter scale and a tsunami with a wave more than 10 meters high. The tsunami has resulted in a serious nuclear accident in the Fukushima power plant operated by the Japanese utility Tepco.
The unbridled manufacture and use of pesticides in Asia is raising the spectre of "pest storms" devastating the region's rice farms and threatening food security, scientists have warned. Increased production of cheap pesticides in China and India, lax regulation and inadequate farmer education are destroying ecosystems around paddies, allowing pests to thrive and multiply, they said. The probl
It has developed an eco-friendly toilet that costs less than 20 dollars NEW DELHI: Sulabh International on Wednesday said it would introduce its cost-effective, environment-friendly toilet technology in South-East Asia.
<p>In this new report Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities analyzes the social and environmental impacts of motorized two and three-wheelers and provides an array of tailpipe and non-tailpipe measures to curb these.</p>
Jorhat, March 1: The Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, plans to construct a Northeast regional agricultural complex with state-of-the-art facilities.
<p><span>Black carbon landing on snow may be accelerating the melting of Himalayan glaciers more than atmospheric soot or even greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>), according to a study.</span></p>
<p>Women are a social group vulnerable to food insecurity despite being primary actors in the food chain. The problem of food insecurity among women is especially rampant in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia.
<p>The Cancun Agreement1 carries REDD+ firmly forward as a keycomponent of the post-2012 international climate change regimeby describing its main elements and operationalizing its initialphase. Before Cancun, many details of REDD+ were unclear, particularly concerning the issues of most importance to forest dependent people.